From Kevin DeYoung:
There are really two questions to answer: 1) Did Osama bin Laden deserve to die? 2) Did those who killed him have authority to do so? I believe the answer to both those questions is yes. Consequently, his death was a matter of justice for which we can be grateful.
1. Did Osama bin Laden deserve to die? Genesis 9:6 suggests he did: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” Capital punishment for murder is not an assault on the image of God, but a defense of it. It is because human life is so precious, that the taking of human life needs to be punished so severely. The principle of “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, wound for wound” (Exod. 21:23-25) was not a matter cruel and unusual punishment, but of controlled retribution as a means of protecting the community and valuing the dignity of human life.
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Thanks for posting this Dan – this actually helped me in my thinking about this quite a bit. Especially paragraph six and seven. Hope the rest of you get a chance to read the entire article.
I’m so glad you posted this. There are so many different thoughts and opinions about what happened. I haven’t been able to make my mind up about it. This article definitely gave me some good insight.