Apostasy
LGBT spiritual community opening in Grand Rapids woodtv
“I was in a heterosexual relationship and a homosexual relationship — I’ve just realized that I’m a child of God. And it doesn’t matter where you’re at in your life, you’re loved,” Tenbrock said.
No one who is in Christ will be perfect until after we are with Him (1 John 3:2), but He demands repentance and turning from sin - not to stay where we are in the sins that put Him on the cross! That's not the fruit of one who has been made righteous by faith in Christ... 1 John 3:9-10
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Space
NASA Ramps up Research on 'Humanoid Robots' for 'Extreme' Unmanned Space Probes inquisitr
NASA has ramped up its space research initiative aiming to launch more Humanoid Robots for designated extreme deep space probes in addition to assisting astronauts presently engaged in space. These developments would enable the space agency to undertake far more challenging unmanned space excursions with state-of-the-art robots taking the lead.
I wouldn't say this was the best written article ever, but worth a peek :)
North Korea
South Korea Says North Has Capacity to Put Nuclear Warhead on a Missile nytimes
South Korea has determined that North Korea is capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on its medium-range Rodong ballistic missile, which could reach all of South Korea and most of Japan, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Steam Seen at North Korea Nuke Reprocessing Lab military
Satellite imagery indicates activity at a North Korean laboratory that could separate plutonium for nuclear weapons, a U.S. website that monitors sensitive sites in the isolated country said Monday.
CERN
CERN Is Seeking Secrets of the Universe, or Maybe Opening the Portals of Hell wsj
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is gearing up for another run at smashing particles together to unlock the secrets of the universe.
That means anticipating a new round of conspiracy theories that its real aim is to blast open a gateway for apocalyptic demons.
Listen...CERN is admittedly an odd organization at best, with a poor taste in art (or good, if you are into idols) and some really confusing theatre productions that are borderline ritualistic dances...and though the WSJ is rather sarcastic in their caricaturization of conspiracy theorists in this article, I have to say that the article caught my attention because it's largely, and unfortunately, true...even among professing believers who appear more focused on convincing people CERN is the Destroyer then they are on sharing the truth that Christ is Lord.
Israel
Rabbi Lila Kagedan: A history-making title in Orthodox Judaism cnn
But her announcement is surprising -- historic, even: Kagedan, of Mount Freedom Jewish Center, is the first woman to have the title of rabbi serving an Orthodox congregation.
Israel Electric Corporation cuts power to Hebron timesofisrael
Israel’s state-owned electric company temporarily cut power to the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, continuing a two-week program of disrupting supplies to Palestinian cities and towns, Haaretz reported.
Medical
Scientists Grow Working Heart Muscle From Stem Cells industrytap
Researcher Jacques Guyette from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) said in a statement, “Regenerating a whole heart is most certainly a long-term goal that is several years away, so we are currently working on engineering a functional myocardial patch that could replace cardiac tissue damaged due to a heart attack or heart failure.”
Note that the trial only had 109 people, but still interesting. See also Stem cell therapy improves outcomes in severe heart failure
Scary Medical
Scientists are one step closer to using pig hearts for human transplants theverge
The feat was made possible by genetic engineering — and a ton of drugs. Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health were able to keep pig hearts alive inside five baboons for a median of 298 days.
Utopia
What Will Cities Look Like, Be Like in 2050? industrytap v
The world’s current population is about 7.3 billion. By 2050, the population is expected to reach as high as 11 billion, or one and a half times the number of people existing today. New York City may blossom from 8.4 million today to 12.6 million in 2050, or New Delhi from 9.8 million today to 14.7 million. But cities aren’t going to grow proportionally to the overall total. Beijing, for example, is expected to grow six times the size of New York; from 11.51 million today to 48 million by 2050.
WORLDVIEW ALERT!!! :) Ok, this is largely a lot of nonsense, but there is a 45 min video included of some men's plans for the future to save us all (James 4:13), which is interesting. There is one reference to god near the end. Lowercase 'g' is appropriate here.
Bible
The Secret to a Life of Faith cbc
Audio to a sermon on Habakkuk. Listen to this message of how Habakkuk responded to God telling him that He was going to judge Judah using people even more evil and wicked (Chaldeans), and consider your own faith and whether or not it is solidly grounded in who God is, not your current (or near-future) comfort. That link directly downloads the MP3. You can also go the Calvary Bible Church website, directly.
Archaeology
Jewish settlement, synagogue from Second Temple era unearthed on Sea of Galilee shore jpost
The synagogue, the IAA said, dates back to the early first century CE, Second Temple Period, and Jesus’s Public Ministry around the Galilee. It is now one of the seven oldest synagogues from this period uncovered in the country.
UN
Helen Clark 'ticks all the boxes' for UN's top job radionz.co.nz
I am not campaigning as a woman candidate, I am campaigning as the best person for the job, she told BBC.
But obviously I am a woman and as someone who has been a long time advocate of women's empowerment and gender equality I like to see women get to the top of whatever field of life (they choose).
AI
Singapore Is Getting Driverless Taxi Cabs fortune
NuTonomy, a driverless car startup that spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three years ago, has its sights set on operating a fully autonomous taxi service in Singapore.
Society
Is this N.J. town's seal too religious? An atheist group thinks so nj
A national atheist group is asking the borough to change both its town motto and official seal, saying that both are "unmistakably religious" and unconstitutional.
SBC agency backs Mississippi ‘religious freedom’ bill baptistnews
The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm has voiced support of a controversial Mississippi religious freedom bill being decried as anti-gay.
For another view, check out Time's Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Bill Is Just Bigotry Disguised As Faith article and ask, "So how do you really feel?"
Power
Southern California braces for summer blackouts due to Porter Ranch gas leak latimes
State officials warned Tuesday that Southern California could experience as many as 14 days of blackouts this summer due to the massive methane leak in Aliso Canyon.
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