When news broke of Osama bin Laden's death, we had quite a dialogue going on Owning Pink after I wrote my thoughts in this post (and then this post to follow, about speaking my truth). It got me questioning if the celebration of death and violence is ever good, and wondering what my fave deity Jesus would do.

Turns out that a new survey reveals that Americans -- particularly fundamental Christians -- are a wee bit hypocritical when it comes to certain Biblical teachings, particularly with fuzzy parts that don’t favor revenge or torturing your enemies, like the Golden Rule. According to this survey, 82% of Americans believe bin Laden distorted the teachings of Islam to suit his own purposes, 65% believe the al Qaeda leader is rotting in hell, and 62% think it is wrong to celebrate the death of another human being.

Convenient Christian?