Could you ever forgive osama bin laden for his crimes against the united states.?

Question

I feel guilty for not being able to forgive him but as a christian I really want to forgive him.
I wish they would just hurry up and catch him, I would feel a lot safer if they said "We got him and he is going to jail forever."

A lot of people are saying they are christians and they don't forgive him. I hate what he did but I want to be like Jesus and forgive the worst of the worst sinners.
I want to forgive like Jesus would but I am human and my anger keeps getting in the way. I wonder if Jesus would forgive him?

Anyway, I hope they catch him soon.

Answer 1

No, there is no reason to forgive him. Your mythological, antiquated religion should not be followed in this case.

Answer 2

Of course this is all assuming that osama bin laden was behind all the crimes that he was accused of. Besides it's possible that he is dead already. When is the last time anyone ever saw him? And assuming that he was behind these crimes, even if he is dead, or dying, or gets caught, someone will just replace him. The war on terror will be an indefinite war as long as people resort to violence to settle their differences.

Indeed the war on terror has always been and always will be. The U.S. is no different. I'm positive that in certain parts of the world the U.S. is considered to be the terrorists, and anyone who
thinks that the U.S. government has never used force to achieve gains that weren't applied towards the greater good is out of their mind. But I wouldn't argue that the U.S actions hasn't had the best interests of the united states in mind. After all, you don't get to be a world power without a little exploitation of weaker states. And the intelligence that is fed to us through the media is all that we have to go on. I only ask that we approach each topic with an
objective standpoint. I'm sorry, I've gone off on a tangent...

Answer 3

That's a fair, and excellent question. I will never forget. But it's not my job to forgive, or not forgive. That's betwee Osama Bin Laden and the Lords of Karma. I just do the best I can to lead a life of good karma, or karmaless action. Realistically, it's not the man, Osama that is our enemy, it is the thought he represents. And since this will always be a warring world, there will be another and another to replace Osama once he is gone. It helps to understand that we are Soul and are just in these lower worlds for the experience. He can kill the body but not the Soul. My safety is not of this world.

Answer 4

they've already replaced bin laden, putting him in jail would serve no purpose but to make us feel better. it would not make the world safer.
as for forgiving him, i can forgive him for what he did to the country, but not what he did to the individuals of the us. the country had no problems bouncing back from it in the long run, but individuals lives were ruined, ended, and wreaked havoc upon.
as a christian remember god does not expect you to be perfect. to err is human, you are human and given free will and therefore not perfect, god knows this and doesn't expect you to be able to forgive everyone for everything. just to be the best you can be and do the best you can do.

Answer 5

1. I'm not religious so I don't feel the need to forgive.
2. I also won't forgive Bush for the crimes against the USA making them even more of a target and dragging my country along for the ride.

Answer 6

LOL...what a load.

No, of COURSE I do not forgive him. And if they do find him and he's not already dead, I hope they take care of that. I'm not paying for his bread and water and bed for the rest of his life.

I know you're trying to turn the other cheek, but this is one of the problems with religion. This man has devoted his life to sending others to their own suicide-deaths in the name of his religion, and you feel compelled to forgive him his trespasses because of yours.

But some people really are irredeemable. If you forgive him out of the overflowing christian benignity of your heart, he merely laughs at your weakness - and actually, rightly so. He'll kill you as soon as look at your exposed ankles.

Answer 7

The same reason he went to Afghanistan and fought the Russians. They don't hate us because we are free. They hate us because our government is occupying muslim land. They hate us because the U.S. and Israel are acting like every other crusading army that has tried to evict them from the holy land. They hate us because our government preaches democracy while it seeks to act as a global dictator. People want to say that the jews must be God's chosen people because they exist in spite of the many attacks against them, but the same is true of the descendants of Ishmael. They have been attacked time and again by so-called Christian crusaders acting in the name of Zionism and still they remain. If China or Russia attacked a state in this country and then started building military bases and acting like a dictator here we would rise up against them just like those muslims are rising up against our government. Listen to Bush sometime. He even says, " ...They want to drive us out of the middle east...." It's there land!!!! We have no business there in the first place and I don't blame them for wanting us out of there.

Answer 8

As you can see from my moniker, I'm Forgiven. Now as a Christian, I can forgive him - but he has to want to be forgiven. God is the same way, as is Christ. You will only be forgive if you ask for it, it is not something that just 'happens.' Osama Bin Laden will not ask for forgiveness - on the contrary, he continues to wage war upon us.

This war that He started demonstrates the capacity of Evil, and this man dwells in evil. He is a zealot and Islamic maniac. I nearly lost my life this past Saturday (the 14th) when one of his followers tried to blow my vehicle up with a 152mm round of high explosive. Aside from some minor damage - my vehicle and crew survived. This is not someone who is looking for forgiveness - so you won't have to worry about offering it to him, he wouldn't take it, but instead would see it as a weakness, and attempt to use it against us. The only answer to him is Justice. And hopefully, God willing, he will see justice exacted upon his corporal body, as well as his spiritual body.

Answer 9

Forgiveness is about understanding that people do things for a reason, and if you know that it makes it easier. This in no way condones what he or any terrorist does. It does mean that we have to believe they are doing their best, no matter how bad that "best" is. He is so ignorant. He has no idea what he's doing. He's human, and full of human frailties. Remember Jesus on the cross, forgiving the people who killed him.

Answer 10

You are right. As Christians we are taught to forgive. But, how can we forgive a man who is so blatantly unrepentant? Let's catch him and throw him in jail and throw away the key. Then I can forgive him.

Answer 11

Forgivness is a religious concept, not philosophical. try post in the right wing yahoo.answer "religion and spirituality" section. Would love to read the answers!