May 2, 2011 · 1:30:00 · 14 min
Osama bin Laden: celebrating justice vs mourning eternal damnation
- Is it okay for Christians to celebrate at the death of Osama bin Laden?
The hosts take up the biblical perspective on bin Laden's death: part of one host celebrates 'we got him' as an American, but he can't celebrate anyone burning in hell. They draw the vengeance-vs-justice line — bin Laden deserved death and eternal damnation, and the only reason anyone escapes it is faith in Christ — and critique nationalism trumping God. The segment shifts to admiring the SEAL raid ('the military is the hero in this story') and a self-deprecating covert-operation fantasy ('I'm 80 pounds overweight and really slow').