A few thoughts.
1. I'm glad. Part of me wants to celebrate ObL burning in hell right this minute.
2. However, I know there are Christian reasons to not be glad.
3. Furthermore, my understanding of Hell, especially following Tim Keller following CS Lewis, is a state for people who reject God to be away from Him forever. And God is love. So, it's not quite the 'happy' image of ObL roasting and brings home the eternal consequences of all of our decisions.
4. As I said in this Facebook post, it makes me sick that ObL was living in comparative comfort, including with one of his wives (so he got to have regular sex). I begrudge him every need and luxury.
5. I regret so much about our mishandled responses to 9/11 -- not so much attacking the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, but how we screwed them up. Too many Americans and Afghans and Iraqis lost their lives or their loved ones on account of our mistakes.
6. And, as I said on this Facebook thread, many of the things that we fought for and have tried to accomplish will likely be short-changed and squandered. What are the chances of a decent outcome in Iraq, not to mention Afghanistan and Pakistan?
That's it for now.
2 comments:
He returned hospitality with cruelty.
We were unable to reconcile him to this world, so now he is in the next.
May God grant him the mercy and peace he refused to so many others.
a gracious wish, Dan. i expect no mercy or peace for ObL, not least of all b/c he didn't give it to others.
'Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.'
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