{"id":5462,"date":"2019-06-14T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2019-06-14T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:35:10","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/06\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-207","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 207"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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>\n\n    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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3014395\/police-fired-150-rounds-tear-gas-during-hong-kongs\">Eleven arrests, double the tear gas fired during Occupy movement and 81 injured: police chief paints disturbing picture of Hong Kong extradition bill protests<\/a> (Ng Kang-chung &amp; Christy Leung, South China Morning Post): \u201cIn a postmortem on Thursday of the clashes between officers and protesters who had surrounded the Legislative Council building and administrative headquarters the day before, Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung said more than 150 rounds of tear gas had been fired \u2013 almost double that on the first day of the Occupy demonstrations \u2013 and about 20 beanbag rounds, as well as \u2018several\u2019 rounds of rubber bullets.\u201d See also these <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/afs:Content:5677160003\">related photos<\/a> from&nbsp;AP.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-06-12\/hong-kong-protests-show-the-limits-of-economic-freedom\">What Hong Kong\u2019s Freedom Means to the World<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion): \u201cCirca 2019, Hong Kong is a study in the creeping power and increasing sophistication of autocracy. While it is possible there could be a Tiananmen-like massacre in the streets of Hong Kong, it is more likely that its mainland overlords will opt for more subtle ways of choking off Hong Kong\u2019s remaining autonomy and freedoms.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/13\/opinion\/hong-kong-protests-trump.html\">Hong Kong and the Future of Freedom<\/a> (Bret Stephens, New York Times): \u201cWhen Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union \u2018the focus of evil in the modern world,\u2019 one prominent liberal writer denounced him as \u2018primitive.\u2019 But it was such rhetoric that gave courage to dissidents and dreamers on the other side of the wall. What\u2019s really primitive is to look upon the oppression of others and, whether out of deficient sympathy or excessive sophistication, remain silent.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/08\/opinion\/euthanasia-netherlands-noa-pothoven.html\">The Politics of Dystopia<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cLiberalism has never done as well as it thinks at resolving its own crises. America\u2019s gravest moral evil, chattel slavery, was defeated by an authoritarian president in a religious civil war, not by proceduralism or constitutional debate. The crisis of the 1930s ended happily for liberalism because a reactionary imperialist withstood Adolf Hitler and a revolutionary Bolshevik crushed him. The liberal peace that followed may depend on fear of the atomic bomb.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/06\/high-school-porn-stars-cry-help\/590986\/\">A High-School Porn Star\u2019s Cry for Help<\/a> (Caitlyn Flanagan, The Atlantic): \u201cThe problem is that there are some very old human impulses that must now contend with porn. One of them is the tendency of deeply troubled teenage girls to act out sexually as a kind of distress signal, an attempt to get the attention of adults who may not be getting the message that they\u2019re in a crisis.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Related? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iQkMJgaHAkY\">JON STEWART Goes OFF On Congress<\/a> (YouTube): a remarkable nine-minute clip. The next day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-panel-passes-911-victims-fund-bill-a-day-after-jon-stewarts-emotional-testimony\/\">the bill was passed<\/a> in committee and now awaits a full&nbsp;vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehustle.co\/botto-bistro-1-star-yelp\/\">The restaurant owner who asked for 1\u2011star Yelp reviews<\/a> (Zachary Crockett, The Hustle): \u201cIn 2014, chef Davide Cerretini advertised a special that would forever change his fate: Anyone who left his restaurant a 1\u2011star review on Yelp would get 25% off a pizza.\u201d This is fascinating.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/10\/us\/southern-baptist-convention-sex-abuse.html\">Her Evangelical Megachurch Was Her World. Then Her Daughter Said She Was Molested by a Minister.<\/a> (Elizabeth Dias, New York Times): \u201cMs. Bragg said that all she wanted was a church home that would care for her family. Evangelicals in Dallas are enamored with the Village, with Mr. Chandler and with all the church represents, she said recently. She started to&nbsp;cry.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/6\/11\/that-strong-new-york-times-churchtoo-horror-story-with-clues-pointing-to-big-sbc-issues\">That strong New York Times #ChurchToo horror story \u2013 with clues pointing to big SBC issues<\/a> (Terry Mattingly, GetReligion): \u201cThe autonomy of the local congregation is a concept at the very heart of what Baptists (and other \u201cfree church\u201d bodies) believe about <em>THE CHURCH<\/em>, as in the New Testament Body of Christ. Asking Baptists to tweak that doctrine \u2014 creating an authoritative institution to handle this crisis \u2014 would be like asking Catholics to knock the pope off the Throne of St.&nbsp;Peter.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/6\/14\/matt-chandlers-southern-baptist-convention-interview-shows-how-not-to-deal-with-bad-press\">Matt Chandler\u2019s Southern Baptist Convention \u2018interview\u2019 shows how not to deal with bad press<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetReligion): \u201cUntil these pastors wise up and decide to take abuse seriously \u2014 don\u2019t assign a junior staff member to the problem \u2014 we\u2019re going to keep on reporting more of these cases. To paraphrase a George Santayana quote, Baptists who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it again and again and&nbsp;again.