{"id":3997,"date":"2016-04-15T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T00:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:43:11","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/04\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-45","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week there are a few more links than nor\u00admal. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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  1. New Evi\u00addence On When The Bible Was Writ\u00adten: Ancient Shop\u00adping Lists<\/span><\/a> (Isabel Ker\u00adsh\u00adn\u00ader, New York Times): \u201cOne of the long\u00adstand\u00ading argu\u00adments for why the main body of bib\u00adli\u00adcal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture was not writ\u00adten down in any\u00adthing like its present form until after the destruc\u00adtion and exile of 586 B.C. is that before then there was not enough lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy or enough scribes to sup\u00adport such a huge under\u00adtak\u00ading. But if the lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy rates in the Arad fortress were repeat\u00aded across the king\u00addom of Judah, which had about 100,000 peo\u00adple, there would have been hun\u00addreds of lit\u00ader\u00adate peo\u00adple, the Tel Aviv research team sug\u00adgests.\u201d \u2014 also check out <\/span>the AP\/Guardian<\/span><\/a> on this. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Is Porn Immoral? That Doesn\u2019t Mat\u00adter: It\u2019s a Pub\u00adlic Health Cri\u00adsis<\/span><\/a> (Gaile Dines, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cAfter 40 years of peer-reviewed research, schol\u00adars can say with con\u00adfi\u00addence that porn is an indus\u00adtri\u00adal prod\u00aduct that shapes how we think about gen\u00adder, sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, rela\u00adtion\u00adships, inti\u00adma\u00adcy, sex\u00adu\u00adal vio\u00adlence and gen\u00adder equal\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 for the worse\u2026. just as the tobac\u00adco indus\u00adtry argued for decades that there was no proof of a con\u00adnec\u00adtion between smok\u00ading and lung can\u00adcer, so, too, has the porn indus\u00adtry, with the help of a well-oiled pub\u00adlic rela\u00adtions machine, denied the exis\u00adtence of empir\u00adi\u00adcal research on the impact of its prod\u00aducts.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Face\u00adbook Employ\u00adees Asked Mark Zucker\u00adberg If They Should Try To Stop A Don\u00adald Trump Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy<\/span><\/a> (Michael Nunez, Giz\u00admo\u00addo): \u201cFace\u00adbook has toyed with skew\u00ading news in the past. Dur\u00ading the 2008 pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial elec\u00adtion, Face\u00adbook secret\u00adly tam\u00adpered with 1.9 mil\u00adlion user\u2019s news feeds. An aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic paper was pub\u00adlished about the secret exper\u00adi\u00adment, claim\u00ading that Face\u00adbook increased vot\u00ader turnout by more than 340,000 peo\u00adple. In 2010, the com\u00adpa\u00adny tam\u00adpered with news feeds again. It con\u00adduct\u00aded a 61-mil\u00adlion-per\u00adson exper\u00adi\u00adment to see how Face\u00adbook could impact the real-world vot\u00ading behav\u00adior of mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple. In 2012, Face\u00adbook delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly exper\u00adi\u00adment\u00aded on its users\u2019 emo\u00adtions. <\/span> The com\u00adpa\u00adny, again, secret\u00adly tam\u00adpered with the news feeds of 700,000 peo\u00adple and con\u00adclud\u00aded that Face\u00adbook can basi\u00adcal\u00adly make you feel what\u00adev\u00ader it wants you to.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. I Was A Clos\u00adet\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian At The Pen\u00adta\u00adgon<\/span><\/a> (Matthew Spence, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cI feared how com\u00ading out as a prac\u00adtic\u00ading Chris\u00adt\u00adian would define me. I wor\u00adried that my boss\u00ades, peers and sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnates might asso\u00adciate me with Amer\u00adi\u00adcan offi\u00adcials who have spo\u00adken of U.S. mil\u00adi\u00adtary engage\u00adments in the Mid\u00addle East as \u2018cru\u00adsades\u2019 or with the Islam\u00adic State\u2019s dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of holy war. I feared that talk\u00ading about my faith would detract from the log\u00adic of my argu\u00adments. And, as a rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly young per\u00adson in a senior posi\u00adtion, I need\u00aded every scrap of cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty I could claim.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Why Jesus\u2019 Skin Col\u00ador Mat\u00adters<\/span><\/a> (Chris\u00adte\u00adna Cleve\u00adland, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today):  \u201cWhile Christ the Lord tran\u00adscends skin col\u00ador and racial divi\u00adsions, white Jesus has real con\u00adse\u00adquences.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Hous\u00adton police offi\u00adcer presents a few \u201cdou\u00adble-edged sword\u201d sce\u00adnar\u00adios regard\u00ading body cam\u00aderas<\/span><\/a> (red\u00addit): unin\u00adtend\u00aded con\u00adse\u00adquences are always dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to pre\u00addict. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Was It Wrong To Hack and Leak the Pana\u00adma Papers?<\/span><\/a> (Tyler Cowen, blog): sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Onward Chris\u00adt\u00adian Sol\u00addiers: In the Era of Trump-Style Pol\u00adi\u00adtics, Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Vot\u00aders Are Not a Mono\u00adlith<\/span><\/a> (Julie Lyons, Hous\u00adton Press): this is a very insight\u00adful and data-rich arti\u00adcle.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The Ten\u00adsions Threat\u00aden\u00ading the Future of Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom Law<\/span><\/a> (Kelsey Dal\u00adlas, Deseret News): this is a very good sum\u00adma\u00adry of the cur\u00adrent state of reli\u00adgious free\u00addom leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and Korea<\/span><\/a> (Dave Haz\u00adzan, The Diplo\u00admat): \u201cEvan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal zeal to send mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies to places most oth\u00aders would nev\u00ader go \u2013 includ\u00ading Afghanistan, Iraq, Jor\u00addan, and Yemen \u2013 have caused headaches for the gov\u00adern\u00adment. In 2007, after ignor\u00ading the government\u2019s advice, 27 Kore\u00adan mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies to Afghanistan were kid\u00adnapped by the Tal\u00adiban, and two were killed. In 2009, the Kore\u00adan for\u00adeign min\u00adistry warned Kore\u00adan Chris\u00adtians to stop mis\u00adsion\u00adiz\u00ading in Arab coun\u00adtries, fear\u00ading it was mak\u00ading Kore\u00adans ter\u00adror\u00adist targets.\u201d9<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Kin\u00adda Ran\u00addom<\/span>\n