http://disqus.com/people/dc2b29a45e83fb5afea0bea1af085a22/enThu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:00 -0000http://coloradoindependent.disqus.com/fanning_the_radical_anti_abortion_flames_in_colorado/#comment-1898782Paul Hill did not have the authority to kill the abortionist. I sympathize with Mr. Hill's motives, but he is just as bad as the abortionist whom he placed himself in judgement of.<br><br>Even in the Old Testament, the avenger of blood was the next of kin. Had the abortionist personally killed Mr. Hill's son? But the U.S. is not a theocracy as Israel was, nor should it be. God's people is now a Church, not a nation or nations.<br><br>Vengeance is God's; God will repay. The civil government is God's minister to administer God's vengeance. All rulers will some day answer to God. Mr. Hill could have prayed--and I would think that he did. I would hope that he did also support crisis pregnancy centres, adoption agencies, foster parents, and prolife legislation. I would like to think that he is in heaven even now, but such a decision is not mine to make.<br><br>If Mr. Hill had been in the situation of being a witness to an abortion, he would have had other ways to prevent it. He could have physically restrained the abortionist from beginning the operation. He didn't have to kill the abortionist to defend the life of the unborn baby. Sure, he would have been arrested by the police, but that's my point: all murderers, whether abortionists or Mr. Hill, have no authority to make decisions of life and death for other human beings.JonThu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:00 -0000