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He was a human being, created in the image of God. He was evil and not a child of God, but there were moments in his life of joy, love, kindness, beauty and laughter. God could have created a world in which he had no choices between good and evil--but He didn't.

God doesn't grade on a curve--life is pass/fail, and eternal life depends on our position in Christ, not our personal laundry list of good qualities or deeds. And it's a good thing too, because dancing in the streets or on the internet when someone dies in a bombing raid would not put us on the right side of the ledger, would it? It would wipe out all those pro-life marches, all those animal rescues, cleaning up the environment, visits to the nursing home and the making of AIDS quilts if we were judged on our own merits.

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