soul searcher

Maybe. But not in this instance: While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp." So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses. (Numbers 15:32-36) Where was God's mercy? The members of the assembly didn't decide on their own to execute the man, God ordered them to.

I've always believed in capital punishment for heinous crimes like terrorism and mass murder. In the case of simple murder I think the circumstances need to be considered. I also believe that the victims' families should have a say in it. Of course, all of this assumes that the evidence in the case is clear and without plausible doubt. How does this square with God's grace? Well...going just by what the bible says, it's a no-brainer: God ordered executions (and genocide) more than once. And we were created in God's image (Gen. 1-27).

sounds very familiar

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...I'm gonna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each others' paint-by-number dreams...

"...And when the evening rolls around I'll go on home and lay my body down..." One of my all-time favs.

She grew up in an Indiana town Had a good-lookin' mama who never was around But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights

Billy Joel, "Angry Young Man"...or does it have a different title?

no clue

Yes, but my favorite was Elmer's Glue.

yup

Thanks, Waysider. I never knew what he looked like and it never occured to me to pull up the video.

"...most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of ANYTHING."

hmm...

Pulp Fiction?

Doobies - Taking it to the Streets And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God it's so painful, something that's so close And still so far out of reach

"'Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center.' Sounds charming."

It was used in "Jaws" by Quint. I don't know where else.

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder Thought I heard you mention my name can't you talk any louder? Don't come any closer Don't come any nearer My vision of you Can't come any clearer

Thought I heard you mention my name can't you talk any louder?

Hey Twinx, you could preach hellfire and doom and ask for donations. (ha ha! sorry...jk) I thought you had found a job. It didn't work out? Maybe you posted and I missed it.

That be "Who'll Stop the Rain?". "There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder"

Sounds like the Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together".

Ya think The Eagles ever heard this?