Death ≠ Justice

I just don't get it; the mass rejoicing in the death of a man who planned the death of thousands of people in the 9/11 attacks. Is it not just as sick to rejoice in the death of a human being (regardless of what they did in life) as using religion to for the purposes of spreading "hate and division among people" (as the vatican would put it). I'm glad he will not be planning any other attacks in the name of religion but as a christian I cannot rejoice in his death. Like the death penalty, a human's death does not equal justice.


Here is the Vatican's response to the death of Osama bin Laden:
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will have to answer to God for having killed many people and exploiting religion to spread hate, the Vatican said on Monday.

Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said that while Christians "do not rejoice" over a death, it serves to remind them of "each person's responsibility before God and men."

"Osama bin Laden, as everyone knows, had the grave responsibility of having spread division and hate among people, causing the deaths of an innumerable number of people and exploiting religion for these purposes," he said.

The Vatican has often condemned the concept of violence in God's name.

Lombardi also said the Vatican hoped that the death of bin Laden "would not be an occasion for more hate, but for peace."