{"id":4222,"date":"2016-09-23T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2016-09-23T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:04:25","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-68","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 68"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Chron\u00adi\u00adcles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunder\u00adstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies are strug\u00adgling to work under new Rus\u00adsia law ban\u00adning pros\u00ade\u00adly\u00adtiz\u00ading<\/span><\/a> (Michael Ali\u00adson Chan\u00addler, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cA month after the restric\u00adtions went into effect on July 20, at least sev\u00aden peo\u00adple had been charged under it\u2026  The list includes a Bap\u00adtist preach\u00ader from the Unit\u00aded States who was charged with hold\u00ading reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices in his home and adver\u00adtis\u00ading them on pub\u00adlic bul\u00adletin boards. He was con\u00advict\u00aded and fined, but he is appeal\u00ading the case.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u2018Hill\u00adsong\u2019 Casts a Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Lens on an Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Band<\/span><\/a> (NY Times, Joe Coscarel\u00adli): \u201c<\/span>Hillsong\u2019s cre\u00adative direc\u00adtor\u2026 described embrac\u00ading the rock-star expo\u00adsure as \u2018try\u00ading to draw atten\u00adtion to your\u00adself for the sole premise of draw\u00ading atten\u00adtion away from your\u00adself\u2019 \u2014 to God.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. 7 Books on the White-Black Racial Divide You Should Read<\/a> (Ivan Mesa, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): because you don\u2019t have enough books to read at Stan\u00adford.<\/li>\n
  4. We Gave Four Good Poll\u00adsters the Same Raw Data. They Had Four Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Results.<\/span><\/a> (NY Times, Nate Cohn): \u201c<\/span>Well, well, well. Look at that. A net five-point dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the five mea\u00adsures, includ\u00ading our own, even though all are based on iden\u00adti\u00adcal data. Remem\u00adber: There are no sam\u00adpling dif\u00adfer\u00adences in this exer\u00adcise.\u201d I didn\u2019t know this at all. Wow. We know less about the elec\u00adtion than we thought.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. \u201cIf you are a very tal\u00adent\u00aded per\u00adson, you have a choice: You either go to New York or you go to Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley.\u201d<\/span><\/a> (Peter Thiel said it, and this link is to an op-ed by Aaron Renn in a Chica\u00adgo paper defend\u00ading it.) For a con\u00adtrary take, read this com\u00adment from Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. No, We Should\u00adn\u2019t Start Wor\u00adry\u00ading About Glob\u00adal Inequal\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 Pover\u00adty\u2019s The Prob\u00adlem<\/span><\/a> (Forbes, Tim Wors<\/span>tall): \u201c[Reduc\u00ading inequal\u00adi\u00adty is] a bad goal. One rea\u00adson being that rich peo\u00adple get\u00adting poor\u00ader reduces inequal\u00adi\u00adty. And if inequal\u00adi\u00adty reduc\u00adtion is our goal then we should there\u00adfore wel\u00adcome such things as reces\u00adsions.\u201d Found on a student\u2019s twit\u00adter feed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. What If Evo\u00adlu\u00adtion Bred Real\u00adi\u00adty Out Of Us?<\/span><\/a> (NPR, Adam Frank): read\u00ading this called to mind some\u00adthing Chester\u00adton observed way back in 1908<\/span>: <\/span>
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    It is idle to talk always of the alter\u00adna\u00adtive of rea\u00adson and faith. Rea\u00adson is itself a mat\u00adter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any rela\u00adtion to real\u00adi\u00adty at all. If you are mere\u00adly a scep\u00adtic, you must soon\u00ader or lat\u00ader ask your\u00adself the ques\u00adtion, \u201cWhy should ANYTHING go right; even obser\u00adva\u00adtion and deduc\u00adtion? Why should not good log\u00adic be as mis\u00adlead\u00ading as bad log\u00adic? They are both move\u00adments in the brain of a bewil\u00addered ape?\u201d The young scep\u00adtic says, \u201cI have a right to think for myself.\u201d But the old scep\u00adtic, the com\u00adplete scep\u00adtic, says, \u201cI have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all.\u201d \u2014 Ortho\u00addoxy<\/a>, G. K. Chester\u00adton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n