As a firm believer that God is the author of all life and all life is sacred from the moment of creation until natural death, we who call ourselves pro-life can never support any form of killing in the womb or out.
Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his church on Pentecost Sunday, the day when the Holy Spirit empowered the Church.
The answer to violence is never violence for we become what we morally object. The answer to killing is not to kill. Jesus was so right. He commanded us to "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." Matthew 5:44.
Love has a power far greater than any hatred or evil. Because of the love the late Cardinal John O'Connor, archbishop of New York, showed to the most prominent abortion doctor, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, he was able to write the book, "The Hand of God." Dr. Nathanson shares his compelling story of his conversion from death to life.
Cardinal O'Connor was horrified by the death of Dr. Bernard Slepian and publicly stated that if anyone wanted to murder abortion doctors, to come and take his life first.
Our prayers are with Mrs. Tiller and their children and their loved ones.
May all of us follow the wise words of Dr. Martin Luther King: "In order to change them we first must love them, and they must know they are loved."
Eileen Peterson
Stony Point
A friend of mine writes a letter to the editor about the Tiller murder
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2 responses to “A friend of mine writes a letter to the editor about the Tiller murder”
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The assassination of George Tiller was not a moral act, but apart from the above post’s grammatical confusion in its first sentence, it’s simply false. It doesn’t even meet the criteria of pacifism.
We who are pro-life can never support killing in any form? A policeman who shoots & kills a man who is, say, randomly murdering students, is a form of killing, & we in the pro-life movement can support such killing, as well as other forms; & I am sure the overwhelmingly majority of us do.
To say otherwise isn’t a serious effort to explore why Roeder was wrong, nor a serious effort at all, & accordingly undermined the other legitimate points the writer sought to make. -
Antigon, I agree with you, more or less.
Knowing Eileen, I think she simply wanted to emphasize that when it comes to issues of life, and justice, we have to choose non-violence. I don’t think she believes that you can’t defend yourself, even if self-defense requires lethal means.
But, I will ask her!
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