Template:Did you know nominations/Parable of the drowning man

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:07, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Parable of the drowning man

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... that the "two boats and a helicopter" parable has been used to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? Source: "The drowning man parable appears often in the discussion of Christian vaccine hesitancy". "The Parable of the Drowning Man in the Age of COVID", Slate; October 29, 2021
- ALT1:... that, in one of his novels, Richard Ford tells a version of the "two boats and a helicopter" parable in which God condemns the drowning man to Hell for his lack of faith? Source: "The Lay of the Land", 2006, p. 324.

Reviewed: Geology of New Caledonia

Moved to mainspace by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 07:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC).

Comment as a west wing fan, i must plug The West Wing's use of this story in "Take This Sabbath Day".^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) 06:43, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

AAARRGH! I had meant to include this. Thanks for a usable source! Daniel Case (talk) 06:54, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P1

References

^ Heisler, Steve (July 13, 2009). "The West Wing: "Take Out The Trash Day"/"Take This Sabbath Day"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 18, 2021. Like in the pilot when Bartlet comes in right at the end to talk some sense into the religious nuts, this was the opposite: the pastor tells Bartlet that killing is a sin, and that there have been plenty of ways Bartlet could have gotten out of this case. God gave him multiple outs, he ignored them, and now Bartlet just sits there, tormented.

[1] Heisler, Steve (July 13, 2009). "The West Wing: "Take Out The Trash Day"/"Take This Sabbath Day"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 18, 2021. Like in the pilot when Bartlet comes in right at the end to talk some sense into the religious nuts, this was the opposite: the pastor tells Bartlet that killing is a sin, and that there have been plenty of ways Bartlet could have gotten out of this case. God gave him multiple outs, he ignored them, and now Bartlet just sits there, tormented.

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