Osama bin Laden, Hell, and A Creative Theology

A few thoughts on these most recent events…

I got a text last night asking if I’d seen that Osama bin Laden had been killed. I hadn’t, so I turned on a news channel to see the breaking news. I caught a bit of the President’s speech, and then saw footage of the crowds outside the White House celebrating. Without getting into it, I will say that it is very unnerving to me to watch people celebrate the death of another. 

Hell is something that people experience on a daily basis, and is perpetuated by people such as Osama bin Laden. Terror, murder, and instilling fear into the lives of others is a choice that is made out of a twisted grasp at power and control. Evil is most often a perverted struggle with control. And since eternity began with the resurrected Jesus, we can provide our world, right now, glimpses of the Kingdom that broke in on the first Easter. Death lost its power, and the power of Hell was defeated; we are witnesses.

One of the most basic concepts of A Creative Theology is that the encounter between an audience and a piece of creation develops a relational bond between that same audience and the creator of the creation. When you encounter a piece of creation, it changes how you view the person who created it. There is a bond or a disconnect experienced in that moment. How you view humanity is a direct reflection of how you view the Creator.