You're missing my point, though - I think his religious beliefs probably ultimately have nothing to do with his comments about bin Laden. Some of his comments suggest he sympathizes with bin Laden's belief system (namely, the conspiracy theories...), which means that we should take his reaction to bin Laden's death with a huge grain of salt.
The conspiracy theories don't mean he sypathises. It means hes not sure he was behind the attack. The rest of his tweets are clearly religious in nature.
My feelings on your point about how a Christian should react to bin Laden's death: I'm not a religious person (heck, nor am I at all a political person, for that matter), so I cannot really weigh in there. I would suggest that there are exceptions to every rule. I'd also suggest that if you believe in God, and if you believe God views all humans as his children, then let God bear the heavy burden of mourning the death of a mass-murderer. Then, let us mere mortals celebrate the accomplishment of those truly heroic Navy SEALs, our country's intelligence, and our Commander-in-Chief and cherish the fact that bin Laden's death is a huge victory in the war on Terror as well as a delivery of justice and perhaps, hopefully, some solace for those who lost loved ones in 9/11.
I'm not religious either. I was just brought up in catholic schools, and have read the Bible, the Koran, etc. The Bible specifically says you shouldn't rejoice in the misfortune of others. It specifically says you shouldn't judge others.
You're not religious. You can do whatever the hell you want. The people who identify as christian and are rejoicing in this clearly don't understand their own religion.
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