Wednesday, September 12, 2012
On Forgiving Osama Bin Laden
People are called to be like God.
God forgives everyone.
So, in theory I would be called to forgive Osama Bin Laden.
Forgiving him shows that I can seperate his actions from my feelings and grow as a person while becoming more like God. To be able to forgive is truly devine and of course I would like to be able to, but in this case, I cannot forgive Osama Bin Laden.
It is my dearest belief that people do not always deserve what is handed to them, though how they handle it is very showing of their character. Bin Laden deserved his punishment, he deserved to be a hated man for what he did. In my opinion Bin Laden does not deserve my forgiveness. He has done nothing to show that he deserves it or even wants it. I am a very understanding person but my forgiveness is something that needs to be earned.
The Catholic Church teaches me to forgive even if the one I am forgiving does not deserve it. I understand that my belief on forgiving Bin Laden goes against what I have been taught my entire life, and that is something I will have to work on, but at this point in my life I don't think I am ready to forgive Bin Laden for what he did to this country. I was not directly effected from the losses caused by 9/11 but I will never forget the complete fear the event instilled in me. The shock and horror of the even still haunts me and those I am close to so it's hard to move past the feelings and forgive the man who caused said feelings.
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