Who Would Jesus Execute? Christians And The Death Penalty

Via: Outis  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“Is the widespread Evangelical Christian support of the death penalty in the U.S. in line with Christian ethics? Who would Jesus execute?”

Is it possible to follow Christ while killing a helpless person? If we're not supposed to throw that first stone, how can we make that injection? I insist: the person we are contemplating killing is helpless. A prisoner.  Does it matter what that person has done?  Did Christ give us exceptions...

The Best Keyboard

By: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“... according to science...”

Mechanical!

At a glance - The runaway greenhouse effect on Venus

Via: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  2 years ago

“"I bought off on the “runaway greenhouse” idea on Venus for several decades (without smoking pot) and only very recently have come to understand...”

I read about the greenhouse effect on Venus maybe sixty years ago... and never wondered about it. I'm kinda stick-in-the-mud.

After Ingenuity: Bigger, Bolder Aircraft for Exploring Aliens Worlds

Via: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  10 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“It is difficult to emphasise the significance of the milestone surpassed by NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity.”

OK... Ingenuity was a great little machine. But what's next?

6 Great Space Images in January

Via: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

Space is cool!

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Via: Outis  •  Entertainment  •  11 Comments  •  2 years ago

“Klaatu barada nikto!”

I was only four when this first came out, so I probably didn't see it right away. Still... it's among my oldest memories of movies... along with "Forbidden Planet", so that probably means something... Watch it today: https://amzn.to/48UHaSb

When the largest Animals on Land were Millipedes

By: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  4 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Cuties!”

Houthi promo

By: Outis  •  The Lighter Side/ Humor  •  3 Comments  •  2 years ago

Habitual Linecrosser is not always... empathetic. But he's almost always funny.

Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust | Ars Technica

Via: Outis  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  2 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“I think of the civilizations in those galaxies looking back at the Milky Way.”

Heavens!

The Long Way Home

Via: Outis  •  Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures  •  10 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Now THAT'S.a clipper!”

This should be a movie. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks.