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Should religious people rejoice bin Laden’s death?

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May 3, 2011

Going back-to-back-to-back-to-back like the Dodgers in the 2006 NL West race against the Padres, here comes the fourth straight Osama bin Laden-related post at this here blog. The reason, besides the fact that bin Laden’s death is big news, is that RNS has an interesting story about how religious people should respond.

Here’s an ” title=”My Facebook” target=”_blank”>My Facebook news feed has been a mixture of people celebrating Osama’s death, references to law school finals, bin Laden jokes (which I really don’t get), and people commenting on Osama’s death in light of God’s justice.

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