{"id":4706,"date":"2017-09-29T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T04:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T04:40:15","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/2112489\/divine-divided-how-occupy-central-split-hong-kongs-christian\">Divine To Divided: How Occupy Central Split Hong Kong\u2019s Christian Leaders<\/a> (Jayson Albano, Marta Colombo And Maria Cristhin Kuiper, South China Morning Post): \u201cOnce on the street, he could see clearly. He could see the crowds forming, and he could see the mounting ranks of riot police. And when he saw those same policemen firing tear gas into the assembled masses one thing became clear in his mind: that his faith in God demanded he&nbsp;act.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/platform\/amp\/science-and-health\/2016\/10\/5\/13176068\/longevity-study-ceiling-old-age-limit\">The oldest human lived to 122. Why no person will likely break her record.<\/a> (Brian Resnick, Vox): \u201cThe authors propose this is a built-in \u2018natural limit\u2019 to our longevity, an \u2018inadvertent byproduct\u2019 of our biology. And to increase the natural limit we\u2019d need to fundamentally alter our genetics.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>This is based on a very readable piece in Nature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v538\/n7624\/full\/nature19793.html\">Evidence for a limit to human lifespan<\/a> (Xiao Dong, Brandon Milholland &amp; Jan Vijg, Nature).<\/li>\n<li>This finding reminds me of Genesis 6:3, \u201cThen the Lord said, \u2018My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; <strong>their days will be a hundred and twenty years<\/strong>.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/4\/20\/15328384\/opioid-epidemic-drug-legalization\">I used to support legalizing all drugs. Then the opioid epidemic happened.<\/a> (German Lopez, Vox): \u201cBy the time I began as a drug policy reporter in 2010, I was all in on legalizing every drug, from marijuana to heroin and cocaine. It all seemed so obvious to me. Prohibition had failed\u2026. Then I began reporting on the opioid epidemic.\u201d FYI: this article is long: only read the first two sections unless you\u2019re really into the subject.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11oGZ1Ke3wK9E3BtOFfGfUQuuaSMR8AO2WfWH3aVke6U\/edit#\">Authors\u2019 note: Deep neural networks are more accurate than humans at detecting sexual orientation from facial images<\/a> (Michal Kosinski and Yilun Wang, self-published on Google Docs): this note by two Stanford researchers to explain their recent paper is extremely interesting. \u201cWe used widely available off-the-shelf tools, publicly available data, and standard methods well known to computer vision practitioners. We did not create a privacy-invading tool, but rather showed that basic and widely used methods pose serious privacy threats.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/sep\/28\/hugh-hefner-pimp-sue-playboy-mansion\">I called Hugh Hefner a pimp, he threatened to sue. But that\u2019s what he was.<\/a> (Suzanne Moore, The Guardian): \u201cBut this man is still being celebrated by people who should know better. You can dress it up with talk of glamour and bunny ears and fishnets, you can talk about his contribution to gonzo journalism, you can contextualise his drive to free up sex as part of the sexual revolution. But strip it all back and he was a man who bought and sold women to other&nbsp;men.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Conceptually related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-ln-std-rates-20170926-story.html\">STD rates hit another record high, with California near the top<\/a> (Soumya Karlamangla, LA Times): \u201cMore than a quarter-million Californians were infected with either syphilis, chlamydia or gonorrhea last year, which constitutes a 40% jump compared with five years ago, state officials said.\u201d I am often struck by the fact that STDs would effectively disappear in one generation if people obeyed the&nbsp;Bible.<\/li>\n<li>Ditto: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeway.com\/pastors\/2017\/09\/11\/pastoring-singles-sex-crazed-gender-confused-world\/\">Pastoring Singles in a Sex-Crazed, Gender-Confused World<\/a> (Juan Sanchez, Lifeway): \u201cCelibate singleness is a gift from God with a purpose.\u201d This one isn\u2019t just for pastors \u2014 recommended to all singles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/09\/24\/colin-kaepernick-vs-tim-tebow-a-tale-of-two-christianities-on-its-knees\/?tid=ss_tw&amp;utm_term=.b4f2f06ef401\">Colin Kaepernick vs. Tim Tebow: A tale of two Christians on their knees<\/a> (Michael Frost, Washington Post): \u201cThey\u2019re both Christian football players, and they\u2019re both known for kneeling on the field, although for very different reasons. One grew up the son of Baptist missionaries to the Philippines. The other was baptized Methodist, confirmed Lutheran, and attended a Baptist church during college. Both have made a public display of their faith. Both are prayerful and devout.\u201d It\u2019s a clever piece, although you should also read the gentle criticism of it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2017\/9\/25\/kaepernick-vs-tebow-washington-post-passes-along-flawed-take-on-a-crucial-heresy\">Kaepernick vs. Tebow? Washington Post passes along flawed take on a crucial heresy<\/a> (Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Interestingly, Kaepernick began kneeling after a meeting with a veteran who told him that merely sitting was direspectful. <a href=\"https:\/\/undertheradar.military.com\/2016\/09\/kaepernick-meets-veteran-nate-boyer-kneels-anthem\/\">Kaepernick Meets With Veteran Nate Boyer, Then Kneels During Anthem<\/a> (Under the Radar) (an article I found after an alumnus shared it on twitter this week \u2014 thanks, Hannah!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/26\/opinion\/abbie-hoffman-donald-trump.html\">The Abbie Hoffman of the Right: Donald Trump<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cThe members of the educated class saw this past weekend\u2019s N.F.L. fracas as a fight over racism. They felt mobilized and unified in that fight and full of righteous energy. Members of the working class saw the fracas as a fight about American identity. They saw Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin try to dissuade Alejandro Villanueva, a three-time combat veteran, from celebrating the flag he risked his life for. Members of this class also felt mobilized, unified and full of righteous energy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A lot of you seemed to like the graphic I used in this week\u2019s sermon. Here\u2019s a thumbnail, you can download a high-res version from the source at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/visual-theology\/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible\/\">Visual Theology: The Books of the Bible<\/a> (Tim Challies).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4707\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/visual-theology\/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?resize=520%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"520\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?w=520&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 85vw, 520px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books of the Bible \u2014 Periodic Table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/1895\/\">Worrying Scientist Interviews<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-raptured-upon-tasting-n-burger-first-time\/\">Man Raptured Upon Tasting In-N-Out Burger For First Time<\/a> (Babylon Bee): cute headline, but Whataburger is better. #justsayin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/sad-guy-knows-exactly-fix-americas-race-issues-nobody-reads-facebook-posts\/\">Sad: This Guy Knows Exactly How To Fix America\u2019s Race Issues, But Nobody Reads His Facebook Posts<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-08-12\/every-place-has-detractors-consider-where-they-re-coming-from\">Every Place Has Detractors. Consider Where They\u2019re Coming From.<\/a>(Megan McCardle, Bloomerg View): \u201cThere is grave danger in judging a neighborhood, or a culture, by the accounts of those who chose to leave it. Those people are least likely to appreciate the good things about where they came from, and the most likely to dwell on its less attractive qualities.\u201d Bear this in mind when listening to conversion testimonies (both secular and religious). (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62\">volume 62<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n<p>Archives at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting Divine To Divided: How Occupy Central Split Hong Kong\u2019s Christian Leaders (Jayson Albano, Marta Colombo \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 120\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"This week is all over the map, ranging from Christian activism in Hong Kong to a neat way to visualize the books of the Bible.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,125,201,161,113,136,163,202],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-china","tag-drugs","tag-global-christianity","tag-lgbtq","tag-pornography","tag-sex","tag-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1dU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","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=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4710,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions\/4710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}