{"id":4747,"date":"2017-11-03T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2017-11-03T10:44:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:44:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/11\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-125","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 125"},"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 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<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>In my ser\u00admon this week I allud\u00aded to the glob\u00adal impact of the Protes\u00adtant Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion and men\u00adtioned two out\u00adcomes you might have found sur\u00adpris\u00ading \u2014 the spread of democ\u00adra\u00adcy and the rise of sci\u00adence. To learn more about the first, check out Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry\u2019s arti\u00adcle <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?cluster=4823872662359964992&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0,5\">The Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Roots of Lib\u00ader\u00adal Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a>, for the sec\u00adond go inspect Peter Har\u00adrison\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/The_Bible_Protestantism_and_the_Rise_of.html?id=eBLst8a8uYYC\">The Bible, Protes\u00adtantism, and the Rise of Nat\u00adur\u00adal Sci\u00adence<\/a>. For sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly edi\u00adfy\u00ading aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic reads, check the list of resources at <a href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.org\/the-gospel-and-green-library\">The Gospel and Green Library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tues\u00adday was the 500th anniver\u00adsary of the Protes\u00adtant Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion. I found two unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly sim\u00adi\u00adlar respons\u00ades to it:\n<ul>\n<li>From a Protes\u00adtant: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2017\/10\/which-henry-caused-the-reformation\">Which Hen\u00adry Caused The Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cBut if we are tru\u00adly to under\u00adstand the prob\u00adlems the church faces in today\u2019s world, and respond appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adly to them, we need to move beyond the blame game, and beyond see\u00ading the mat\u00adter in pure\u00adly the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal or ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal terms. It was the motor car, not Luther nor Calvin, that made the church just one more con\u00adsumer choice. And there\u00adin lies the prob\u00adlem.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>From a Catholic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/01\/opinion\/protestant-reformation.html\">Who Won The Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cFirst, [the dom\u00adi\u00adnant cul\u00adtur\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive] goes, Protes\u00adtantism replaced the author\u00adi\u00adty of the church with the author\u00adi\u00adty of the Bible. Then, once it became clear that nobody could agree on what the Bible meant, the author\u00adi\u00adty of con\u00adscience became pre-emi\u00adnent \u2014 and from there we entered nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly (if with some bloody resis\u00adtance from var\u00adi\u00adous reac\u00adtionary forces) into the age of lib\u00ader\u00adty, democ\u00adra\u00adcy and human rights.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/social-issues\/forget-the-germans-this-is-where-the-protestant-reformation-debates-are-happening-now\/2017\/10\/29\/7723af30-b807-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.67b1129b5ec3\">How the pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty gospel is spark\u00ading a major change in pre\u00addom\u00adi\u00adnant\u00adly Catholic Brazil<\/a> (Sarah Pul\u00adliam Bai\u00adley, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cBrazil, which has the most Catholics of any coun\u00adtry in the world, is under\u00adgo\u00ading reli\u00adgious debates sim\u00adi\u00adlar to those sparked in 1517 by a fiery Ger\u00adman preach\u00ader named Mar\u00adtin Luther \u2014 over church rich\u00ades and cor\u00adrup\u00adtion, polit\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader, and the prop\u00ader way to read the Bible. By 2030, Catholics, now the reli\u00adgious major\u00adi\u00adty in Brazil, are pro\u00adject\u00aded to become a reli\u00adgious minor\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/24\/world\/asia\/myanmar-rohingya-ethnic-cleansing.html?\">Across Myan\u00admar, Denial of Eth\u00adnic Cleans\u00ading and Loathing of Rohingya<\/a> (Han\u00adnah Beech, New York Times): \u201c\u2018We do some\u00adthing that we call edu\u00adcat\u00ading the peo\u00adple,\u2019 said U Pe Myint, the nation\u2019s infor\u00adma\u00adtion min\u00adis\u00adter. He acknowl\u00adedged, \u2018It looks rather like indoc\u00adtri\u00adna\u00adtion, like in an author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan or total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan state.\u2019\u201d This is insane. Also, read\u00ading this may cause you to revise your opin\u00adion of the intrin\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly peace\u00adful nature of Bud\u00addhism and the sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance of the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timworstall\/2011\/11\/23\/jobs-are-a-cost-not-a-benefit\/#491fc5b92b86\">Jobs Are A Cost, Not A Ben\u00ade\u00adfit<\/a> (Tim Worstall, Forbes): \u201cIt is sim\u00adply non\u00adsense that we should pre\u00adfer using the labour of more peo\u00adple to achieve a goal than using less labour to achieve the same goal. Absolute, arrant, non\u00adsense\u2026. Labour is, after all, the sweat of the brow and the break\u00ading of the back for those who have to do it: peo\u00adple who would prob\u00ada\u00adbly pre\u00adfer to be enjoy\u00ading a lit\u00adtle more of that work life bal\u00adance and some leisure with loved ones if they did\u00adn\u2019t have to be climb\u00ading wind\u00admills in the mid\u00addle of a North Sea gale.