Comments on: Off-the-cuff thoughts after reading comments on a Doug Wilson post on the Tiller murder

By: Paul Baxter

Paul Baxter — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:31:05 +0000

No disagreements here, although I would add that the two relevant things I find christians instructed to do by the scriptures are to speak the truth and to patiently endure suffering. Unless God has placed one of us in some Esther-like position, our role is not to fix things, but, like Jeremiah, to weep.

By: pentamom

pentamom — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:17 +0000

I agree with everything but the last paragraph. If there’s one child who will live because his death created an inconvenience to his being murdered which is not somehow overcome, I find it hard to stomach the idea that “we’d be better off,” although I understand what you mean and I can see how God would have used Tiller’s continued practicing for good. Big pictures are important, but so are individual persons. I’m not sure you can pit one against the other and come up with a “this is better,” at least if you’re not God or His prophet.

By: Daniel Foucachon

Daniel Foucachon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:09:56 +0000

Thank you! Very well put!