Just recently the death of Osama Bin Laden shocked the world. Days after it hit the headlines, it continues to be the topic of discussions and endless debates everywhere.
A lot of people took this as a reason to rejoice because they believe the death of the alleged mastermind of all the terrorist attacks worldwide would mark the end of violence and terrorism. However, that belief would be farthest from becoming a reality for surely terrorist groups are prepared for these kind of circumstances. Do you honestly think that Bin Laden himself had not trained his successor? He is way too intelligent not to even think about this. For sure they had long prepared for this eventuality.
On the contrary, it could even trigger off more terrorist attacks for surely his followers would not give up a chance to avenge the death of their leader.
But this is not what bothers me about his demise.
I find it so sad and too distressing for people to rejoice over someone's death, even if, for the sake of argument, they perceive him to be a very bad person. Judgment is not ours and will never be. We know that he allegedly caused the death of so many people, notably the 9/11 tragedy, but still that does not give us the right to be happy over his death.
How do you think his family feels about this? Or if the tables were turned, and you were in this situation, how would you feel? I certainly would feel bad if this happened to me.
I find it very unChristian for people to wish the death of anyone, much more rejoice when this turns into a reality. If we do then we are probably no better than him.
So sad that his family and his supporters are the only ones grieving, for there is no doubt they idolize him. This is not to justify his deeds or his wrongdoings, but I am certain that as far as he was concerned, everything he did was for the best of his people. It's just too bad that their ideology is totally contradictory to ours.
It is my opinion that there is no one created by God who is totally evil. Somehow there must be something positive about him.
However, all these is water under the bridge now.
But I would still want to believe that maybe once, even just once in his lifetime, he must have done something good.
May his soul rest in peace.
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