{"id":3911,"date":"2015-11-20T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:15:07","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/11\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-26","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, on Fri\u00addays I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this half-year mark, I give you the inter\u00adest\u00ading things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/hjlpp27&amp;div=12&amp;g_sent=1&amp;collection=journals\">Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty and Human Dig\u00adni\u00adty: Tale Of Two Dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtions<\/a> (Har\u00advard Jour\u00adnal of Law and Pub\u00adlic Pol\u00adi\u00adcy, Kevin Has\u00adson). This arti\u00adcle from 2003 argues that reli\u00adgious free\u00addom is the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal free\u00addom. It starts slow as it lays a foun\u00adda\u00adtion, but picks up about halfway through.<\/li>\n<li>While you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading break, please <a href=\"http:\/\/registertovote.ca.gov\/\">reg\u00adis\u00adter to vote<\/a> if you have not already done so. I strong\u00adly sug\u00adgest you reg\u00adis\u00adter as a Per\u00adma\u00adnent Vote-By-Mail Vot\u00ader, which sim\u00adply means that you will receive a bal\u00adlot in the mail before every elec\u00adtion. It gives you plen\u00adty of time to research the can\u00addi\u00addates and issues from the com\u00adfort of your dorm room with your bal\u00adlot in front of you. If you pre\u00adfer to vote in anoth\u00ader state then vis\u00adit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/student-voting\">http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/student-voting<\/a>). If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a cit\u00adi\u00adzen of anoth\u00ader coun\u00adtry, do what\u00adev\u00ader you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re sup\u00adposed to do there. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>Some glob\u00adal per\u00adspec\u00adtive:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/11\/16\/9744640\/paris-beirut-media\">Did The Media Ignore The Beirut Bomb\u00adings? Or Did Read\u00aders?<\/a> (Vox, Max Fish\u00ader). As far as I can tell, this is fac\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly cor\u00adrect. More inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2015\/11\/paris-beirut-terrorism-empathy-gap\/416121\/?google_editors_picks=true\">The Empa\u00adthy Gap: Why Have The Paris Attacks Got\u00adten More Atten\u00adtion Than The Beirut Bomb\u00adings<\/a> (The Atlantic, David Gra\u00adham): I think Gra\u00adham\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive is help\u00adful\u00c2&nbsp;although it under\u00adstates the impor\u00adtance of per\u00adceived nov\u00adel\u00adty. Remem\u00adber how much cov\u00ader\u00adage the Boko Haram kid\u00adnap\u00adpings received? They were per\u00adceived as nov\u00adel. A bomb\u00ading in Beirut is (inac\u00adcu\u00adrate\u00adly) per\u00adceived as nor\u00admal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2015\/november-web-only\/why-only-53-christians-2184-syrian-refugees-resettlement.html\">Why Are There Only 53 Chris\u00adtians Among Amer\u00adi\u00adcans 2184 Syr\u00adi\u00adan Refugees?<\/a> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today, Mor\u00adgan Lee). This is a great analy\u00adsis of the num\u00adbers. Takes into account fac\u00adtors I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not seen dis\u00adcussed else\u00adwhere. FYI, Con\u00addoleeza Rice, a near\u00adby Chris\u00adt\u00adian with more than a lit\u00adtle knowl\u00adedge of nation\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty issues, <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/condoleeza-rice-refugees-security\">thinks the US should take in more refugees<\/a>. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TUSK81\/status\/666361325782761473\">a tweet many of you will appre\u00adci\u00adate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2015\/november\/why-church-attendance-plunged-nepal-secular-constitution.html\">Church Atten\u00addance Plunges After Nepal Becomes A Sec\u00adu\u00adlar State<\/a> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today, Mor\u00adgan Lee): this one is fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. India got angry that Nepal stopped being offi\u00adcial\u00adly Hin\u00addu, and so stopped export\u00ading fuel, and so Chris\u00adtians can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get to church. Wow.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/nov\/17\/china-accused-emasculate-christianity-secret-conference-communist-party\">Chi\u00adna Accused Of Try\u00ading to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCo-Opt and Emas\u00adcu\u00adlate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (The Guardian, Tom Phillips and Har\u00adri\u00adet Sher\u00adwood): top Chi\u00adnese lead\u00aders are ner\u00advous at the explo\u00adsive growth of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in the avowed\u00adly athe\u00adist nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>More cam\u00adpus activism links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/obamas-abc-news-interview-transcript-on-missouri-protesters\/\">Pres\u00adi\u00addent Oba\u00adma weighs in<\/a> (real\u00adly). See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/15\/opinion\/sunday\/a-crisis-our-universities-deserve.html?_r=0\">A Cri\u00adsis Our Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties Deserve<\/a> (NY Times, Ross Douthat): this is a help\u00adful big-pic\u00adture overview of the col\u00adlege scene. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/11\/the-constructive-criticism-that-yales-activists-are-denied\/416133\/?utm_source=SFG%2B\">Yale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Activists Deserve Con\u00adstruc\u00adtive Crit\u00adi\u00adcism<\/a> (The Atlantic, Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/blackwhiteandgray\/2015\/11\/are-non-religious-children-really-more-altruistic\/\">Are Non-Reli\u00adgious Chil\u00addren Real\u00adly More Altru\u00adis\u00adtic?<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry) \u2014 this is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the last thing I will post on this. I almost didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, but WOW what a smack\u00addown. Wood\u00adber\u00adry is the author of that arti\u00adcle I keep shar\u00ading about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and democ\u00adra\u00adcy.<\/li>\n<li>Quick Links:\n<ul>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2015\/11\/14\">Pearls Before Swine com\u00adic<\/a> made me chuck\u00adle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/paris-terror-attacks\/isis-has-help-desk-terrorists-staffed-around-clock-n464391?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email\">ISIS Has a Help Desk<\/a> (NBC News): Of course it does. Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get eas\u00adi\u00ader to use just because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re evil.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/the-space-doctors-big-idea-einstein-general-relativity\">The Space Doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Big Idea<\/a>. (New York\u00ader, Ran\u00addall Munroe). The author of xkcd explains both spe\u00adcial and gen\u00ader\u00adal rel\u00ada\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty using only the 1000 most com\u00admon words in the Eng\u00adlish lan\u00adguage.<\/li>\n<li>The web\u00adcom\u00adic Sat\u00adur\u00adday Morn\u00ading Break\u00adfast Cere\u00adal has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/index.php?id=3931\">fun with the sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion argu\u00adment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been shar\u00ading articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/11\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-26\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 26\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":[124,156,125,161,138],"class_list":["post-3911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-campus-activism","tag-china","tag-global-christianity","tag-religious-freedom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-115","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911","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=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}