{"id":5378,"date":"2019-03-29T04:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T12:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2019-03-29T04:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T12:34:03","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-196","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 196"},"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<p>This one is com\u00ading out ear\u00adly in the morn\u00ading because I\u2019m dri\u00adving back from a mis\u00adsion trip and will be on the road the entire day. When I\u2019m on a mis\u00adsion trip I usu\u00adal\u00adly do very brief video blogs (under a minute each) \u2014 you can see the ones for this trip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbJZNjNnToo&amp;list=PLlrEWOamtormzmEV9SZIJ4sW4rac-9HHI\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/march\/china-shouwang-church-beijing-shut-down.html\">Chi\u00adna Shuts Down Anoth\u00ader Big Bei\u00adjing Church<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThrough\u00adout its 26-year his\u00adto\u00adry, Shouwang mem\u00adbers have refused to come under Com\u00admu\u00adnist author\u00adi\u00adty and per\u00adse\u00advered despite per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion, with their \u2018under\u00adground\u2019 ser\u00advices forced out\u00adside when evict\u00aded from their build\u00adings in 2009 and with their found\u00ading pas\u00adtor Jin Tian\u00adming under house arrest since 2011.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/3\/24\/chinas-muslim-gulag-is-tough-to-cover-but-a-few-reporters-arent-giving-up\">Chi\u00adna\u2019s Mus\u00adlim gulag is tough to cov\u00ader, but a few reporters aren\u2019t giv\u00ading up<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cOne of the mosques in Kash\u00adgar, it added, has been trans\u00adformed into a hookah lounge. A city that was once a world cen\u00adter for tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Islam\u00adic and Cen\u00adtral Asian archi\u00adtec\u00adture is now Dis\u00adney\u00adland meets <em>Aladdin<\/em>, (a fairy\u00adtale that orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly was set in Chi\u00adna, by the way). It\u2019s tough cov\u00ader\u00ading Chi\u00adna and the jour\u00adnal\u00adists who try to do it well inevitably end up expelled.\u201d This is a good sum\u00adma\u00adry of report\u00ading on one of the most wicked gov\u00adern\u00adment pro\u00adgrams in the world right now. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/23\/opinion\/electoral-college.html\">A Case for the Elec\u00adtoral Col\u00adlege<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cIs there a case for a sys\u00adtem that some\u00adtimes pro\u00adduces unde\u00admo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic out\u00adcomes? I think so, on two grounds. First, it cre\u00adates incen\u00adtives for polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties and can\u00addi\u00addates to seek super\u00adma\u00adjori\u00adties rather than just play\u00ading for 50.1 per\u00adcent, because the lat\u00adter play is a los\u00ading one more often than in a pop\u00adu\u00adlar-vote pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial sys\u00adtem. Sec\u00adond, it cre\u00adates incen\u00adtives for polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties to try to break region\u00adal blocs con\u00adtrolled by the oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion, rather than just max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading turnout in their own areas, because you win the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly only as a par\u00adty of mul\u00adti\u00adple regions and you can crack a rival party\u2019s nar\u00adrow major\u00adi\u00adty by flip\u00adping a few states.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/03\/19\/an-interview-with-lisa-littman-who-coined-the-term-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria\/\">An Inter\u00adview With Lisa Littman, Who Coined the Term \u2018Rapid Onset Gen\u00adder Dys\u00adpho\u00adria\u2019 <\/a>(Jonathan Kay, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cAlthough there have been spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions about my affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtions, I am not a reli\u00adgious or polit\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive and I am not a rad\u00adi\u00adcal fem\u00adi\u00adnist. No orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions fund\u00aded my study. That means that I pay out-of-pock\u00adet for research-relat\u00aded costs like print\u00ading, trav\u00adel\u00ading to aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic con\u00adfer\u00adences, pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion fees, etc. And because I do not earn my liveli\u00adhood pro\u00advid\u00ading tran\u00adsi\u00adtion ser\u00advices or refer\u00adrals for tran\u00adsi\u00adtion, and I have not per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly (nor has my spouse or chil\u00addren) expe\u00adri\u00adenced gen\u00adder dys\u00adpho\u00adria or tran\u00adsi\u00adtion, I have far few\u00ader con\u00adflicts of inter\u00adest than many of the cur\u00adrent researchers in this field.\u201d Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading inter\u00adview.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/western-civilization-revelation-reason-worth-defending\/\">How the West Changed The World For the Bet\u00adter<\/a> (Ben Shapiro, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThanks to the West, bil\u00adlions of human beings no longer suf\u00adfer in abject pover\u00adty; thanks to the West, democ\u00adra\u00adcy is seen as both the moral and the prac\u00adti\u00adcal default posi\u00adtion for aspir\u00ading gov\u00adern\u00adments; thanks to the West, indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism has been able to gain ground against the nat\u00adur\u00adal trib\u00adal\u00adism endem\u00adic to human beings. The his\u00adto\u00adry of the West isn\u2019t a his\u00adto\u00adry of unal\u00adloyed great\u00adness: It is replete with suf\u00adfer\u00ading and tyran\u00adny and slav\u00adery and mis\u00adery. But all of those evils are present in every civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. The ques\u00adtion is why the West changed the world.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>A most\u00adly-neg\u00ada\u00adtive review of a relat\u00aded book Shapiro just pub\u00adlished: <a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/03\/28\/the-right-side-of-history-a-review\/\">The Right Side of History\u2014A Review<\/a> (Jared Mar\u00adcel Pollen, Quil\u00adlette): \u201c\u2026Shapiro\u2019s attempt to demon\u00adstrate that sec\u00adu\u00adlar civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion needs to rekin\u00addle the Judeo-Chris\u00adt\u00adian teach\u00adings upon which it is based, inad\u00adver\u00adtent\u00adly shows us why we were right to leave them behind in the first place.