Terrorists and the mothers who love them

Anyone who does wrong has "mental problems" of some sort, because, as you know "the battle is in the mind" for choosing between good and evil, and there Satan attacks our thinking and is the author of confusion with his lies, rationalizations, deception, and evil of all kinds. "As a man thinketh, so is he" means so many things and here it means also that all of us need to guard our hearts and minds, and "renew our thinking" to be in accordance with God's word. Scripture says God hates violence and violent men. At the "human" or emotional level, of course, we always love our children. But because of that very love, given to us by our Lord and Savior who loves us so unconditionally that the greatest of all sacrifices was made for our benefit, we must not be remiss in remembering that love chastens and corrects, trains and disciplines and does not confuse excuse with consequence. While I cannot speak directly to this particular case, I know of many parents who had to make the difficult decision to let their child suffer the consequences of their own wrongdoing; some even reported them to the police in the first instance. I think that's the right thing in the long run. We still love the sinner, but hate the sin. I think we need now to be really careful about the meaning of the word "terrorist", since a terrorist traitor in the White House has redefined the word for us, using euphemistic designations for those who gladly lop our heads off, while calling grandmothers and the military "terrorists". Speak of "mental problems"!

Now a days you never know what you would do in there situation. I know with Kathryn being my only child right now that i would probably do what ever I needed to so that my child could be protected. On the other hand i wouldn't want to be taken in on act of treison.

@Laglen I think thats quite common for any mother to be in denial mode for sometime till she believes his son is really terrorist.Many times people do have multiple sides to their personality where friends and family member know one side and other side which is dark remain unseen.So they do get shock when sometime like this happen and they find it difficult to accept.

If he had mental problems, she should have gotten him professional help, before he went off on the deep end. As a mother, I would still love him...but I'd be disappointed as he**. I don't think I'd have a comment for the media either.

I can't imagine how horrible it would be to know that my son was a terrorist who tried or who actually did hurt innocent people. I would also continue to love him but I think I would go away and hide out somewhere because you know how the press is and I don't think I could deal with that along with my own personal pain. I think this mother should have tried to get help for her son if she thought he had mental problems, too.