Stay Free with Russell Brand Crack On: Abortion, Sexuality and the Spiritual War Within — SF693
Mar 18, 2026
Conversation moves from the moral and spiritual tensions around abortion to debates about sexuality, desire, and identity. They probe church culture, hypocrisy, and strange healing stories. Topics include recovery, anonymity, altered states and the role of prophecy. The discussion also touches on baptism, mission, and the struggle to surrender the self to higher principles.
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Consent As A Competing Ultimate Authority
- Russell Brand argues that claiming bodily autonomy as ultimate authority repositions God beneath human will.
- He uses Bathsheba and David plus Sam's comment to show consent overriding divine law constitutes a form of heresy.
Amanda Palmer Conversation About Abortion
- Russell Brand recounts talking with Amanda Palmer about her abortion and how proximity to the subject removed glibness.
- He says seeing material about abortion 'glitches' you and requires a hardened heart to remain unmoved.
Desire As The Supreme Principle Creates Harm
- Russell Brand links sexual behavior driven by 'I want' to a supremacy of self that conflicts with scriptural guidance.
- He frames promiscuity as prioritizing desire over the welfare of others and divine law.