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Recollections of a Taxi Cab Ride with Abortionist George Tiller
LifeSiteNews ^ | 6/2/09 | LifeSiteNews

Posted on 06/02/2009 12:11:02 PM PDT by wagglebee

June 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Joe Scheidler, the founder of Pro-Life Action League and longtime pro-life activist, today issued a statement denouncing the slaying of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller. Tiller was shot dead Sunday morning as he was serving as an usher at his church.

In condemning the murder Scheidler also recalled a chance encounter he had with the abortionist, in which he shared a taxi-cab ride with him on the way to a pro-abortion conference.

“We deplore the killing of George Tiller on Sunday morning," said Scheidler.

"It has always been my philosophy that we convert abortionists. As activists committed to saving lives, we vigorously oppose violence."

Scheidler recalled how he once shared a taxi with Dr. Tiller as both were headed from the airport in New Orleans to the National Abortion Federation Convention. Scheidler was attending in order to gather information about the pro-abortion movement.

"Tiller apparently recognized me, but did not recall that I was a pro-life activist. He assumed I was another abortionist attending the conference," said Scheidler. "He enthusiastically extolled the value of the ultrasound in performing abortions, and invited me to visit his clinic in Wichita."

The following day Scheidler attended Tiller's presentation on the use of ultrasound. By then the doctor had realized that Scheidler was a pro-life leader, and refused to proceed with his presentation until Scheidler left the room.

"Having sat and talked with George Tiller, I probably feel a little more connection with him than many other pro-lifers might," said Scheidler. "I am adamantly opposed to what he did for a living. But I believe that anyone can come to the truth. Tiller deserved the chance to turn away from the evil of abortion. I cannot condone the taking of his life."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; georgetiller; joescheidler; moralabsolutes; plal; prolife; tiller
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To: wagglebee
Tiller was 67 years old. He had lots of time to repent, no hand wringing from me...he may have been a personable individual, but that didn't make him less evil..
41 posted on 06/02/2009 12:47:33 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Jeff Head
I read recently of a militia group who resisted government agents when they came to confiscate certain high powered weaponry that this militia had hidden on their premises. In the insuing fight, several government agents were killed and wounded. Also, several of the militia were killed.

Who were they, I would like to read the story.

42 posted on 06/02/2009 12:49:06 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: wagglebee

“He enthusiastically extolled the value of the ultrasound in performing abortions,”

I bet for an extra 20 bucks the mother got a souvenir album of her big adventure.


43 posted on 06/02/2009 12:49:25 PM PDT by yazoo (Conservatives believe what they see. Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: MrB
The disciplined, non-violent arguments of pro-life people were winning the battle for the minds of Americans. A recent poll showed that, for the first time in recent history, most Americans opposed abortion on demand. The rash act of a demented man who killed Tiller has provided a free propaganda gift to the enemy, who is going to use this to suppress everyone who opposes them.

Our Christian forefathers in the Roman Empire faced incredible evil and did not strike back in violence. The same is true of the incredibly brave Christians who labor in Communist and Muslim countries today. Vengeance is the Lord's, not ours.

44 posted on 06/02/2009 12:49:32 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: Ol' Sparky
Why should we care the mass murderer is dead even if we can't allow individuals to take the law into their own hands?

It's called the Rule of Law. I also find myself wondering about the children in the church service who witnessed the scene as blood flew everywhere, guts, brains, etc. Wonder did the murderer care about those children?

45 posted on 06/02/2009 12:50:39 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
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To: hellbender
Vengeance is the Lord's, not ours.

And we can't know that He didn't use this option in taking Tiller's life.

46 posted on 06/02/2009 12:50:52 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

They have all of eternity to get to know each other.


47 posted on 06/02/2009 12:52:23 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: brushcop
God is NOT mocked and there will be retribution upon this nation, it may be beginning now. We are deserving of nothing but eradication if we, as a nation, do not protect our unborn, partial born, infirm, the elderly, the list goes on and on and we have no excuse whatsoever.

Government controlled health care will finish off the chronically ill and the elderly.
48 posted on 06/02/2009 12:52:32 PM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (The great object is that every man be armed. - Patrick Henry)
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To: MrB; Jeff Head; xzins; P-Marlowe; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; ex-Texan
He had plenty. He was "taken" because there was no possibility that he would repent.

And look what I just found:

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

49 posted on 06/02/2009 12:53:22 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Thanks for the ping!


50 posted on 06/02/2009 12:54:06 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: AxelPaulsenJr
They violated, abjectly, the laws of their day...on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord.

Now, through the prism of time and history we know they were patriots. But many of their countrymen at the time called them murderers, monsters, and traitors. And their government wanted them captured, arrested, and would have executed many of them.

The depravity and wikedness of abortion exceeds that of King George...and yet we call it legal, and protect the depraved individuals who engage in the butchery. It is time we pulled the blinders off and looked at that buthery head on and burned the light of truth into the hesrts and souls of those who engage in and support it.

But as with slavry, we may find that, that is not enough. Our forefathers discovered that about the moral depravity of their day.

John Brown and his crimes and conviction and execution come to mind. What he did was illegal...but pailed in comparison to what came later, and he was shown to be on the right side of history, despite his crimes. He just went to war well before most others.

51 posted on 06/02/2009 12:54:07 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: ansel12

Lexington and Concord, 1775


52 posted on 06/02/2009 12:54:48 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: wagglebee
The abortionist George Tiller instantly quipped, "Abortion is worth going to hell for."

Evil incarnate...depaved by a strong and complete, statanic delusion.

53 posted on 06/02/2009 12:56:57 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head
They violated, abjectly, the laws of their day...on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord.

Yeah I guess they did, however they did set up a sovereign country with laws that either one chooses to respect or not. If not, what can there be but anarchy?

54 posted on 06/02/2009 12:57:20 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
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To: wagglebee; xzins; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
Tiller deserved the chance to turn away from the evil of abortion.

He had plenty of chances.

He was an usher at his Lutheran church. His wife was in the Choir. He offered to baptize some of the babies he killed and to officiate over their funerals.

He knew what he was doing and he felt no guilt at all for it.

There comes a point at which God is no longer knocking at the door of your heart.

I suspect that was the case with Mr. Tiller for a long time.

55 posted on 06/02/2009 1:00:09 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Jeff Head

I wonder would you have pulled the trigger on Tiller in church, or anywhere for that matter?


56 posted on 06/02/2009 1:00:34 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr
It's called the Rule of Law.

I stated we shouldn't allow murder or our nation would degenerate into anarchy.

But, why should we feel any remorse than an evil man like Tiller is dead? Would you feel remorse if Kim Jong-Il was murdered? Or if a drug dealer was?

57 posted on 06/02/2009 1:02:32 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: Ol' Sparky

Actually the remorse I feel is that Tiller’s death is actually going to strengthen the hand of the abortionists.


58 posted on 06/02/2009 1:04:24 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
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To: wagglebee
"It has always been my philosophy that we convert abortionists."

Is that what the Lutherans do???? Somehow I can't imagine him being an usher or anything else in our church. First you repent, then seek atonement.

At least none of the babies he murdered will have to see him in the afterlife.

59 posted on 06/02/2009 1:05:18 PM PDT by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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To: Ol' Sparky

I also feel remorse for the children in that church that witnessed that murder. We have laws, and the great thing about is country is that if one doesn’t like a particular law, one can work to have it changed.


60 posted on 06/02/2009 1:07:41 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
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