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/10\/i-am-a-man-with-down-syndrome-and-my-life-is-worth-living\/544325\/\">\u2018I Am a Man With Down Syn\u00addrome and My Life Is Worth Liv\u00ading\u2019<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cPar\u00adents who car\u00adry a fetus with Down syn\u00addrome to term, or who are con\u00adflict\u00aded about whether or not to do so, will almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly speak with a med\u00adical pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal, and per\u00adhaps with a coun\u00adselor or reli\u00adgious advis\u00ader. But they are unlike\u00adly to hear from an adult with Down syndrome\u2014and per\u00adhaps unaware that many are lov\u00ading their lives, bring\u00ading joy to oth\u00aders, and giv\u00ading them\u00adselves to their com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigquestionsonline.com\/2014\/01\/28\/atheism-irrational\/\">Is Athe\u00adism Irra\u00adtional?<\/a> (Kel\u00adly J. Clark, Big Ques\u00adtions Online): \u201cAccord\u00ading to a cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adly influ\u00aden\u00adtial nar\u00adra\u00adtive, reli\u00adgious beliefs are irra\u00adtional because they are caused by unre\u00adli\u00adable cog\u00adni\u00adtive mech\u00ada\u00adnisms, where\u00adas athe\u00adism is ratio\u00adnal because it is the prod\u00aduct of ratio\u00adnal reflec\u00adtion on true beliefs. We have debunked a por\u00adtion of the nar\u00adra\u00adtive: athe\u00adism, at least in some cas\u00ades, is cor\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded with and medi\u00adat\u00aded by a cog\u00adni\u00adtive deficit.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2017\/10\/prostitution-reduces-rape.html\">Pros\u00adti\u00adtu\u00adtion Reduces Rape<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): Huh. I find it inter\u00adest\u00ading that even though pros\u00adti\u00adtu\u00adtion is con\u00addemned through\u00adout the Bible, it was not actu\u00adal\u00adly out\u00adlawed in Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment Israel except in cer\u00adtain spe\u00adcif\u00adic cir\u00adcum\u00adstances. In light of this research, that makes a lot of sense. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openbible.info\/topics\/prostitution\">http:\/\/www.openbible.info\/topics\/prostitution<\/a> to skim some of the key Bible vers\u00ades.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>Some Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion music videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L4piapxaT0k\">Luther Rap<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dt5AJr0wls0\">95 The\u00adses Rap<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rZ3AFZXXX-k\">Man\u00adic Mon\u00adday<\/a> par\u00ado\u00addy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/google-honors-500th-anniversary-reformation-not-marking\/\">Google Hon\u00adors 500th Anniver\u00adsary Of Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion By Not Mark\u00ading It At All<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/opinion-cant-oppose-killing-puppies-unless-adopt-every-dog-planet\/\">Opin\u00adion: You Can\u2019t Oppose Killing Pup\u00adpies Unless You Adopt Every Dog On The Plan\u00adet<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/animals\/blogs\/sharks-found-living-inside-active-volcano\">Sharks found liv\u00ading inside an active vol\u00adcano<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Mclen\u00addon, Moth\u00ader Nature Net\u00adwork): this arti\u00adcle title is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to improve upon, and the con\u00adtent does not dis\u00adap\u00adpoint. Who needs click\u00adbait when you have nature?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/qVTmRhk\">Best one-legged cos\u00adtumes ever<\/a> (imgur). 2013 is my favorite \u2014 it took me a while to fig\u00adure out what was going on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have some thoughts about slav\u00adery and the Bible \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/bible\/does-the-bible-support-slavery\">Does The Bible Sup\u00adport Slav\u00adery?<\/a> (a lec\u00adture giv\u00aden by the war\u00adden of Tyn\u00addale House at Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, the link is to the video with notes) and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslave.html\">Does God Con\u00addone Slav\u00adery In The Bible? (Part One \u2013 Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment)<\/a> and also <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslavent.html\">Part Two \u2013 New Tes\u00adta\u00adment<\/a> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Chris\u00adt\u00adian Think\u00adtank). All three are quite help\u00adful. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76\">vol\u00adume 76<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\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\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s 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 \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) 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 (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about 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 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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading In my ser\u00admon this week I allud\u00aded to the glob\u00adal impact of the Protes\u00adtant \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/11\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-125\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 125\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":"The Reformation, sharks who live in live volcanoes, prostitution, atheism considered as a mental defect, and more.","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":[121,124,204,217,128,161],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-atheism","tag-buddhism","tag-economics","tag-global-christianity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ez","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","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=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}