\u201d I have not read Shapiro\u2019s book, but many of the spe\u00adcif\u00adic crit\u00adi\u00adcisms Pollen makes are not very per\u00adsua\u00adsive. For exam\u00adple, it is a con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal enough posi\u00adtion among experts that mod\u00adern sci\u00adence arose due to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty that I have had stu\u00addents tell me that they were taught it in his\u00adto\u00adry cours\u00ades at Stan\u00adford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/the-real-reasons-american-evangelicals-support-israel\/\">The Real Rea\u00adsons Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Sup\u00adport Israel<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThe [com\u00admon media] expla\u00adna\u00adtion goes some\u00adthing like this \u2014 Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals believe that the rebirth of Israel is has\u00adten\u00ading not just the sec\u00adond com\u00ading of Christ, but a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar <em>kind<\/em> of sec\u00adond com\u00ading, one that includes fire, fury, and war that will con\u00adsume the Jew\u00adish peo\u00adple.\u2026 But the true nar\u00adra\u00adtive of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adt\u00adian sup\u00adport for Israel is sub\u00adstan\u00adtial\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent. The intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal roots of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Zion\u00adism do not rest in end-times proph\u00ade\u00adsies but rather in Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment promis\u00ades.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>One exam\u00adple of a much broad\u00ader phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon. I very rarely rec\u00adog\u00adnize myself or my peers in media expla\u00adna\u00adtions of \u201cwhy evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals believe ______ about _______.\u201d Or even just \u201cevan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals believe ______\u201d. I find this puz\u00adzling because it\u2019s not as though we don\u2019t have reg\u00adu\u00adlar gath\u00ader\u00adings where we explain what we believe to any\u00adone who will lis\u00adten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/03\/openly-gay-christian-buttigieg-challenges-religious-right.html\">Open\u00adly Gay, Open\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian Buttigieg Chal\u00adlenges the Reli\u00adgious Right<\/a> (Ed Kil\u00adgo\u00adre, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cAs Barack Oba\u00adma once con\u00advinc\u00ading\u00adly argued, doubt about what God wants peo\u00adple to do polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly is an impor\u00adtant part of an atti\u00adtude of humil\u00adi\u00adty which used to be called \u2018the fear of God.\u2019\u201d It is inter\u00adest\u00ading how many of the Democ\u00adrats seek\u00ading nom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion are out\u00adspo\u00adken about their faith.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/march-web-only\/black-and-evangelical-why-i-keep-label.html\">Black and Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal: Why I Keep The Label<\/a> (Bran\u00addon Wash\u00ading\u00adton, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI too have been wound\u00aded by evangelicalism\u2019s pos\u00adture toward social ethics. But I have con\u00adclud\u00aded that an exo\u00addus of eth\u00adnic minori\u00adties amounts to seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion of the move\u00adment and only con\u00adtributes to the prob\u00adlem. So I remain.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/local-man-excited-to-learn-inspirational-cs-lewis-quotes-available-in-book-form\">Local Man Excit\u00aded To Dis\u00adcov\u00ader Hun\u00addreds Of Inspi\u00adra\u00adtional CS Lewis Quotes Now Avail\u00adable In Book Form<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/evangelicals-relieved-their-president-now-only-guilty-of-paying-off-porn-stars\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Relieved Their Pres\u00adi\u00addent Now Only Guilty Of Pay\u00ading Off Porn Stars, Mod\u00adels<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2019-03-26\">Why Is Dil\u00adbert Arro\u00adgant?<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/03\/29\">A Warm Blan\u00adket of Good\u00adness<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books\/dealing-with-nuisance-lust.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deal\u00ading With Nui\u00adsance Lust<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cMin\u00adi\u00admize the seri\u00adous\u00adness of this, but not so that you can feel good about indulging your\u00adself. Min\u00adi\u00admize the seri\u00adous\u00adness of it so that you can walk away from a cou\u00adple of big boobs with\u00adout feel\u00ading like you have just fought a cos\u00admic bat\u00adtle with prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties and pow\u00aders in the heav\u00aden\u00adly places, for cry\u00ading out loud. Or, if you like, in anoth\u00ader strat\u00ade\u00adgy of see\u00ading things right\u00adly, you could nick\u00adname these breasts of oth\u00ader woman as the \u2018prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties and pow\u00aders.\u2019 What\u00adev\u00ader you do, take this part of life in stride like a grown-up. Stop react\u00ading like a horny and con\u00adflict\u00aded twelve-year-old boy.\u201d (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/04\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-148\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 148<\/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. This one is com\u00ading out ear\u00adly in the morn\u00ading because I\u2019m dri\u00adving back from a mis\u00adsion trip and \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-196\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 196\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":"Stuff from China to Israel, with stops for other sundry content.","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":[125,148,113,117,116,138],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-china","tag-israel","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-race","tag-religious-freedom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1oK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","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=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}