{"id":6462,"date":"2021-01-08T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T00:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T00:39:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-283","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-283","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 283"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 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\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>WHAT HAPPENED <ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mad\u00adness on Capi\u00adtol Hill<\/a> (Andrew McCormick, The Nation): \u201cFor all the vio\u00adlence in the air, the mood was less coup and more col\u00adlege foot\u00adball tail\u00adgate. Pop songs blared from speak\u00aders. Some\u00adwhere, snare drums went <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">rat-a-tat-tat<\/em>. And the chants were so loud they rum\u00adbled in your chest.\u201d This is the most vivid arti\u00adcle I have come upon so far.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/07\/capitol-storming-siege-congress-inside-first-person-oral-history-455715\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/07\/capitol-storming-siege-congress-inside-first-person-oral-history-455715\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Is This Real\u00adly Hap\u00adpen\u00ading?\u2019: The Siege of Con\u00adgress, Seen From the Inside<\/a> (var\u00adi\u00adous, Politi\u00adco): \u201cOne mem\u00adber at one point, a Demo\u00adc\u00adrat, Steve Cohen, yelled over towards the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan side of the room and said, \u2018Call Trump and tell him to call this off.\u2019 And then a lit\u00adtle bit lat\u00ader on, a law\u00admak\u00ader sit\u00adting on the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan side shot back and said some\u00adthing along the lines of, \u2018I bet you lib\u00ader\u00adals are glad now you didn\u2019t defund the police.\u2019\u201dThis is amaz\u00ading. And read\u00ading this I have a much more pos\u00adi\u00adtive view of the front\u00adline police response than I had gleaned from pre\u00advi\u00adous report\u00ading. The issue was high\u00ader in the com\u00admand struc\u00adture.<\/p> <\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/let-me-tell-you-about-my-experience-at-the-trump-rally\">Let me tell you about my expe\u00adri\u00adence at yes\u00adter\u00adday\u2019s Trump Ral\u00adly.<\/a> (Not The Bee): \u201cAgain, pic\u00adtures nev\u00ader do a crowd jus\u00adtice, but I went to a Big 10 col\u00adlege foot\u00adball school, I know what tens of thou\u00adsands of peo\u00adple looks like, and this was that at least.\u201d<\/p><\/li><li> <p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/andy-kim-cleans-capitol-siege-c5a303337cd63e4312ef7e1a17509371\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/andy-kim-cleans-capitol-siege-c5a303337cd63e4312ef7e1a17509371\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018What else could I do?\u2019 NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capi\u00adtol<\/a> (Mike Catal\u00adi\u00adni, AP News): \u201c\u2018When you see some\u00adthing you love that\u2019s bro\u00adken you want to fix it. I love the Capi\u00adtol. I\u2018m hon\u00adored to be there,\u2019 he said. \u2018This build\u00ading is extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary and the rotun\u00adda in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar is just awe-inspir\u00ading. How many count\u00adless gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions have been inspired in that room? It real\u00adly broke my heart and I just felt com\u00adpelled to do some\u00adthing. \u2026 What else could I do?\u2019\u201d A pro\u00adfile of the man behind a pho\u00adto you\u2019ve no doubt seen.<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>WHAT HAPPENED IN CONTEXT <ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/01\/americas-history-of-political-violence\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/01\/americas-history-of-political-violence\" target=\"_blank\">America\u2019s His\u00adto\u00adry of Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Vio\u00adlence<\/a> (Darel E. Paul, First Things): \u201cEar\u00adly reac\u00adtions to the incur\u00adsion tend\u00aded toward the cat\u00ada\u00adstroph\u00adic, and more than one jour\u00adnal\u00adist spoke of a \u2018coup,\u2019 the death of the Repub\u00adlic, and \u2018civ\u00adil war.\u2019 By evening calmer heads and cool\u00ader emo\u00adtions began to emerge as the riot\u00aders were arrest\u00aded and dis\u00adpersed, reveal\u00ading less a Bol\u00adshe\u00advik storm\u00ading of the Win\u00adter Palace than a LARP\u00ading event by QAnon para\u00adnoids.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at Williams Col\u00adlege.