{"id":4619,"date":"2017-08-04T16:13:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T00:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2017-08-04T16:13:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T00:13:43","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/08\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-112","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 112"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>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. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. \u2018God\u2019s ACLU\u2019 Seeks Free\u00addom For The Faith\u00adful<\/a> (Tunku Varadara\u00adjan, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cThe pro\u00adgres\u00adsive or lib\u00ader\u00adal approach is to equate free exer\u00adcise of reli\u00adgion with the free\u00addom to wor\u00adship <\/i>and to deny that it has any\u00adthing to do with how a per\u00adson orga\u00adnizes his life. The Beck\u00adet Fund and oth\u00aders assert that most reli\u00adgions have com\u00adplete codes gov\u00adern\u00ading not only wor\u00adship but oth\u00ader aspects of con\u00adduct. This com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive Way of Life\u2014which leads a devout\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian bak\u00ader to decline to dec\u00ado\u00adrate a cake for a same-sex wed\u00adding, for instance\u2014commands much more from believ\u00aders than pro\u00adgres\u00adsives will allow.\u201d Beck\u00adet is Chi Alpha\u2019s pro bono legal team. The author is a fel\u00adlow at Stan\u00adford\u2019s Hoover Insti\u00adtu\u00adtion.<\/li>\n
  2. For Cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adly Illit\u00ader\u00adate Sci\u00adence Reporters, Canaan\u00adite DNA Yields Occa\u00adsion to Slap Bible Around<\/span><\/a> (David Kling\u00adhof\u00adfer, Evo\u00adlu\u00adtion News): Did you see all those head\u00adlines sug\u00adgest\u00ading that a DNA study proved the Bib\u00adli\u00adcal accounts wrong? Yeah\u2026 don\u2019t lose any sleep over that. When some\u00adone tells you that the Bible is wrong, don\u2019t assume they actu\u00adal\u00adly know what the Bible says. See also a longer and more reflec\u00adtive post from an OT schol\u00adar <\/span>Break\u00ading News: Sci\u00adence Dis\u00adproves The Bible<\/span><\/a> (but I real\u00adly like the short and punchy one that\u2019s the main link). <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The \u2018Prophets\u2019 and \u2018Apos\u00adtles\u2019 Lead\u00ading the Qui\u00adet Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Reli\u00adgion<\/span><\/a> (Bob Smi\u00adetana, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIt\u2019s very spon\u00adta\u00adneous. We went to a con\u00adfer\u00adence where a num\u00adber of apos\u00adtles were speak\u00ading and Bill John\u00adson was doing a Bible teach\u00ading. He had prob\u00ada\u00adbly talked 20 or 30 min\u00adutes, and you could feel the rest\u00adless\u00adness in the room. He said, \u2018I know you are just wait\u00ading for me to stop preach\u00ading because you want the pow\u00ader. But just hang with me here.\u2019 Peo\u00adple weren\u2019t there to lis\u00adten to him. What they want\u00aded was for him to lay hands on them.<\/span>\u201d Inter\u00adest\u00ading read that is not entire\u00adly fair but also fair\u00adly insight\u00adful. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Venezue\u00adla\u2019s Unprece\u00addent\u00aded Col\u00adlapse<\/a> (Ricar\u00addo Haus\u00admann, Project Syn\u00addi\u00adcate). \u201cMea\u00adsured in the cheap\u00adest avail\u00adable calo\u00adrie, the min\u00adi\u00admum wage declined from 52,854 calo\u00adries per day to just 7,005 dur\u00ading the same peri\u00adod, a decline of 86.7% and insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient to feed a fam\u00adi\u00adly of five, assum\u00ading that all the income is spent to buy the cheap\u00adest calo\u00adrie.\u201d The author is a Har\u00advard pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and for\u00admer Venezue\u00adlan offi\u00adcial.<\/li>\n
  5. Why The Scari\u00adest Nuclear Threat May Be Com\u00ading From Inside The White House<\/span><\/a> (Michael Lewis, Van\u00adi\u00adty Fair<\/span>): \u201cThe Unit\u00aded States gov\u00adern\u00adment might be the most com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion on the face of the earth. Two mil\u00adlion fed\u00ader\u00adal employ\u00adees take orders from 4,000 polit\u00adi\u00adcal appointees. Dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion is baked into the struc\u00adture of the thing: the sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnates know that their boss\u00ades will be replaced every four or eight years, and that the direc\u00adtion of their enter\u00adpris\u00ades might change overnight\u2014with an elec\u00adtion or a war or some oth\u00ader polit\u00adi\u00adcal event.\u201d Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading and fright\u00aden\u00ading, even once you fac\u00adtor in the author\u2019s hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty to the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Mar\u00adriage Mat\u00adters<\/a> (W. Brad\u00adford Will\u00adcox, City Jour\u00adnal): \u201c\u2026young adults who fol\u00adlow three steps\u2014getting at least a high school degree, then work\u00ading full-time, and then mar\u00adry\u00ading before hav\u00ading any chil\u00addren, in that order\u2014are very unlike\u00adly to become poor.\u201d The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at UVA.<\/li>\n
  7. From the Enlight\u00aden\u00adment to the Dark Ages: How \u201cnew athe\u00adism\u201d slid into the alt-right<\/a> (Phil Tor\u00adres, Salon): \u201cAs a philoso\u00adpher \u2014 some\u00adone who cares deeply about intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal hon\u00adesty, ver\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adable evi\u00addence, crit\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading and moral thought\u00adful\u00adness \u2014 I now find myself in direct oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion with many new athe\u00adist lead\u00aders. That is, I see my own advo\u00adca\u00adcy for sci\u00adence, crit\u00adi\u00adcal thought and basic moral\u00adi\u00adty as stand\u00ading in direct oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to their posi\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n