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Instead of showing any appreciation for Him doing what so many others have failed to do in a similar situation you instead focus on the negative and dismiss the positive. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I think we should wait to hear more from the police on what circumstances lead to his death, don't you? He may or may not have been involved in some nefarious activities, we should wait and see.

And, no, I am not ashamed of myself. I only wish this child had a loving, stable, two-parent home.

Why should we wait for more information? Did he not already take responsibility for his actions? Are you hoping that they can find some (more then he confessed to) dirt on him so you can rationalize the ill will you have shown?

I too wish the child had a stable two-parent home. As long as I'm wishing, I'll further wish that she had a stable home with two parents that loved her instead of just the one, but regardless of either of us wishing that was not how it turned out. The young man made the best of a bad situation that he placed himself in. You don't know his heart or his relationship with god. You don't know enough to sit in judgment of his life other then this one mistake. You take that mistake and loudly proclaim his sin while ignoring his hard work to rectify that mistake. Then you claim a mantle of morality as if what you had done was the correct thing to do and had any benefit whatsoever. Yes he sinned in having sex out of wedlock. I have sinned thus...Do you wish to castigate me? I further suggest that you have sinned unless you are the second perfect person born on earth. Do you wish others to focus on your sins rather then the work you have done to resolve those sins? Would you wish a petty human who only looked at your sins to sit on the throne of judgment when your time has come or would you wish for G_d, who knows your heart, to sit in judgment?