All it takes is a little faith…
An eye for an eye? Vengeance for a zygote? Revenge for the unborn? Or, maybe it’s simply “faith” in something that doesn’t exist, a perfect excuse for murder. Dr. George Tiller, a late term abortion physician in Wichita, KS was murdered in cold blood in the lobby of a church this morning. Shot dead in his place of worship. I find this ironic. Which one of the two people directly involved in this incident had the correct version of a skydaddy? The murderer, or the murdered? Someone had to be right, RIGHT? Yeah right! Apparently the skydaddy didn’t care to make its desires clear enough, so someone had to guess. Unfortunately for the victim, his murderer’s decision/guess to do HIS version of a skydaddy’s dirty work panned out. And, even more disturbing is the fact that if this kind of zealotry can happen between denominations (and there are over 33,800+ in the U.S.), what’s to stop it from happening to anyone who doesn’t worship any god? Wouldn’t one think that if a skydaddy did exist he would have stopped this carnage? Yet, it’s these murderous, vengeful, hate ridden acts, that continue day after day, year after year, in the U.S. and around the world that make one wonder. Someone gets a little “faith” and wallah! “My skydaddy’s bigger than yours is and he’s right! So, you better shut the fuck up, do as I say, not as I do, because I got GOD on my side, bitch!” If anyone’s skydaddy is all knowing, all seeing, all powerful, let the fucker do its own dirty work! The fact is that without a zealot to take up the task, the skydaddy is impotent. Hmmm… no. How about the skydaddy doesn’t exist. Sadly, the reality is that all it takes is a little “faith” in a myth to kill in the myth’s name.
I’ll say it again and again…
“Faith” is deaf, dumb and blind. It can easily motivate people to do horrible things they would otherwise avoid. It is a sick and twisted justification for murder, hate, bigotry, and disdain. All it takes is a little “faith”.
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[Addendum]
Here’s a list of other religiously motivated violent acts against abortion providers:
| April 2007: Authorities say Paul Ross Evans placed a homemade bomb in the parking lot of the Austin Women’s Health Center in Texas. A bomb squad disposes of the device, which contained two pounds of nails. There were no injuries. Evans was later sentenced to 40 years in prison. |
| Oct. 23, 1998: Dr. Barnett Slepian is fatally shot in his home in a suburb of Buffalo, N.Y. Militant abortion opponent James Kopp is convicted of the murder in 2003 and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. |
| Jan. 29, 1998: A bomb explodes just outside a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic, killing a police officer and wounding several others. Eric Rudolph was arrested in May 2003 after several years on the lam. He later pleaded guilty to that incident and the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He was sentenced in 2005 to two consecutive life terms without parole. |
| Jan. 16, 1997: Two bomb blasts an hour apart rock an Atlanta building containing an abortion clinic. Seven people are injured. Rudolph is charged by federal authorities in October 1998. |
| Dec. 30, 1994: John Salvi opens fire with a rifle inside two Boston-area abortion clinics, killing two receptionists and wounding five others. Sentenced to life without parole, he kills himself in prison in 1996. |
| Nov. 8, 1994: Dr. Garson Romalis, who performs abortions in Vancouver, Canada, is shot in the leg while eating breakfast at home. |
| July 29, 1994: Dr. John Bayard Britton and his volunteer escort, James H. Barrett, are slain outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic. Barrett’s wife, June, is wounded in the attack. Paul J. Hill, 40, a former minister and anti-abortion activist, is later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. |
| Aug. 19, 1993: Dr. George Tiller is shot in the arms as he drives out of parking lot at his Wichita, Kan., clinic. Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon is later convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison. |
| March 10, 1993: Dr. David Gunn is shot to death outside Pensacola, Fla., clinic, becoming the first U.S. doctor killed during an anti-abortion demonstration. Michael Griffin is convicted and serving a life sentence. |
My take on abortion?
Humor: Thousands of my potential children died on your daughters face last night! LOL!
Serious: It’s a woman’s body. Religion has no right to legislate morals, values or health issues.
May 31, 2009 at 3:27 pm
And the Christo-Jihadists strike again. Curious how they don’t want to name the suspected killers or say which group they belong to.