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/q-and-a\/a-sociologist-of-religion-on-protestants-porn-and-the-purity-industrial-complex\">A Sociologist of Religion on Protestants, Porn, and the \u201cPurity Industrial Complex\u201d<\/a> (Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker): \u201cWhat I found is that, whatever we think pornography is doing, those effects tend to be amplified when we\u2019re talking about conservative Protestants. It seems to be uniquely harmful to conservative Protestants\u2019 mental health, their sense of self, their own identities\u2014certainly their intimate relationships\u2014in ways that don\u2019t tend to be as harmful for people who don\u2019t have that kind of moral problem with it.\u201d Chotiner is interviewing Samuel Perry, a sociologist at the University of Oklahoma.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-american-interest.com\/2019\/06\/07\/the-rise-of-progressive-occultism\/\">The Rise Of Progressive Occultism<\/a> (Tara Isabella Burton, The American Interest): \u201cFor an increasing number of left-leaning millennials\u2014more and more of whom do not belong to any organized religion\u2014occult spirituality isn\u2019t just a form of personal practice, self-care with more sage. Rather, it\u2019s a metaphysical canvas for the American culture wars in the post-Trump era: pitting the self-identified Davids of seemingly secular progressivism against the Goliath of nationalist evangelical Christianity.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The article ends with an amazing quote: \u201cBack in 1992, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson warned of the dangers of feminism, predicting that it would induce \u2018women to leave their husbands.\u2026practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.\u2019 Many of today\u2019s witches would happily agree.\u201d&nbsp;\ud83d\udc40<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatimes.com\/2019\/06\/opinion\/is-christianity-losing-to-islam\/\">Is Christianity losing to Islam?<\/a> (Paul Seabright, Asia Times): \u201cOn a world scale \u2013 whatever populists may say \u2013 Christianity is not struggling; it is in more vigorous shape than it has ever been. And the marketplace is where most of the religious action is going to take place in this century. As in many other marketplaces, there are large returns to economies of scale for those who can work out how to exploit them. That is why corporate religion is here to stay \u2013 and why we should expect it to consolidate its dominance.\u201d The author is an economics professor in France.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-celebrates-pride-month-by-serving-delicious-chicken-sandwiches-to-everyone-as-usual\">Chick-Fil\u2011A Celebrates Pride Month By Serving Delicious Chicken Sandwiches To Everyone Just Like All The Other Months<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/19\/06\/stone-alphabets\">Stone Alphabets<\/a> (kottke.org): I would not have predicted finding a natural alphabet was as straightforward and repeatable as it appears to&nbsp;be<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/findings\">Findings<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/5iv9Gg1\">Depends on the context<\/a> (Dr Who,&nbsp;Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLITftbcOcA\">David Blaine Shocks Eamonn and Ruth with Incredible Card Trick<\/a> (YouTube): ten minutes, starts awkwardly ends strong<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0OFpWbD2tTA\">LOL!! The Best Puns From The King Of One Liners Kevin Schwartz<\/a> (America\u2019s Got Talent, YouTube): seven minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9xQ8hDuqh0\">Chick Fil A Prime<\/a> (It\u2019s A Southern Thing, YouTube): four minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OxxVTBdtGhQ\">Michael Paul And His Hilarious Bird Of Prey Earn A YES!<\/a> (YouTube): seven minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bgoV-nv5G44\">The Best Burger in the world is\u2026Whataburger<\/a> (Josh Pray, YouTube): three minutes. When I travel, I always hope my layover airport has a Whataburger or a Chick Fil&nbsp;A.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinion\/foster-child-conservative.html\">Why Being a Foster Child Made Me a Conservative<\/a> (Rob Henderson, New York Times): \u201cIndividuals have rights. But they also have responsibilities. For instance, when I say parents should prioritize their children over their careers, there is a sense of unease among my peers. They think I want to blame individuals rather than a nebulous foe like poverty. They are mostly right.\u201d The author just graduated from Yale. Worth reading regardless of your political allegiances. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-153\">volume 153<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, 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 it.\n\nIf this was forwarded 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 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 Eleven arrests, double the tear gas fired during Occupy movement and 81 injured: police chief \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/06\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-207\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 207\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":"Hong Kong unrest, the failures of the western democratic order, #churchtoo, modern occultism, and some diverting videos because I refuse to include only bad things.","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":[125,262,160,123,117,136,147],"class_list":["post-5462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-china","tag-hong-kong","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-islam","tag-politics","tag-pornography","tag-sexual-assault"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1q6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462","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=5462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5466,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions\/5466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}