Why Hate?
Today is a day that makes me question why I do what I do.
I serve a wonderful community of people but watching this message of hate on several fronts today is saddening.
Are we better off Osama is not on this earth? Probably.
Am I glad that people DIRECTLY affected by 9/11 have closure? Definitely.
Do I applaud our military for doing their job well with no civilian casualties? HECK YES!!
But look at your Twitter and Facebook feeds today….
People are openly celebrating death. People filled the streets of DC and NYC last night celebrating the death of a man.
I’ve also seen people direct hate at people/entities that are not Osama bin Laden.
People are making fun of Republicans and former President Bush because Obama killed Osama rather than him.
People are mocking Fox News and indirectly the people that work there.
People are using the death of Osama as justification for why their own ideology is correct.
I was flipping through tv last night and I saw Fox News treating the event like Christmas. I saw CNN use it as a way to enforce the war agenda. I don’t know how NBC or CBS spun it but no one watches them anyway (I kid I kid).
Essentially, the death of one man is bringing to the forefront the true feelings in the hearts of many (some even people I know) and it makes me hurt.
Because if all these people are so filled with prideful hate….what’s the point?
Love conquers all. Set your mind on things of heaven and not of earth.
God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
God is an honest judge.
He is angry with the wicked every day.
If a person does not repent,
God will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
He will prepare his deadly weapons
and shoot his flaming arrows.
The wicked conceive evil;
they are pregnant with trouble
and give birth to lies.
They dig a deep pit to trap others,
then fall into it themselves.
The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
Psalm 7:10-16.
It’s no shock to me that evidently I’m a crappy person for being happy that God plucked an evil man from this earth. But He is just. And I rejoice in justice. Which, I guess, means I rejoice in Osama’s death. No worries, though. I’m sure someone will shoot me in the head and thousands of people will rejoice at that, too. It is, after all, what I deserve.
5.2.2011 at 1.01 pm
Disconcerting reaction indeed. In the OT, God-you could certainly argue-was portrayed quite violently indeed. Quite the paradox we find ourselves in.
Overall, all aspects of this story make me sad.
5.2.2011 at 3.48 pm