On the Death of a Terrorist

In one way we should not be gleeful of any death, but it seems that we may be allowed a feeling that justice has been done. Otherwise, in much of the Old Testament the Israelites were wrong in their rejoicing when David slew Goliath or when the Judges of Israel liberated the Israelites from the domination of the Philistines. Also in the New, Jesus himself never condemns the Centurion for being a centurion. Also the Church often (rightly in my mind), condoned the execution of the guilty throughout her history because man was seen made in the image of God and to willfully take a life incurred the maximum penalty (see Gen. 9:6). Sometimes acts and ways of life have consequences, and sometimes the consequences must be harsh---and in their harshness may deter others.