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" target=\"_blank\">The Five Crises of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Regime<\/a> (Michael Lind, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIn the past eight months, two Capi\u00adtol Hills have fall\u00aden. Two shock\u00ading events sym\u00adbol\u00adize the abdi\u00adca\u00adtion of author\u00adi\u00adty by America\u2019s rul\u00ading class, an abdi\u00adca\u00adtion that has led to what can be described, not with\u00adout exag\u00adger\u00ada\u00adtion, as the slow-motion dis\u00adin\u00adte\u00adgra\u00adtion of the Unit\u00aded States of Amer\u00adi\u00adca in its present form.\u2026 What is the mean\u00ading of these dystopi\u00adan scenes? Many Democ\u00adrats claim that Repub\u00adli\u00adcans are destroy\u00ading the repub\u00adlic. Many Repub\u00adli\u00adcans claim the reverse. They are both cor\u00adrect.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in the UT Austin school of pub\u00adlic affairs. This is the most com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive (and to my mind, large\u00adly cor\u00adrect) analy\u00adsis I\u2019ve come across.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" target=\"_blank\">Vio\u00adlence in the Capi\u00adtol, Dan\u00adgers in the After\u00admath<\/a> (Glenn Green\u00adwald, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cOne need not dis\u00admiss the lam\u00aden\u00adta\u00adble actions of yes\u00adter\u00adday to simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly reject efforts to apply terms that are plain\u00adly inap\u00adplic\u00ada\u00adble:&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">attempt\u00aded coup, insur\u00adrec\u00adtion, sedi\u00adtion<\/em>.\u2026 That the only per\u00adson shot was a pro\u00adtest\u00ader killed by an armed agent of the state by itself makes clear how irre\u00adspon\u00adsi\u00adble these terms are.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>THEOLOGICAL\/RELIGIOUS COMMENTARY <ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Lead\u00aders Pray for Peace and Safe\u00adty Amid Capi\u00adtol Mob <\/a>(Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cPas\u00adtor Rick War\u00adren called the attack \u2018domes\u00adtic ter\u00adror\u00adism,\u2019 while South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist Con\u00adven\u00adtion (SBC) Ethics &amp; Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Com\u00admis\u00adsion pres\u00adi\u00addent Rus\u00adsell Moore con\u00addemned their actions as \u2018immoral, unjust, dan\u00adger\u00adous, and inex\u00adcus\u00adable\u2019 and called on the pres\u00adi\u00addent to direct his sup\u00adport\u00aders to \u2018stop this dan\u00adger\u00adous and anti-con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal anar\u00adchy.\u2019&nbsp;\u201dThere\u2019s a wide roundup of voic\u00ades here.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/lutheransforracialjustice.com\/like-a-fire\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-296\" href=\"https:\/\/lutheransforracialjustice.com\/like-a-fire\" target=\"_blank\">Like A Fire Shut Up In My Bones<\/a> (Paul Shult, Luther\u00adans For Racial Jus\u00adtice): \u201cMy thoughts I share with you are shaped by my call\u00ading as a pas\u00adtor. I am not a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence major, a lawyer, a pub\u00adlic pol\u00adi\u00adcy expert, or a busi\u00adness own\u00ader. I don\u2019t want to argue pol\u00adi\u00adtics, which is very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult because so much in our nation and in Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has become politi\u00adcized. So, here are my thoughts around just a few things I think are impor\u00adtant to con\u00adsid\u00ader \u2014 per\u00adhaps they can be help\u00adful to some.\u201d The author pas\u00adtors a church near cam\u00adpus that sev\u00ader\u00adal of our stu\u00addents have attend\u00aded (one of them brought this arti\u00adcle to my atten\u00adtion).<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gospel in a Democ\u00adra\u00adcy Under Assault <\/a>(Rus\u00adsell Moore, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cCoun\u00adtries can fall. I hope this one doesn\u2019t. But, either way, let\u2019s not fall with it.\u201d<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/illegitimate-times.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/illegitimate-times.