{"id":5223,"date":"2018-11-09T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T01:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5223"},"modified":"2018-11-09T17:46:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T01:46:51","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/11\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-177","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 177"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/11\/the-two-different-temptations-facing-young-evangelicals\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-11-01&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\">The Two Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Temp\u00adta\u00adtions Fac\u00ading Young Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cSo, young Chris\u00adtians, hold your faith tight\u00adly and your pol\u00adi\u00adtics loose\u00adly. You will not find a home here. As Peter says, you are a \u2018for\u00adeign\u00ader and exile.\u2019 It\u2019s best to get used to it ear\u00adly on. Trust me, it can be a gut-wrench\u00ading dis\u00adcov\u00adery to make when you\u2019re old.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tyndale\/STEPBible-Data\">STEP Bible Data<\/a> (Tyn\u00addale House, Github)This is the under\u00adly\u00ading data set for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepbible.org\/\">STEP Bible<\/a> (Scrip\u00adture Tools for Every Per\u00adson). If you\u2019re a coder look\u00ading for a neat project, play around with this! Read <a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/important-step-bible-update-from-dr-david-instone-brewer\/\">the announce\u00adment<\/a> here.<\/li>\n<li>Sev\u00ader\u00adal inter\u00adest\u00ading LGBT-relat\u00aded pieces came across my path this week:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcdigital.media\/is-sex-binary-16bec97d161e?sk=37aadc314c28136c9290b27d612df2c8\">Is Sex Bina\u00adry?<\/a>(Alex Byrne, Arc Dig\u00adi\u00adtal): \u201cAs Simone de Beau\u00advoir puts it in <i>The Sec\u00adond Sex<\/i> (the found\u00ading text of mod\u00adern fem\u00adi\u00adnism), the sex\u00ades \u2018are basi\u00adcal\u00adly defined by the gametes they pro\u00adduce.\u2019 Specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, females pro\u00adduce large gametes (repro\u00adduc\u00adtive cells), and males pro\u00adduce small ones. (Since there are no species with a third inter\u00adme\u00addi\u00adate gamete size, there are only two sex\u00ades.) A glance at the huge vari\u00adety of females and males across the ani\u00admal and veg\u00adetable king\u00addoms will con\u00adfirm that there is noth\u00ading else the sex\u00ades can be.\u201d The author is a pro-trans pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy at MIT.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2018\/12\/queering-science\">Queer\u00ading Sci\u00adence<\/a> (Mark Reg\u00adnerus, First Things): \u201cAny study that comes to con\u00adclu\u00adsions or even rais\u00ades evi\u00addence con\u00adtrary to the taboos that have formed in recent years is tak\u00aden hostage\u2014first by pseu\u00addo\u00adny\u00admous strangers at key\u00adboards; then by the oppor\u00adtunis\u00adtic fac\u00adul\u00adty who jump on the band\u00adwag\u00adon dis\u00adplay\u00ading a method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal purism hereto\u00adfore unknown in sex\u00adu\u00adal sci\u00adence; and then by the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties them\u00adselves, whose inter\u00adest has shift\u00aded from the pur\u00adsuit of truth to the pur\u00adsuit of virtue (sig\u00adnal\u00ading).\u201d I shared <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/08\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-167\">some arti\u00adcles about the Littman brouha\u00adha at Brown<\/a> short\u00adly after it hap\u00adpened, and I\u2019ve also <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/07\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-56\">shared Mark Regnerus\u2019s research<\/a> before. He is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy at UT Austin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/bartleby-the-bigot-isabella-chow-lgbt\/\">Bartle\u00adby The Big\u00adot<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cThis young Chris\u00adt\u00adian, Isabel\u00adla Chow, is now thought to be so dan\u00adger\u00adous that stu\u00addents (and oth\u00aders?) at Berke\u00adley believe she should be dri\u00adven from pub\u00adlic life, and can\u00adnot be allowed to say what she believes on the pages of the cam\u00adpus news\u00adpa\u00adper.\u201d This is no doubt eas\u00adi\u00ader for many of you to imag\u00adine than think\u00ading about some\u00adone bak\u00ading a cake for a gay wed\u00adding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/701425\">Reli\u00adgion and Depres\u00adsion in Ado\u00adles\u00adcence<\/a> (Frue\u00adhwirth, Iyer, and Zhang, Jour\u00adnal of Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Econ\u00ado\u00admy): \u201cMany stud\u00adies show a cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adtion between reli\u00adgios\u00adi\u00adty and men\u00adtal health, yet the ques\u00adtion remains whether the rela\u00adtion\u00adship is causal\u2026. Explo\u00adration of mech\u00ada\u00adnisms sug\u00adgests that reli\u00adgios\u00adi\u00adty buffers against stres\u00adsors in ways that school activ\u00adi\u00adties and friend\u00adships do not.