Christian on solo mission to kill Osama Bin Laden

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An American described as a “good-humored Christian who was ‘on a mission’ to kill or capture Osama” was arrested in Pakistan today.  This story is pretty amazing, but of course I’m only posting it to make fun of the magical irrationality of religion.

Our subject is named Gary Brooks Faulkner, and he is described by his brother as “very passionate, and, as a Christian, he felt, when Osama mocked this country after 9/11, and it didn’t feel like the military was doing enough, it became his passion, his mission, to track down Osama, and kill him”

Why could this man think that he could track down and kill Osama?  Well, the obvious answer of course…

Asked why he thought he had a chance of tracing bin Laden, Faulkner replied, “God is with me, and I am confident I will be successful in killing him,” Khan said.

“I think Osama is responsible for bloodshed in the world, and I want to kill him,” Khan quoted him as saying.

If god wanted Osama dead, couldn’t god simply snap His Godly Fingers?

And wait a minute.  Osama claims that god is with HIM.  This is a Jihad after all, is it not?  God must love helping both sides kill each other.  Oh but maybe Osama’s god is not the same god as Faulkner’s.  That must be it.

Wouldn’t it be easier if the gods just fought themselves?  Or maybe…. hmmm….. just maybe human beings have a strong desire to kill each other and enjoy using religion as their justification.  I wonder if that could be true.

Source: Associated Press