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate Times<\/a> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cSo it is look\u00ading as though one way or anoth\u00ader we are going to have to learn how to live under a gov\u00adern\u00adment we believe to be at bot\u00adtom ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate. And that looks to be the case no mat\u00adter what hap\u00adpens today, actu\u00adal\u00adly, which hap\u00adpens to be Jan\u00adu\u00adary 6, the day when Con\u00adgress rat\u00adi\u00adfies the votes of the Elec\u00adtoral Col\u00adlege. If Biden is con\u00adfirmed, which seems like\u00adly, a very large num\u00adber of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans will believe he got there by fraud\u00adu\u00adlent means. And if Trump is confirmed\u2014by some sort of extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary long shot\u2014that irreg\u00adu\u00adlar process, what\u00adev\u00ader it was, will be con\u00adsid\u00adered by a very large num\u00adber of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans to have been fraud\u00adu\u00adlent in a very dif\u00adfer\u00adent way. And even though a larg\u00ader num\u00adber of Chris\u00adtians will be in the first group, our num\u00adbers in both groups will not be insignif\u00adi\u00adcant.\u201d Please note, this is from before the events in ques\u00adtion! I share it because it con\u00adtains some very unusu\u00adal insights.<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>APOLOGETICALLY INTERESTING<br> <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/why_religious_couples_thrive_in_a_pandemic_655604.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Reli\u00adgious Cou\u00adples Thrive in a Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Liz HoChing &amp; Spencer James, Real Clear Reli\u00adgion): \u201cIt is no sur\u00adprise there\u00adfore that home-wor\u00adship\u00adping cou\u00adples were sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly more like\u00adly to be high\u00adly sat\u00adis\u00adfied with their sex\u00adu\u00adal rela\u00adtion\u00adship, com\u00adpared with cou\u00adples in a shared sec\u00adu\u00adlar rela\u00adtion\u00adship. Women in shared home-wor\u00adship\u00adping rela\u00adtion\u00adships were found to be twice as like\u00adly to be sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly sat\u00adis\u00adfied from the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal data, and three-times as like\u00adly to be sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly sat\u00adis\u00adfied from data gath\u00adered in the Unit\u00aded States. These are num\u00adbers that can\u00adnot be ignored.\u201d <ul><li>There are many inter\u00adest\u00ading quotes I could have cho\u00adsen. I pick this one because it is some\u00adthing I com\u00admon\u00adly see come up in research and yet so con\u00adtrary to the pre\u00advail\u00ading nar\u00adra\u00adtive in our cul\u00adture. And also because most of you are yet to pick your spouse \u2014 this is a reminder to pick some\u00adone who shares your vibrant faith in the Lord.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" target=\"_blank\">Stand\u00ading By: The Spa\u00adtial Orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion of Coer\u00adcive Insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in Chi\u00adna<\/a> (Adam Y. Liu and Charles Chang, Social Sci\u00adence Research): \u201cWe find that police sta\u00adtions are more like\u00adly to be locat\u00aded with\u00adin walk\u00ading dis\u00adtance of for\u00adeign reli\u00adgious sites (church\u00ades) than oth\u00ader sites (tem\u00adples), even after con\u00adtrol\u00adling for the esti\u00admat\u00aded pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion with\u00adin 1km of each site and a set of key site attrib\u00adut\u00ades.\u201d The authors are schol\u00adars at the Nation\u00adal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Sin\u00adga\u00adpore and at Yale, respec\u00adtive\u00adly.<\/li><li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading tid\u00adbits from the arti\u00adcle itself (the above is from the abstract): <ul><li>\u201c\u2026among all major reli\u00adgions in Chi\u00adna, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has since the late 19th cen\u00adtu\u00adry been per\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly viewed by the Chi\u00adnese state\u2014the incum\u00adbent athe\u00adis\u00adtic par\u00adty state in particular\u2014as the most threat\u00aden\u00ading to social order and state pow\u00ader.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201c\u2026one of the most con\u00adsis\u00adtent and sur\u00adpris\u00ading social sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic find\u00adings is the extent of the involve\u00adment of reli\u00adgious groups in large scale social and polit\u00adi\u00adcal move\u00adments.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cSchol\u00adars find that the par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adto\u00adry and civic atti\u00adtudes embed\u00added in Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty make its believ\u00aders more like\u00adly to engage in col\u00adlec\u00adtive con\u00adtention.