tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post9170554697392070019..comments2023-09-12T10:10:57.773-04:00Comments on thinking-out-loud: It's Pretty Simple, ActuallyRev. Rick Stuckwischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-63061450562173476602009-06-04T00:32:42.465-04:002009-06-04T00:32:42.465-04:00I believe it actually is pretty simple, when the c...I believe it actually is pretty simple, when the case is considered on the basis of the objective Word of God, rather than ferreted out on the basis of human emotions.<br /><br />Murdering Tiller was not a case of self-defense. Nor did it resolve the underlying problem or cause of abortion. It is the unjust law of the land that protects the "right" of abortion, and that is what needs to be addressed and dealt with. Otherwise, the tool with which we as Christians have to work with is the Word of God, the confession and preaching of the Law and the Gospel.<br /><br />I don't think the comparison to Hitler is apropos, even if I agreed that assinating Hitler would have been the right approach. Hitler was a dictator, ordering and perpetrating violence and genocide. He was the underlying problem or cause, in a way that a single abortionist is not.<br /><br />But a Christian relies on the Lord to execute justice, and to do so through the masks or means that He has established in the world.<br /><br />A good example is found in the O.T. case of David and Saul. Even after Saul has had an entire city of priests and priestly families murdered, David does not seize the opportunity he has to kill Saul, but leaves it to the Lord to remove the tyrant from the throne of Israel. I'm not saying that Christians should be entirely passive or decline to participate in the political process; David certainly wasn't just sitting back and doing nothing. But a Christian (or any law-abiding citizen) ought to work for change in unjust laws by utilizing the political means that God has provided through the governing authorities that He has ordained, rather than by usurping law and order to take charge by force.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-7553209587696763512009-06-03T22:09:16.988-04:002009-06-03T22:09:16.988-04:00Is it really that simple? What makes it right for...Is it really that simple? What makes it right for our U.S. soldiers to kill terrorists, but wrong for someone to kill an abortionist? Dietrich Bonhoeffer participated in a plot to kill Hitler. Was he right or wrong so to do? If someone is committing open war on a silent group, is it wrong to come to their defense? If they come with "loaded weapons" does not force justify force? If I saw a person take out a knife and approach a child with intent to kill, would it not be my duty to stand up for that child, at all costs?<br />I am no way advocating such acts. I am only stating that, at present, it is not as clear in my mind as it is in yours.CMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050137570796424889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-12675573056214101732009-06-03T11:36:55.677-04:002009-06-03T11:36:55.677-04:00Thank you for posting that thoughtful and Christia...Thank you for posting that thoughtful and Christian response to Tiller's death. It captures the irony of the news coverage without implying that the doctor's heinous actions have made his life any less sacred than those lives he took. Would that all pro-lifers could be as circumspect in their comments on the situation.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230919026686854629noreply@blogger.com