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Who Would Jesus Execute? Christians And The Death Penalty
Via: Outis • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 10 months 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...
At a glance - The runaway greenhouse effect on Venus
Via: Outis • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 10 months 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 • 10 months 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?
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Via: Outis • Entertainment • 11 Comments • 10 months 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