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIn a sharp con\u00adtrast, the par\u00adty state sees oth\u00ader reli\u00adgions, such as Bud\u00addhism, as not only non-threat\u00aden\u00ading, but also con\u00adducive to strength\u00aden\u00ading its grip on pow\u00ader. In some instances, local offi\u00adcials have even sup\u00adport\u00aded the con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of non-West\u00adern reli\u00adgious sites as an explic\u00adit way to counter the grow\u00ading influ\u00adence of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in their juris\u00addic\u00adtions.\u201d <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Let me be clear: I lack the exper\u00adtise to eval\u00adu\u00adate their find\u00adings. What I find fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading is the mat\u00adter-of-fact way these schol\u00adars refer to a con\u00adsen\u00adsus in their field about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. It is inter\u00adest\u00ading to read this in con\u00adjunc\u00adtion with the news about this week.  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>UNRELATED THINGS <ul><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" target=\"_blank\">Rev. William Bar\u00adber on Greed, Pover\u00adty and Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (David March\u00adese, New York Times): \u201cVery few reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders are able to inspire polit\u00adi\u00adcal action on the part of large num\u00adbers of peo\u00adple who don\u2019t share their church, their denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion or their faith. Yet the Rev. Dr. William Bar\u00adber, senior pas\u00adtor of Green\u00adleaf Chris\u00adt\u00adian Church in Golds\u00adboro, N.C., has done just that.\u201d This is an inter\u00adest\u00ading (and at times per\u00adplex\u00ading) inter\u00adview.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2021\/01\/04\/some-problems-dont-have-solutions-or-the-demand-game\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2021\/01\/04\/some-problems-dont-have-solutions-or-the-demand-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">some prob\u00adlems don\u2019t have solu\u00adtions, or the demand game<\/a> (Fred\u00addie DeBoer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cHere\u2019s the real\u00adi\u00adty with pornog\u00adra\u00adphy: it may very well be very bad, and there is prob\u00ada\u00adbly noth\u00ading that we can do about it. Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy changed the world and made some\u00adthing for which their is huge demand effort\u00adless\u00adly easy to trans\u00admit and receive. And that\u2019s that; that\u2019s the sto\u00adry of pornog\u00adra\u00adphy. Some prob\u00adlems don\u2019t have solu\u00adtions.\u201d The author, an athe\u00adist social\u00adist, inad\u00adver\u00adtent\u00adly comes close to agree\u00ading with Jesus that \u201cthe poor you will have with you always.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/rzim-ravi-zacharias-turmoil-spa-allegations-investigation.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/rzim-ravi-zacharias-turmoil-spa-allegations-investigation.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Inside RZIM, Staff Push Lead\u00aders to Take Respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for Scan\u00addal <\/a>(Daniel Sil\u00adli\u00adman, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAt an online all-staff meet\u00ading in mid-Octo\u00adber, how\u00adev\u00ader, RZIM speak\u00ader Sam All\u00adber\u00adry, who offi\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded at Zacharias\u2019s grave\u00adside ser\u00advice, asked why \u2018min\u00adistry team\u00admates\u2019 had been includ\u00aded in the offi\u00adcial denial. They had not been con\u00adsult\u00aded before lead\u00ader\u00adship craft\u00aded the unsigned state\u00adment deny\u00ading the claims. \u2018Why are you putting words in my mouth?\u2019 said All\u00adber\u00adry, accord\u00ading to peo\u00adple who attend\u00aded the meet\u00ading. \u2018Frankly, I believe these women and find their alle\u00adga\u00adtions to be cred\u00adi\u00adble.\u2019\u201d <ul><li>This makes me very sad. Also, there\u2019s a per\u00adson\u00adal cau\u00adtion in here. One of the details is that Zacharias lied about small\u00ader things. If you ever see me lying or exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00ading (except for obvi\u00adous humor), please call me on it. I\u2019d rather be embar\u00adrassed social\u00adly in the moment than lay the foun\u00adda\u00adtion for ruin lat\u00ader. