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Do you personally forgive Osama Bin Laden?

even after he killed over 3000 americans, i still forgive him. what about you guys?

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  • 4 years ago
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    I forgive him in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

  • Fly G
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    I want what God wants. God commands us to forgive, so I do... even the worst offenders that ever lived. I won't harbor resentment.

    I'm not sure Bin Laden would be open to God's forgiveness if God offered it to Him. But if he would, I'd want Him to have it. We should take no pleasure in the death or punishment of the wicked.

    That all said... God isn't just love, but He is just. I'd expect that if He were to forgive Bin Laden, there would be extremely serious consequences that would be part of the deal.

    God offers us forgiveness in all situations so when we realize we messed up horribly... we don't give up hope of forgiveness. It is there for those who truly wish to admit guilt and begin anew. God will withhold forgiveness of those who insist on choosing wickedness and refuse to admit guilt or submit to it. Basically, those who insist on His wrath will get it.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    We are to forgive anybody, and everybody we have a grudge against. We are also commanded to love one another, as we love ourselves. Hard to do Huh?

  • Davros
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    He was a complex figure. Privileged upbringing, Extensively travelled, took alpine skiing holidays, highly educated, liked French literature and English football. Quite a world away from his later cave dwelling militant antics.

    The Americans helped to create him as a resistance leader when they funded him to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, but it was perhaps his spats with his Saudi peers over the Gulf War that set him on the road to becoming the nemesis of the west. Rejected by his homeland and hunted by his previous western backers I don't know whether he was forced into ever decreasing circles of fundamentalism by harsh circumstance or whether he deliberately chose to dive in headlong.

    It's still not clear how much, if anything he even knew about the 9/11 attack beforehand. However he was the man at the top of the hierarchy and responsibility lay on him regardless. For that, no there is no forgiveness. He unambiguously believed in the deliberate targetting of the innocent and that is terrorism 101. I could hold a certain amount of sympathy for this man who saw the whole world turn against him for fighting for what he saw as the dispossessed and downtrodden, but his delusions and self-righteousness do not excuse his crimes.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    I wouldn't say I really forgive him, but he just hardly ever crosses my mind. When he does, I just don't feel sorry for how his life ended.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    If Donald Trump had ben presidint Osama would not of been in this country. It was liberal radical islamist lover Obama that let him in! God Bless Trump!

  • 4 years ago

    Allah Akbar!! Boooooom

  • Esther
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Isn't important what I think about him. He's dead and God will judge him. That's good enough for me.

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