Go read, The Death of a Tyrant:
And so we can rejoice in the execution of this tyrant. We can rejoice that justice has been done. At the same time, we must not rejoice wrongly. We must take no wrongful pleasure in the death of another person. Death is an unnatural state for humans and one that should always remind us of our state of fallenness. Were it not for our sin there would be no death. And always we must remember that the sin that filled Hussein is the same sin which lives within all of us. Were it not for the restraining hand of God, were it not for His grace, any of us could commit acts equally horrific.
We must never make light of the fact that Hussein is, in all likelihood, in hell now. And, as difficult as this may be to believe, all the pain and torture and devastation Hussein caused in his life, either directly or indirectly, is as nothing compared to what he is experiencing now and what he will experience for all of eternity. We must never, ever make light of hell as the eternal destination of any man.
Hussein’s death is a testament to the depravity of humans, but it is also a testament to the justice, mercy and goodness of God. It is a time to mourn at the state of mankind, but also to marvel at the power and sovereignty of God.
Debbie wrote:
That is an excellent article and mirrors my comment in the previous post. God is a god of justice. God IS just. While we do not feel ‘joy’ in the death of another human, we do feel that justice has been done. Especially in a case like this.
Too many people want to see God as a kindly grandfather, all love and light and forgiveness. They fail to see the other side of God, the side of might and justice.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 4:15 pm | Permalink
Tom wrote:
God is just? If god is just why are millions starving? Why do innocent people suffer from AIDS? If God is all powerful he is a jackass.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 5:26 pm | Permalink
Anthony wrote:
Tom,
The answer is simple. These things exist due to human free will. If you rob a bank or become a mass murderer, it’s your fault not your parents. You exercised the will to act or not to act in accordance with your own desires, don’t blame God. As for your juvenile commentary regarding, “If God is all powerful…”, grow up you’ve got some major issues you need to resolve.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 7:18 pm | Permalink
Tom wrote:
Grow up? You’re the one still talking to an imaginary friend. I think most people with brains stoped doing that around 20 or so.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 7:42 pm | Permalink
anonymous wrote:
Tom, it sounds as if you’re more angry with God than anything. If you didn’t believe in God, then why hold God responsible for all of the problems human beings create for themselves?
And….imaginary friends are something little children concoct. If you still had one at age 20, it might explain a lot of your anger.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 8:20 pm | Permalink
kaqchikel wrote:
There is nothing like a sound, respectful argument.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 9:03 pm | Permalink
Tom wrote:
With God there is no sound arguments again those who are so dumb as to believe in something for which there is no evidence in the first place.
The only things I’m angry about is that I believe in God for so damn long and that so many people still believe in the fairy tale. The greatest fraud every perpetrated on humanity is the lie that god exists that the fraud artists from the Pope to the local priest propagate in order to control and rip off the masses. Stop being used people! Stop! Save yourselves from the lies!
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 10:43 pm | Permalink
Tom wrote:
“arguments again those”
I mean against.
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 10:43 pm | Permalink
Right Truth wrote:
, Steve Lenderman Blog Worshipping The Rock, Islamanazi Ahmadinejad’s Charm Offensive, Sheila Liaugminas Next! HRW and their ilk, Biga’s Rants Rejoice in the Execution of this Tyrant - Challies, The Politic ‘THE KISS WAS JUST A KISS’… ABBAS-OLMERT LOVE AFFAIR SEEMS OVER, Peace in the Desert Two More Reasons to Crush Iran With Sanctions, Blog Critics Reuters stabs us in the back again, How the West Died
Posted on 30-Dec-06 at 11:31 pm | Permalink
Anthony wrote:
You rail like so many in the past Tom but, I am glad that you posted your comments and stated your belief in God.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 12:04 am | Permalink
dmorris wrote:
” And always we must remember that the sin that filled Hussein is the same sin which lives within all of us. Were it not for the restraining hand of God, were it not for His grace, any of us could commit acts equally horrific.”
How utterly silly. Few of us would commit the acts of a man like Saddam Hussein, due, not to the restraining hand of God, but , to the fact that most of us were raised to have a certain amount of compassion and respect for human life.
When God created the Saddams of this world, he forgot to include those virtues, and built a totally self centred individual. Those in the psychiatric profession would label him a psychopath, one of God’s mistakes.
Imperfect people, created in the image of an imperfect Deity.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 12:25 am | Permalink
Greg Farries wrote:
Jeezzz, and they say Christians are full of hate. Tom, dmorris, you’re the perfect example of hypocrisy and there isn’t much point in arguing with you - you’re full of hate. I pity your soul.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 10:42 am | Permalink
Bonnie wrote:
Tom, how did the universe begin? Where did humans come from? Last I checked there were still conflicting views on both these questions because they lacked sound evidence to reach a definitive conclusion. Yet you believe both exist.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 11:16 am | Permalink
Tom wrote:
I don’t claim I know exactly how life began, but not knowing doesn’t require the creation of gods to fill in the holes.
I admit not knowing all. The religious claim to know that which they can’t possibly know.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 11:20 am | Permalink
Aaron Unruh wrote:
“…but not knowing doesn’t require the creation of gods to fill in the holes.”
It doesn’t rule out the existence of a god either, something that you would admit if you were as open-minded as you claim to be.
“I admit not knowing all.”
Bullshit. You “know” that God doesn’t exist because you can’t find any evidence to prove that he does.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 12:21 pm | Permalink
Tom wrote:
“It doesn’t rule out the existence of a god either, something that you would admit if you were as open-minded as you claim to be.”
It’s also possible that blue wagafulluses exist; should I believe in them too?
“You “know” that God doesn’t exist because you can’t find any evidence to prove that he does.”
When did I say that? People imagine god all the time. No one has ever provided a shred of solid evidence that he exists. I don’t know he doesn’t exist, but with out anyone providing any credible evidence, they seem to be talking to their imaginary friend. If people are going to claim something exists they better have some damn evidence, or else they just look like every other nut job that claims they’ve been abducted and probed by aliens. I also think it’s possible that extra-terrestrials, exists, in fact I suspect it’s significantly more likely that they exist than god, but I still wouldn’t believe someone who told me they saw them in a corn field last week with out any substantiating evidence; there are a million more likely explanations for what ever they saw including having a bit too much to drink.
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 12:35 pm | Permalink
Shane wrote:
Tee hee. I guess this IS thejesus.com. I go away for a few days and you guys start theological arguments without me!
Tom=Troll. End of story. Nonsense like categorical knowledge of the nonexistence of God which REQUIRES god-like knowledge to be sure of… then claiming that he DOESN’T know all…
In the meantime and in between time, Happy non-sectarian new year, and welcome to Anno Domini 2007 (oops. guess I was politically incorrect again. My bad.)
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 5:51 pm | Permalink
Aaron Unruh wrote:
“I don’t know he doesn’t exist…”
And the reason you don’t know one way or the other is because the tools you’re using to figure it out (collecting empirical evidence) are inadequate to the task. So why not get a new set of tools?
Posted on 31-Dec-06 at 6:06 pm | Permalink