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Dr. George Tiller, also known as "Tiller the Killer" was killed as he went through the motions of being an usher at his church on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Why "went through the motions"? Because someone who regularly murders human beings for a living is just going through the motions at church. I also have to wonder about a "church" who would have a known murderer serving in any capacity, but that's not the point. My point is this, if this man had been known for killing over 60,000 3 month old cooing babies versus that many unborn babies, would the public be as sympathetic? No. He murdered unborn human beings for MONEY. This isn't a man who was a saint. He was a killer. Would there be this much outpouring of sympathy if he were Hitler, Stalin or Mao? Of course not. The only tragic thing is that this man wasted his life, taking the lives of others. I'm assuming he wasn't saved. Is that arrogant? Probably. But someone who kills people for a living, in what appears to be an unrepentant manner is probably not saved. I really don't view his death as a tragedy.
Doug Phillips, the Director of Vision Forum Ministries, has written an excellent piece on Tiller. I linked to it, because the text is a bit long. He handles his post with far more tact than I do. Check it out.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Should a Murderer Be Mourned?
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I am unapologetically against abortion. I think that there is multiple failures in our system that allows both abortion to be too easy and adoption to bee too hard.
When it comes to this man's death all I have to say is that two wrongs don't make a right.
You're absolutely correct on all account Josh. I'm just finding it hard to muster any sort of sympathy for a man who dedicated a large part of his adult life to making sure a large amount of persons never experienced one.
The loss of life is tragic. But someone who sowed death has reaped it.
"But someone who sowed death has reaped it."
My only concern with you saying this is that it might encourage people to take matters into their own hands, which is what the shooter did. It is a violation of Romans 13, which should protect people from retribution.
As you said, two wrongs don't make a right. However, should we be surprised that someone who violently killed thousands, met a violent end?
At the end of "Scarface", were you really surprised when Tony Montana was killed?
I don't think someone should take matters into their own hands and execute someone. However, this man killed people for a paycheck. The only tragedy in this is that he never knew Jesus and will spend eternity in Hell.
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