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/ifyc.org\/article\/awokening-will-not-bring-end-nightmare\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/ifyc.org\/article\/awokening-will-not-bring-end-nightmare\" target=\"_blank\">The Awok\u00aden\u00ading Will Not Bring an End to the Night\u00admare<\/a> (Musa al-Ghar\u00adbi, Inter\u00adfaith Youth Core) : \u201c\u2026the whites who seem most eager to con\u00addemn \u2018ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal racism\u2019 (i.e. peo\u00adple say\u00ading, think\u00ading or feel\u00ading the \u2018wrong\u2019 things about minori\u00adties), and who are most osten\u00adta\u00adtious in demon\u00adstrat\u00ading their own \u2018wok\u00ade\u00adness,\u2019&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">also<\/em>&nbsp;tend to be the peo\u00adple who ben\u00ade\u00adfit the most from what soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists describe as \u2018insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal\u2019 or \u2018sys\u00adtemic\u2019 racism. Con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly, the places in Amer\u00adi\u00adca with the high\u00adest con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtions of whites who are \u2018with it\u2019 also hap\u00adpen to be the most unequal places in the coun\u00adtry.\u201d The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Colum\u00adbia.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/making-policy-for-a-low-trust-world\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/making-policy-for-a-low-trust-world\" target=\"_blank\">Mak\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy for a low-trust world<\/a> (Matthew Ygle\u00adsias, sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe cor\u00adrect way to respond to a low-trust envi\u00adron\u00adment is not to dou\u00adble down on pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adral\u00adism, but to com\u00admit your\u00adself to the \u2018it does exact\u00adly what it says on the tin\u2019 prin\u00adci\u00adple and imple\u00adment poli\u00adcies that have the fol\u00adlow\u00ading char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics: It\u2019s easy for every\u00adone, whether they agree with you or dis\u00adagree with you, to under\u00adstand what it is you say you are doing. It\u2019s easy for every\u00adone to see whether or not you are, in fact, doing what you said you would do. It\u2019s easy for you and your team to meet the goal of doing the thing that you said you would do.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/raphael-warnock-ebenezer-baptist-black-pastors-congress.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/raphael-warnock-ebenezer-baptist-black-pastors-congress.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Like Preach\u00ader-Politi\u00adcians Before Him, Sen\u00ada\u00adtor Raphael Warnock Will Keep His Pul\u00adpit <\/a>(Adelle Banks, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018It\u2019s unusu\u00adal for a pas\u00adtor to get involved in some\u00adthing as messy as pol\u00adi\u00adtics, but I see this as a con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of a life of ser\u00advice: first as an agi\u00adta\u00adtor, then an advo\u00adcate, and hope\u00adful\u00adly next as a leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor\u2019\u201d Warnock said as he was clos\u00ading in on the top spot of a wide-open pri\u00adma\u00adry. \u2018I say I\u2019m step\u00adping up to my next call\u00ading to serve, not step\u00adping down from the pul\u00adpit.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d I did not know this his\u00adto\u00adry, and after read\u00ading it I am pleased to inform you that if I am elect\u00aded to the US Sen\u00adate I will con\u00adtin\u00adue to min\u00adis\u00adter with Chi Alpha at Stan\u00adford.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Prob\u00adlem with 4\u2011Letter Words<\/a> (Karen Swal\u00adlow Pri\u00ador, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cCurs\u00ading falls into dif\u00adfer\u00adent cat\u00ade\u00adgories. Strict\u00adly speak\u00ading, <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">pro\u00adfan\u00adi\u00adties<\/em> are words that desacral\u00adize what is holy. Words mis\u00adus\u00ading the names of God and his judg\u00adments are pro\u00adfane; the worst of these are blasphemy.While pro\u00adfan\u00adi\u00adties are relat\u00aded to the divine, <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">obscen\u00adi\u00adties<\/em> are relat\u00aded to the human. This cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of words serves to coarsen bod\u00adi\u00adly func\u00adtions (whether sex\u00adu\u00adal or excre\u00adto\u00adry).\u2026 Anoth\u00ader cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of curse words con\u00adsists of those the cog\u00adni\u00adtive sci\u00aden\u00adtist Steven Pinker calls \u2018abu\u00adsive.