Regarding the George Tiller murder
Posted on: June 1, 2009
I took a couple days off from news and e-mail, so I’ve just heard of the murder of high-profile abortionist George Tiller. Add my name to the list of those who denounces the killing.
I got the news via an e-mailed statement from Lutherans for Life, which reads:
Lutherans For Life (LFL) joins pro-life groups across the country in extending our sympathy to the family of George Tiller, the late-term abortionist who was gunned down Sunday morning in his church. We join other pro-life groups in denouncing this action as evil. No circumstances justify the violent murder of another human being.
God’s Word tells us not to fight evil with evil but to “overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21). Based on that same Word of God, LFL believes that abortion is a great evil, the violent murder of another human being that deeply grieves the Author and Redeemer of life. But we oppose the use of evil to overcome this evil. We have the greatest “good” there is to use against it, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. LFL strives to apply the Gospel to the life issues, to change hearts and minds so that people will turn to the Lord of Life and not the god of death as the solution to difficult circumstances. We want to make the killing of children in the sanctity of the womb as unthinkable and deplorable as the killing of George Tiller in the sanctity of his church.
While George Tiller was a member of a Lutheran denomination that does not officially oppose abortion, it should be noted that almost all other Lutheran denominations do take an official stance that opposes abortion and asserts the God-given value of human life from conception to natural death.
We commend the Tiller family and all affected by this tragic event into the loving arms of a crucified and risen Savior. May He be at work in all of this according to His good and gracious will.
LifeNews has some more statements from pro-life groups, all condemning the murder.
Added: Denny Hartford of Vital Signs Ministries, who has peacefully protested outside Tiller’s abortion business, also decries the murder in a post titled Responding to Violence.
Added: Julie D. at Happy Catholic has been thinking about George Tiller and his murderer, and how people fall into such grievous error – or, conversely, how they stay out of it.
June 1, 2009 at 6:23 pm
This really is tragic on all fronts. My prayers are with this mans family. His death was senseless and horrible. This is also going to be tragic for the pro- life movement, who will be inappropriately labeled as a violent movement as a result. You cannot trade a life for a life. Violence is certainly not a problem solver and frequently causes more problems.