Jill Stanek: Missing from Tiller's eulogy - The A-word

WorldNetDaily ^ | 6/10/09 | Jill Stanek

[wagglebee]

Of everything I read about the June 6 funeral of late-term abortionist George Tiller, I thought this was the most telling, from the New York Times:

But for the most part, Dr. Tiller's funeral focused less on his work than on his life with his family and friends. The word abortion was never uttered. ...

Clearly they all knew: Tiller was murdered for his "life's" work, but the reason was unmentionable? Sad. Even in death George Tiller's "vocation" was anathema.

Imagine eulogizing anyone else murdered for a cause without extolling that for which they were slain. On the contrary, why they died was a reason to eulogize:

• "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort." – Bobby Kennedy
  
  
• "This is what makes her murder such a disaster. ... She was attempting to make the connection between lack of democracy in Pakistan and the rise of mullah-manipulated fanaticism." – Christopher Hitchens about Benazir Bhutto
  
  
• "Nor can there be a correct history of this nation, as it has passed through this great struggle for existence, without the life of Abraham Lincoln, and without connecting his name with that immortal proclamation which gave freedom and manhood to 4 millions of bondmen." – Henry Champion

Imagine the eulogies of those killed in the line of duty – police officers, firemen, soldiers – without mentioning that for which they sacrificed their lives. It would be a travesty.

[wagglebee]

Conversely, without ever saying the A-word, family and friends implied that if anything would earn Tiller a place in both heaven and history as a martyr it would be the tens of thousands of abortions he committed.

It's frightening how out of touch with reality these people are.

[wagglebee]

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[Tamar1973]

Suicides are usually eulogized without mention of their cause of death. Maybe Tiller’s family can’t admit that they cause he died for was shameful.

[Clock King]

The know it’s evil, but they can’t bring themselves to face what they (many probably) have done.

[metmom]

Maybe they’re picking up on the fact that they are not making as much progress in making Tiller a martyr as they’d like.

I doubt many people would miss the irony about bemoaning his death for his work in killing babies.

Too bad.....

[TMA62]

Ahhh, what the combination of euphemism, politican correctness and liberalism can bring.

They can’t even say the “A” word. Well, let me slap them into reality:

60,000 ABORTIONS buys a special place in HELL for the late Dr. Tiller!

[clintonh8r]

The world is a better place without him. Too bad his mommy made the wrong “choice”.

[marron]

I am struck by the fact that he was in a church that apparently never once confronted him with what he was doing, never told him he was wrong, never gave him the chance to repent of it. He died unrepentant from all appearances.

We want abortionists in church, not so they can fill a pew, not so they can help out with the utility bills, but so they can find God, find redemption, find new life rather than remaining a slave and agent of death. And leave the old life behind. He died as far as anyone can know an unrepentant agent of death. And no one said boo, not while he was alive, and not since. Not in that church, at least.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I despise everything this man did in this life and I’m not at all sorry someone shot his ass, OK? But, I still can’t go along with what you have to say here.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I’m not sorry he’s dead and that “Tiller’s Temple of the Barbaric Sacrament” is no more. Condemning another to hell is not my job, though.

[wagglebee]

I am struck by the fact that he was in a church that apparently never once confronted him with what he was doing, never told him he was wrong, never gave him the chance to repent of it. He died unrepentant from all appearances.

Some may think that Tiller was unaware of his need for repentance, but that WAS NOT the case:

Partial-Birth Abortionist Confesses He is "Going to Hell"

[marron]

Thanks

"You can't go to heaven unrepentant, George; you are going to hell." The abortionist George Tiller instantly quipped, "Abortion is worth going to hell for."

Astonishing.

[clintonh8r]

whatever...

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Though there is considerable doctrinal disagreement between Christian sects, I wonder if there is someone of religious standing who could come right out and express, for cases of extreme murder, that the deceased is indeed, outside of mitigating circumstances, condemned to Hell. They are not condemning him, he has done it to himself.

That is, someone of standing in their denomination who would clearly state: “George Tiller is condemned to Hell for the evil murders he committed in his life.”

No equivocation. No confusion. Clarity. “George Tiller is going to Hell for killing 60,000 babies. He died unrepentant and did not deserve to be buried in sanctified ground. His families’ tears and prayers in his behalf cannot redeem his soul.”

“And there is no Earthly absolution he may be given after death that will free him from the eternal prison of Hell.”

“He freely cast his own soul into Hell, and his damnation is certain.”

There is a purpose for making such a statement, and making it publicly, and stating it clearly. That purpose is to renounce moral relativism. That the punishment for unrepentant mass murder is Hell, however that place or state of being exists.

And George Tiller is there. He cannot be voted out of Hell, or bribed out of Hell. The US Supreme Court cannot declare him redeemed for his sins. The US Congress and the President of the United States cannot resolve that he is no longer in Hell. The entire liberal establishment and academia are powerless to limit George Tiller’s agony.

[Emmett McCarthy]

WOW! That is beyond astonishing. A person could actually think this. That is tantamount to “choosing hell”. I still maintain that it is not my job to make judgement on the soul of another, but he seems to be asking for it. It’s beyond my comprehension.

[Salvation]

He's not a saint according to the Catholic Catechism. I bet the devil met him after his particular judgment at the moment of his death.

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CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2271  (618 bytes )  preview document matches 1 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2271.htm

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CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2272  (580 bytes )  preview document matches 2 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2272.htm

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CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2322  (290 bytes )  preview document matches 2 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3), URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2322.htm

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4:	CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2274  (554 bytes )  preview document matches gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2274.htm

[TMA62]

“George Tiller is going to Hell for killing 60,000 babies.”
__________________________________________________________

This is partially true but not complete. The Bible teaches that all (including me and you) have sinned and have come short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Tiller, like everyone else, was a sinner even before he performed his first abortion.

However, the Bible does teach that man can store up a “sin account” of God’s wrath based on what they have done in this life. If they die in their sins, their punishment in hell will be subject to God’s wrath based on their sins (Rom 2:4-6). From what I understand, there will be varying degrees of punishment in hell for each person there. Hitler’s hell will be great compared to an average person who, while trying to live a good life, still died in their sins. In all likelihood, Tiller died in his sins and is in hell. 60,000 abortions (as well as being an influence for others to abort) has been added to his account; God’s wrath will be proportional to Tiller’s sin account that he unrepentently stored up.

Now, I cannot end on such a dire note. I must end this post with Good News. Jesus died for ALL of our sins. Accept him as your Lord and Savior and your sin account will be expunged. Instead of hell, you will go to heaven!

[RKBA Democrat]

Some folks are just not operating under the same set of assumptions. Moral, ethical, religious or otherwise.

[bdeaner]

John 3:19-21:

"This is the judgment: that light has entered the world, and men have preferred darkness to light because their deeds were evil. Everybody who does wrong hates the light and keeps away from it, for fear his deeds may be exposed. But everybody who is living by the truth will come to the light to make it plain that all he has done has been done through God."