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/californias_donor-disclosure_law_threatens_religious_charities_655598.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-284\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/californias_donor-disclosure_law_threatens_religious_charities_655598.html\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s Donor-Dis\u00adclo\u00adsure Law Threat\u00adens Reli\u00adgious Char\u00adi\u00adties<\/a> (John Bursch, Real Clear Reli\u00adgion): \u201cNot once has the attor\u00adney gen\u00ader\u00adal giv\u00aden a con\u00advinc\u00ading rea\u00adson for col\u00adlect\u00ading donors\u2019 names and address\u00ades&nbsp;en&nbsp;masse. His office has effec\u00adtive\u00adly reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded char\u00adi\u00adties for decades with\u00adout that infor\u00adma\u00adtion. In 10 years, the attor\u00adney gen\u00ader\u00adal only used donor lists in&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">five<\/em>&nbsp;out of 540 inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtions. And even in those five, he could have obtained the same infor\u00adma\u00adtion through tar\u00adget\u00aded sub\u00adpoe\u00adnas or audits, all with\u00adout risk\u00ading the mas\u00adsive dis\u00adclo\u00adsure of sen\u00adsi\u00adtive infor\u00adma\u00adtion from all reg\u00adis\u00adtered char\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/the-new-strain-how-bad-is-it\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-286\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/the-new-strain-how-bad-is-it\" target=\"_blank\">The New Strain: How Bad Is It<\/a>? (Bren\u00addan Foht&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ari Schul\u00adman, The New Atlantis): \u201cThe steps that most need to be tak\u00aden in response to the new strain are the same ones that should have been tak\u00aden for the last year any\u00adway, but that our gov\u00adern\u00adment has proved large\u00adly unable or unwill\u00ading to take. An effec\u00adtive regime of test\u00ading, trac\u00ading, and iso\u00adlat\u00ading, for exam\u00adple, has been need\u00aded through\u00adout the pan\u00addem\u00adic, but nev\u00ader real\u00adly imple\u00adment\u00aded.\u201d One of the authors <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/1347170247762210817\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/1347170247762210817\" target=\"_blank\">post\u00aded on Twit\u00adter<\/a>: \u201cIn the course of work\u00ading on this piece, my con\u00adcern about the new Covid strain went from about a 4 to an 8.5, with the remain\u00ading 1.5 com\u00adposed most\u00adly of gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adized skep\u00adti\u00adcism and moti\u00advat\u00aded dis\u00adbe\u00adlief.\u201d <\/li><\/ul><\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2021\/1\/3\/how-to-speak-your-mind?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+basicinst+%28Basic+Instructions%29\" target=\"_blank\">How To Speak Your Mind<\/a> (Basic Instruc\u00adtions)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/D5a9An6\" target=\"_blank\">Selec\u00adtive Respect<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S75gYhODS0M&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\">Hap\u00adpy Birth\u00adday, by Beethoven? Bach? Mozart?<\/a> (Nicole Pesce, YouTube): five min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/language-4\" target=\"_blank\">Lan\u00adguage<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/pornography-human-humane\/\">How Pornog\u00adra\u00adphy Makes Us Less Human and Less Humane<\/a> (Matthew Lee Ander\u00adson, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cBeneath pornog\u00adra\u00adphy is the sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion that the mere fact of our desire for a woman makes us wor\u00adthy of her. And so, not being bound by any kind of norm, desire must pro\u00adceed end\u00adless\u00adly. It is no sur\u00adprise that the indus\u00adtri\u00adal\u00adized, cheap-and-easy sex of pornog\u00adra\u00adphy has answered and evoked an almost unre\u00adstrained sex\u00adu\u00adal greed, which allows us to be gods and god\u00addess\u00ades with\u00adin the safe\u00adty of our own fan\u00adtasies. It is for deep and impor\u00adtant rea\u00adsons that the Ten Com\u00admand\u00adments use the eco\u00adnom\u00adic lan\u00adguage of \u2018cov\u00adet\u00ading\u2019 to describe the bad\u00adness of errant sex\u00adu\u00adal desires.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/30\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-216\">vol\u00adume 216<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\n\nAlso, 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.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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