The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
I'm not sure how many of these sins Osama bin Laden was guilty of; he was on his fifth wife and had countless children, despite being a teetotaller he had a healthy appetite for the caffeine of Coke and Pepsi, he was certainly guilty of hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy towards the United States. He was altogether a wicked man, though like Adolf Hitler, he was apparently kind to dumb animals. From reports he was devoted to an interpretation of Islam which sought to wage war on Western values and was equally ranged against other Islamic traditions. He inspired a generation of Islamist fascists who took part in mayhem and murder across the globe. He claimed to be the planner and inspiration of much of it.
Now he is gone. There will no doubt be conspiracy theories about his still surviving, but I have no truck with them. It would have been preferable, perhaps, if like Saddam Hussain he had been captured and brought to trial, but he was truly a participant in a war and has died the death of a common soldier. No-one should mourn his demise. No doubt we shall see retaliatory atrocities. We must weather them.
Be assured, "those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God." there will be no 72 virgins waiting for him.
2 comments:
Doc,
The reports suggest strongly that his death was little more than an execution, as he was unarmed, legally premeditated murder.
I would say that it was otherwise moral, as capturing him would have almost certainly inspired kidnappings and murders of innocents by fanatics demanding his release.
Still, I know of no law here permitting it.
Was disregarding the rule of law justified here were that indeed the case?
Fog of war at the moment. Sounds a bit like the execution of IRA terrorists by SAS on Gibralter all those yesrs ago.
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