{"id":3884,"date":"2015-10-09T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T01:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2015-10-09T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T01:11:35","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/10\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-20","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To that end, on Fri\u00addays I\u2019ve been shar\u00ading articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal and soci\u00adetal issues (be sure to see the dis\u00adclaimer at the bot\u00adtom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar. Past emails are archived at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With\u00adout fur\u00adther ado, I give you the inter\u00adest\u00ading things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the Glen-allud\u00aded-to-this-in-his-ser\u00admon depart\u00adment:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The David Fos\u00adter Wal\u00adlace com\u00admence\u00adment address I quot\u00aded: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metastatic.org\/text\/This%20is%20Water.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Is Water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (pdf, the bit I quot\u00aded is on page 7). There is also a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI&amp;t=17m54s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youtube ver\u00adsion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 jump to 17:54.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researcher I quot\u00aded is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_L._Barrett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Bar\u00adrett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The quote I read was from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/3512686\/Children-are-born-believers-in-God-academic-claims.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chil\u00addren Are Born Believ\u00aders in God, Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic Claims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading fol\u00adlow-up: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2008\/nov\/29\/religion-children\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s Stick To The Sci\u00adence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which is a rebut\u00adtal to crit\u00adi\u00adcism of Barrett\u2019s research).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the cur\u00adrent events depart\u00adment<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2015\/10\/07\/boy-12-among-dozen-tortured-and-crucified-by-isis-in-latest-atrocity-says-aid\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boy, 12, among dozen tor\u00adtured and cru\u00adcifed by ISIS in lat\u00adest atroc\u00adi\u00adty, says aid group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Fox News). Bad stuff is hap\u00adpen\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/south-carolina-churches-flooding_561565f3e4b0fad1591a7308\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Car\u00adoli\u00adna Church\u00ades Are Doing More Than Pray\u00ading For Flood Vic\u00adtims <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Huff\u00adin\u00adg\u00adton Post). Good stuff is hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the midst of bad stuff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-oregon-shooting-churches-20151004-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Embrace This Pain,\u2019 Pas\u00adtor Urges After Ore\u00adgon Shoot\u00adings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (LA Times). The pastor\u2019s daugh\u00adter was one of the shoot\u00ading vic\u00adtims (she was not killed, mere\u00adly wound\u00aded).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the all-things-sex\u00adu\u00adal depart\u00adment:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I assume you have already seen the Stan\u00adford study. You might not have looked at the sim\u00adi\u00adlar nation\u00adal study which came out recent\u00adly. You can read a sum\u00adma\u00adry (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2015\/09\/22\/nearly-1-4-college-women-say-they-have-been-sexually-assaulted-survey-finds\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near\u00adly 1 in 4 Col\u00adlege Women Say They Have Been Sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly Assault\u00aded, Sur\u00advey Finds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Inside High\u00ader Ed) or the full thing: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aau.edu\/registration\/public\/PAdocs\/Survey_Communication_9-18\/Final_Report_9-18-15.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report on the AAU Cam\u00adpus Cli\u00admate Sur\u00advey on Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault and Sex\u00adu\u00adal Mis\u00adcon\u00adduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (it\u2019s a PDF). The authors state in the arti\u00adcle that they have like\u00adly over\u00ades\u00adti\u00admat\u00aded the preva\u00adlence of sex\u00adu\u00adal assault because of self-selec\u00adtion bias in the respons\u00ades and do not know by how much. On a relat\u00aded note (from before this study was released), Megan McAr\u00addle \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2015-06-04\/what-we-don-t-know-about-false-claims-of-rape\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What We Don\u2019t Know About False Claims of Rape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/biology\/2015\/10\/homosexuality-may-be-caused-chemical-modifications-dna\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty May Be Caused By Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions to DNA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sci\u00adence News, Michael Bal\u00adter). The study is not con\u00adclu\u00adsive, but is the kind of find\u00ading I would expect based on the research to date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/10\/the-man-who-dismantled-the-ex-gay-ministry\/408970\/?google_editors_picks=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Down\u00adfall of the Ex-Gay Move\u00adment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (The Atlantic, Jonathan Mer\u00adritt). Towards the end the arti\u00adcle assumes that reject\u00ading a tech\u00adnique is equiv\u00ada\u00adlent to reject\u00ading a hope. I know many min\u00adistries that don\u2019t believe in repar\u00ada\u00adtive ther\u00ada\u00adpy that nonethe\u00adless believe in trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion. See, for exam\u00adple, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/10\/06\/no-therapy-christ-can-change-lgbt-lives-say-evangelical-leaders\/?utm_content=buffer98850&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No \u2018ther\u00ada\u00adpy\u2019, but Jesus can change LGBT lives, say evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice, Cathy Lynn Gross\u00adman). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worth read\u00ading \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2015\/10\/evangelicals-wont-cave\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Won\u2019t Cave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (First Things, Rus\u00adsell Moore): The sec\u00adond through sixth para\u00adgraphs are espe\u00adcial\u00adly good. I see peo\u00adple mak\u00ading the mis\u00adtake he refers to con\u00adstant\u00adly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the Stan\u00adford depart\u00adment: this Dai\u00adly op-ed caught my eye: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2015\/10\/08\/me-kk-petition-to-student-activities-and-leadership-to-end-open-membership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peti\u00adtion To Stu\u00addent Activ\u00adi\u00adties and Lead\u00ader\u00adship to End Open Mem\u00adber\u00adship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There was a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2015\/10\/09\/the-importance-of-open-membership-for-stanford-voluntary-student-organizations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">swift nuh-uh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/student-activities-amp-leadership-remove-the-open-membership-requirement-for-voluntary-student-organizations-at-stanford\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peti\u00adtion itself is on change.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For the record, Chi Alpha has no desire to exclude peo\u00adple from our min\u00adistry. I do, how\u00adev\u00ader, think that Stanford\u2019s open mem\u00adber\u00adship pol\u00adi\u00adcy need\u00adless\u00adly abridges stu\u00addents\u2019&nbsp;con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal right to&nbsp;free\u00addom of asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion. As a pri\u00advate insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, Stan\u00adford is allowed to do that\u2026 but it is unwise to do so.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. To that end, on Fri\u00addays I\u2019ve been shar\u00ading articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/10\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-20\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 20\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,113,133,126,147],"class_list":["post-3884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-lgbtq","tag-middle-east","tag-persecution","tag-sexual-assault"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-10E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3884"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3890,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions\/3890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}