Ric...you draw an interesting parallel and Im not sure how to resolve it. I work in PR and I know how these things get twisted and turned and how it will do far more harm than good. Sure Tiller is gone, but how many more millions of babies will be killed because the movement cant gain traction because we murder doctors.
RickD335
· 6 months ago
Hi David,
How well I know this is a difficult one. In the case of Hitler, most would agree that the world would have been better off had the private who'd had then Corporal Hitler in his sights at the end of WWI simply pulled the trigger - but he didn't because he felt moved to mercy because of the man's obvious wounded status. Had he had been given a vision of what was to come, would that have influenced his decision?
In the case of Tiller - the man was not your stereotypical abortion provider, based on all I've read. He performed abortions as a last resort option for women who had wanted pregnancies but, for multiple reasons, either the mother or the child would have died as a result of trying to carry to term. Does what he did for a living make him a murderer on the scale of Hitler? I think not - but I'm not God, and will not judge in favor or opposed to the man.
Trying to appeal to the world as if the world shared Christian beliefs and values - when we believers are divided on so many issues - is bound to be met with charges of intolerance, as the murder of Dr. Tiller points up. Can his murderer truly claim divine sanction?
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How well I know this is a difficult one. In the case of Hitler, most would agree that the world would have been better off had the private who'd had then Corporal Hitler in his sights at the end of WWI simply pulled the trigger - but he didn't because he felt moved to mercy because of the man's obvious wounded status. Had he had been given a vision of what was to come, would that have influenced his decision?
In the case of Tiller - the man was not your stereotypical abortion provider, based on all I've read. He performed abortions as a last resort option for women who had wanted pregnancies but, for multiple reasons, either the mother or the child would have died as a result of trying to carry to term. Does what he did for a living make him a murderer on the scale of Hitler? I think not - but I'm not God, and will not judge in favor or opposed to the man.
Trying to appeal to the world as if the world shared Christian beliefs and values - when we believers are divided on so many issues - is bound to be met with charges of intolerance, as the murder of Dr. Tiller points up. Can his murderer truly claim divine sanction?