Osama bin Laden Movie

It was announced this week that a new movie will be released just before the presidential election next year about the killing of Osama bin Laden.  I highly suspect the timing of this movie and while I don't know what the contents of the movie are for sure, I am confident that the movie won't show Obama playing golf and having to be dragged to the White House to view something that he feels is unnecessary and wrong.  I am fairly confident that this movie will portray Barry Nobama as a great war hawk, seeking the revenge of 3000 innocent souls that perished on September 11th, 2001. And if the movie perpetrates this lie, it will be an obvious attempt to help with Obama's re-election efforts.  And it will be a shameful lie!

But the movie made me think about the day that Osama bin Laden was killed and the days that followed.  Quite frankly, I was pleased that a threat to the United States was taken out.  I was relieved that this threat to American security was interrupted.  I was proud that we exacted revenge on the person that took 3000 innocent souls and disrupted the American way of life for the foreseeable future.

So I was confused and perplexed regarding some of the blogs and tweets and posts that I read regarding bin Laden's death.  Some of my friends say that they had a "heavy heart" because Bin Laden so strongly opposed the teachings of Christ throughout his life, and therefore, must have gone to hell the instant that he was shot in the head.  They quote verses such as the first part of Ezekiel 33:11 that states, “Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.”

Matthew 5:43-48 was another verse used. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

I get it.  I don't think we should celebrate the death of a man in the streets of our nation's Capitol and in the bars of America.  I don't think we should say terrible things about the Pakistanis or the Saudis as a race.  I don't think we are supposed to celebrate a soul going to hell. We are supposed to love the people that are hard to love.

But I get confused when I read the bible and read about how God wiped the Egyptians off the face of the earth when the Red Sea collapsed.  I am confused when David, a man after God's heart, killed Goliath and cut his head off in victory.  I am confused when the message from Christians seems to be to just pray and ask for a miracle.  I am not advocating death and war but I personally am convinced that several times throughout the bible, God asks his people to use common sense to avoid death, or imprisonment, or capture, including the killing of enemies to protect country and family.

I understand that God doesn't want even one soul to end up in hell.  But I find it ironic that Christians are so burdened over bin Laden: over just one soul.  What's my point?  There are over 155,000 people that die every single day of every single year.  Why aren't we concerned about them?  There are approximately 42 million abortions, or 115,000 daily abortions.  Why don't these same people have a heavy heart regarding the people that are dying every day or for the abortions that occur daily?  Why don't they have a heavy heart for the 270,000 people that face death every single day of every single year?


I find it hypocritical to feel "burdened" about Bin Laden and not about the souls of people that die daily.  If you are so concerned about people's souls, get off of your couch and stop watching Desperate Housewives on Sunday night.  If you are so concerned about people's souls, have the guts to go door-to-door and tell people about God's grace.  If you are so concerned about people going to hell, help the poor and elderly and widowed instead of buying yourself a new car to impress your buddies.  If you are so sad about bin Laden's soul going to hell, then have your neighbors over, become a friend to them, and tell them about the greatest gift ever given.

I admit that I am a hypocrite.  I admit that I don't take action when I should or as often as I should.  I admit that I have a long, long way to go to be the example that I should be.  I know that you can point the finger at me for several issues in my life.  I know that I should probably keep my mouth shut, but this self-righteous attitude regarding one soul frustrates me terribly. and, to me,  is the epitome of hypocrisy.  

If the death of one evil person causes you to be sad and "heavy hearted" what are you going to do about the hundreds or thousands of people around you?  Don't tell me about it, don't blog about it, don't "tweet" about it, don't post it on Facebook. I already know you are upset.  If you are so concerned about just one soul, get off your butt and do something about all the people around you.