#human hubris

[judahmaccabees]

bodies here are limited as a reminder of human hubris

only the fallen run about as carnal beasts pretending to be holy, because they are vain murderers

You call them priests and masters,

your Ba'al

[world-v-you-blog]

Considering Psalms, 13 – Psalm 72, 1

Please read Psalm 72 in whichever reputable translation you prefer in preparation for this reflection. The translation I am using is the Complete Jewish Bible, translated by David Stern, 1998. Psalm 72 is accredited to Solomon (Shlomo in Hebrew). It is in the form of a prayer for God’s blessing to rest upon the anointed King of Israel, according to the covenant between Solomon’s father, King…

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[lemanzanabizarra]

watched jurassic park again. Its still good.

Honestly since childhood this movie tattoed into my mind the phrase "life always finds a way". And that´s awesome.

cause its a movie selled as a "Dinosaurs alive again, hell yeah"- but actually delves into the price of humanity´s hubris in thinking it can control life, eventually causing its own downfall.

still , Dinosaurs living along with humans is pretty awesome.

[thearbourist]

Floating Houses - A Solution?

Floating Houses – A Solution?

Good chunks of Eastern Canada are getting the flood treatment.

  “In Canada, this spring’s rainfall, compounded by melting snow, has led to states of emergency and evacuations in areas across Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.”

The people who have built or bought their homes on floodplains are currently getting their asses kicked again, just like last year, and most likely just like next year. …

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[fakedick]

There's only so many crazy flavored pancakes we can make before it becomes playing god

[video-arena]

[video-arena]

So the British invented what they called "Air Control". It was the first use of aerial bombing to put down a civilian uprising - and it was promoted as both a humanitarian and a moral way of keeping control. The bombers would be clean and precise, hitting only the buildings and fuel stores of the unruly tribes.

The first large-scale bombing was in November 1923 in the Samawah district on the Euphrates. It was against defiant tribes from the Bani Huchaim confederation. A British Special Services officer called John Glubb had done a reconnaissance and worked out who he thought were the sheikhs who led the tribes.

[blitzkriegblog-blog]

He that will not set himself proudly at the top of all things, but will consider the immensity of this fabric, and the great variety that is to be found in this little and inconsiderable part of it which he has to do with, may be apt to think that, in other mansions of it, there may be other and different intelligent beings, of whose faculties he has as little knowledge or apprehension as a worm shut up in one drawer of a cabinet hath of the senses or understanding of a man.

John Locke