\u201d If you can\u2019t access the ver\u00adsion accept\u00aded for pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2716593\">an ear\u00adli\u00ader ver\u00adsion at SSRN<\/a>. Found via Tyler Cowen \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2018\/11\/depression-religion-adolescence.html\">his com\u00admen\u00adtary<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/bolotnyy\/publications\/why-do-women-earn-less-men-evidence-bus-and-train-operators-job-market-paper\">Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men? Evi\u00addence from Bus and Train Oper\u00ada\u00adtors<\/a> (Emanuel Bolot\u00adnyy, job mar\u00adket paper from Har\u00advard): \u201cEven in a union\u00adized envi\u00adron\u00adment, where work tasks are sim\u00adi\u00adlar, hourly wages are iden\u00adti\u00adcal, and tenure dic\u00adtates pro\u00admo\u00adtions, female work\u00aders earn $0.89 on the male-work\u00ader dol\u00adlar (week\u00adly earn\u00adings). We use con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adtial admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive data on bus and train oper\u00ada\u00adtors from the Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts Bay Trans\u00adporta\u00adtion Author\u00adi\u00adty (MBTA) to show that the week\u00adly earn\u00adings gap can be explained entire\u00adly by the work\u00adplace choic\u00ades that women and men make. Women val\u00adue time and flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty more than men.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2018-11-07\">Tons Of Expe\u00adri\u00adence<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/11\/07\">Some Peo\u00adple Like Evi\u00addence<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li>The Baby\u00adlon Bee was on fire for the midterms. These are my favorites:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/democrats-republicans-vow-not-to-learn-any-lessons-from-the-election\">Democ\u00adrats, Repub\u00adli\u00adcans Vow Not To Learn Any Lessons From The Elec\u00adtion<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nation-torn-apart-by-routine-midterm-election-starting-to-wonder-if-government-may-be-too-powerful\">Nation Torn Apart By Rou\u00adtine Elec\u00adtion Start\u00ading To Won\u00adder If Gov\u00adern\u00adment May Be Too Pow\u00ader\u00adful<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christians-face-clear-choice-between-party-thats-a-hypocritical-mockery-of-their-faith-versus-one-thats-openly-hostile-to-it\">Chris\u00adtians Face Clear Choice Between Par\u00adty That\u2019s A Hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal Mock\u00adery Of Their Faith And One That\u2019s Open\u00adly Hos\u00adtile To It<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-100-of-elections-are-the-most-important-election-of-your-lifetime\">Study: 100% Of Elec\u00adtions Are \u2018The Most Impor\u00adtant Elec\u00adtion Of Your Life\u00adtime\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterkreeft.com\/topics-more\/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 Argu\u00adments For God\u2019s Exis\u00adtence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Peter Kreeft, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): \u201cYou may be blessed with a vivid sense of God\u2019s pres\u00adence; and that is some\u00adthing for which to be pro\u00adfound\u00adly grate\u00adful. But that does not mean you have no oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to pon\u00adder these argu\u00adments. For many have not been blessed in that way. And the proofs are designed for them\u2014or some of them at least\u2014to give a kind of help they real\u00adly need. You may even be asked to pro\u00advide help.\u201d I was remind\u00aded of this by a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with an alum\u00adnus. The author is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Boston Col\u00adlege. (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-116\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 116<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/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). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.<\/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>If this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/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 The Two Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Temp\u00adta\u00adtions Fac\u00ading Young Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cSo, young Chris\u00adtians, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/11\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-177\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 177\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":"More researchy things than normal. 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