The man did some terrible things. There's no one denying that. But, I am adamently AGAINST the death penalty. If every human being is equal in God's eyes, then we are no better than he is. In God's eyes, SIN is SIN. So, all the murders he is responsible for, are no worse than every time we look upon someone with lust or tell a lie or steal something, in God's eyes. SIN is SIN. SIN is WICKED. God doesn't look at one sin as being less wicked than the other.... So, in that respect, we are all still equal in God's eyes; We are sinners, by nature, just as Suddam was. So, how then, if we are equals, do we have the right to take another human's life? Isn't forgiveness what Jesus taught?
[bible]Matthew 5:38-48[/bible]
I would hope that if someone were to do something as horrible as murder my family, that I would be able to forgive them, eventually. I would hope that through the love of God, I would not hold anger against them in my heart, at least not forever. It would be only natural that through grief I would be angry. But, if I do not let go of that anger; if I do not "surrender it all to Jesus" (As my favorite hymn, "I Surrender All" goes) then that anger will destroy my life. So, not only has the guilty taken away your family's life, they have also taken away your's... Well, that is to say, you have let your anger toward them take away your life.
So, I pray that the families of the victims are able to forgive Suddam, for their sakes.
Does it make all the murders that he is responsible for justified now that he has been executed? Does it take away the pain of the families? Does it give them back their loved ones?
If someone sets a house on fire, does me going and setting another house on fire put the other fire out??? NO!!!
This goes back to the Old Testament's, "AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH." What I think we all too often forget is that we are not living under the same conditions the people of the Old Testament were living in. God spoke directly to people in those days. They knew what the punishment of defying God's law was.
We don't live under those conditions anymore.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that he should have gooten off scotch-free, not at all. I think that he should have been punished, as should everyone that breaks the law (government not God's). But, I think that when you sentence someone to death, that you are essentially playing God. I mean, who is the Giver of Life?... God! .... And then who is the only One who has the right to take away life... GOD!!!
Too, I think we all too often question the things that happen, as is only natural. However, we forget that God has a Master Plan. And that EVERYTHING that happens, happens for a reason and is all apart of His Grand Design.
The Bible Says that God chooses the rulers of nations. So, God is going to put into power who he wants to be in power. And so, Suddam came to power and was allowed to do the horrible things he did for a purpose. And this purpose probably and most likely is, much bigger than we can comprehend. We just have to trust in the Lord that He knows what he is doing... and He does.