Perhaps those miracles of life that are doomed ... and He's better than even that Alan Greenspan at forecasting future events ... are not given soulful humanity to be lost. That's not what you do with that you create and love. We don't know ...
But I do know that Doctors, nurses, receptionists and orderlys have His gift of life too, and it is not Eric Rudolphs, Pope JohnPaul's or yours or mine to destroy. They are innocents in Law and perhaps their own church or faith. Eric Rudolph is not an innocent player and the protection of our citizens, safety and society. He's the imminent threat that needs to be removed.
I don't care, it could be an A.N.S.W.E.R. rally ... if I saw someone in the act of terrorism, I'd do what I could to stop it. Even if somone put one lit M-80 between Elanor Cliff's butcheeks ... yeah, I'd walk away from that. That would be none of my business. ;^)
If "we" means the US gov., then "we" pretend to know by legalizing ending life. If "we" means US citizens, then why should anyone believe the gov. knows which souls are destined for "doom" and which are not, and thereby enabling the sealing of their fate?
I agree with your basic position that if Rudolph did what he's alleged to have done, he deserves punishment. But it is precisely cases like these that make me think very hard about death penalties.
This thread has been revealing, but no American, and certainly no Christian, should ever attempt to justify the Olympic bombing, or exonerate the perp, in legal or religious terms, because of his or her political and/or religious beliefs. There is no way in heck that I believe that God would allow me into heaven if I was the perp here, unless I later came to seek absolution and by His grace received it. But I wouldn't cry foul if I was forced to seek that absolution as a lifer in San Quentin.