; ]6 L; |0 \: B. i A' t9 g' WJesus loves - not approves of - Osama : g/ P) X: t$ t) }February 01, 2007 12:00, U; ?! Q3 G% w# ^
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JESUS does indeed love Osama bin Laden, but a controversial Sydney church sign saying so is misleading, says Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen. * H& G# }" Y; K( ?" Z& L
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The sign "Jesus Loves Osama" outside a number of local churches, including some Anglican, also features a Bible extract saying, "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you". 0 c7 \9 d2 Q5 _* w5 j' v( i* {) Z: @
% I: R6 U; Q: g/ p5 OArchbishop Jensen said he had not been involved in any decision to display the signs and had reservations about them. 3 A7 g) _; k) g) C
) ? m2 p7 K# m( ^"I'm hesitant about it frankly, it's a bit misleading," he told Southern Cross Broadcasting. # C) `) t; H; {% S n
, ?* e2 o1 ?; |& F) o% q"I say to myself, 'If I were a relative of one of the victims of Osama's activities, I might take affront at this'." " t) {6 r8 w" \* e- g
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Archbishop Jensen said he understood what the sign was trying to say, that Christianity taught loving everyone – even the al-Qaeda head. 8 h" i- d0 R$ \! _4 Z, l
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"There is a truth in it (but) what we've got to say is, Jesus doesn't approve of Osama, it makes it sounds like, 'Oh, Osama's doing the right thing."
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