by Pat Antonopoulos
This is not a statement of my personal beliefs concerning abortion. It is not my intention to address my beliefs and/or the beliefs of others concerning abortion.
These facts were reported on the radio early today.
Dr. George Tiller, M.D. is dead, shot while ushering at his place of worship in Wichita, Kansas.
Dr. Tiller performed abortions at the clinic started by his father. He leaves a wife of 45 years, several children and ten grandchildren. The shooter a 51 year old male, lived in the Kansas City area.
Again, these are the facts as reported on the radio.
That trite cliche, "Cannot get my head around this" expresses my efforts to sort through the feelings that came with the news report. Did the shooter believe himself to be the appointed executioner? Did the shooter use the pragmatic end justifies the means to make the decision to pull that trigger? Had the shooter agonized balancing his beliefs concerning abortion with his beliefs concerning the murder of a man? Was this act his considered sacrifice---the sacrifice of Dr. Tiller and the sacrifice of himself?
Perhaps some of these questions will be answered as the story is covered by news sources, by pro life supporters and by pro choice groups, by organizations defending the legal status of abortion and church groups defending their beliefs. Each group will have the opportunity to see the act as reflected in their position statements, to balance as their beliefs dictate.
Again...this is in no way a statement of my personal beliefs regarding abortion.
But it is a statement of mourning, of grief for this act, and the ramifications of the act. Grief for what led to the shooting, grief for the symbolism of shooting a person in a church,
and grief for what will most likely follow this Sunday morning shooting.
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Murder is wrong. ALL of it is incomprehensible. I have a struggle with the "judgement" part. I think abortion is wrong. I cannot imagine how George Tiller could sleep at night. He is responsible for being instrumental in ending the lives of 60,000 unborn babies. Yet, the man who killed Tiller had no right to do that either. We all have to answer for what we have done, and what we have failed to do.
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