Paul Hill died today. He wants to be made a martyr, and to spur on others to follow in his path, but my hope is that his death will bring an end to one of the worst chapters in the history of the prolife movement. Paul Hill said he was prolife, but anyone who takes lives cannot be prolife. Murder is murder, whether it was John Britton murdering unborn children or Paul Hill murdering Britton. Two wrongs do not make a right. The end does not justify the means.
What cannot be forgotten though, is that Paul Hill was just one of the many people who were scheduled to die today. Paul Hill was one guilty man who recieved the punishment for that guilt. The 4,400 babies who are scheduled to die each and every day are guilty of no crime, they are victims of inconvenience, and they are the ones whose deaths we need to mourn.
Posted by kathryn at Septiembre 3, 2003 07:30 AM | TrackBackI am a faithful and loyal christian, and I do not believe in murder of any kind but, I have to agree that I wouldn't blame him for what he did. In high School we were made to watch an abortion video, I cried over the whole ordeal while I watch the guys in my class laugh. I agree about what the man did, If women didn't want to have children they wouldn't have had sex, and they were stuiped to do it any ways, sex was created for marriage not for everyday pleasure for any man or woman you meet, I am 18 years old and I am abstenant not because I am scared and not because I dont want to have fun I can have fun without drinking, smoking or having sex, last year one of my friends had an abortion I didn't speak to her again. Brovo Paul, you may have taken a life but you saved thousand of children. Remeber life starts when the egg and sperm combine not just when the child is born.
Posted by: Elizabeth Hodge at Septiembre 6, 2003 07:32 PMThe above comment does not reflect the opinion of this blog. The end does not justify the means anytime. Paul Hill could have saved just as many lives by chaining himself to the doors of the clinic. Instead, by resorting to violence, he destroyed the moral high ground. As prolifers, we proclaim that murder is murder and that all life is sacred, from conception to natural death. John Britton was a murderer, but it is the job of the State to execute murderers, and if we take the law into our own hands and kill, then we must pay the consequences. Paul Hill took the law into his hands, and in doing so, he became no better than Britton. Murder is murder, whether it is the murder of an abortionist, or the murder of babies by abortion.
Posted by: kathryn at Septiembre 6, 2003 10:44 PMFirst, I agree with Kathryn that the ends do not justify the means. Even if they did, will there really be any "ends" because of that murder? I do not believe that killing one abortion doctor will probably not stop any abortions. There are thousands of other doctors out there ready and waiting to perform abortions.
Elizabeth, I understand that you would mourn the loss of your friend's unborn child, but are you showing Christ to her by refusing to be her friend anymore? I don't think that is the faithful and loyal Christian thing to do. You need to forgive her and show her some mercy, as you are also a sinner.
Posted by: John at Septiembre 8, 2003 02:29 PM