OBL is dead. God is Great.

That was a post I saw last night after the death of Osama bin Laden.

My first thought after reading it was, "well, God was already good. bin Laden doesn't have any control over that."

My second thought was that translated into Arabic, that would read "Allah Akbar," the same phrase that the 9/11 hijackers said as their planes were crashing into the world trade towers. (It's not only a Muslim phrase, by the way. Arab speaking Chrisitans call God Allah also.)

The world is probably a safer place today than it was 24 hours ago, but I don't think it is a better place. Bin Laden deserved to die, but as long as we equate death with success we will still fall short of God's hopes for humanity.