{"id":6533,"date":"2021-03-26T16:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:27:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/03\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-294","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 294"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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>     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<p>This is volume 294, which is neat because 11115<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>294<\/strong><sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;= 123,456,789. Numbers are&nbsp;fun!<\/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>On anti-Asian violence:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sm2DKoOOmzo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sm2DKoOOmzo\">The Racism Virus: Anti-Asian Attacks Surge<\/a> (NBC News, YouTube): fifty-two minutes, highly recommended by a student. From before the Atlanta shootings.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2021\/03\/25\/race-and-false-hate-crime-narratives\/\">Race and False Hate Crime Narratives<\/a> (Heather Mac Donald, Quillette): \u201cPerhaps a revelation of anti-Asian animus will emerge, but for now, Long appears to have targeted presumed sex workers who happened, given the demographics of the massage trade in Atlanta, to be Asian. Long intended to target a business in Florida next that made pornography, he told police. The employees there were unlikely to be Asian.\u201d The author is a Stanford Law School grad.<\/li><li>I am surprised at how divisive the question of motive has been. Regardless of motive in this specific case, I think it is clear that the Atlanta attacks were wicked and also that many Asian-Americans encounter prejudice that too often escalates into violence.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Christian sexual teachings:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/20\/us\/evangelical-sex-addiction-atlanta-suspect.html\">Atlanta Suspect\u2019s Fixation on Sex Is Familiar Thorn for Evangelicals<\/a> (Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201cThe evangelical culture he was raised in, he said, \u2018teaches women to hate their bodies, as the source of temptation, and it teaches men to hate their minds, which lead them into lust and sexual immorality.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/why-the-atlanta-massacre-triggered?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDEwMjc5NywiXyI6IlY4Tk1UIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2NTM2MzM5LCJleHAiOjE2MTY1Mzk5MzksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.okb2kdirYCzNtD9NP75lrpDVQOqaRhznUzQdyZqbi5M\">Why the Atlanta Massacre Triggered a Conversation About Purity Culture<\/a> (David French, The Dispatch): \u201cPlacing responsibility for male purity on women harms women. It creates an impossible burden. You cannot oppress women enough to protect men from themselves. You can ban porn, ban explicit TV and movies of all types, put women in long dresses, prohibit makeup, and require courtship contracts, and you still&nbsp;<em>will not<\/em>&nbsp;solve the problem of&nbsp;sin.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterandliturgy.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/26\/never-the-demons\/\">Never The Demons<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Letter &amp; Liturgy): \u201cI\u2019m all for interrogating the harmful effects of some church cultures, but I\u2019m not sure why we don\u2019t even linger over the news of a young man\u2019s murdering eight people to \u2018eliminate temptation\u2019 long enough to see the demonic forces that Jesus clearly saw&nbsp;<em>everywhere he went.<\/em> And when that story is quickly followed by another mass murder in Colorado? The news cycle just resets, and the blood is on the hands of the GOP, or all Muslims, or purity culture, or cancel culture\u2026name your ideological enemy, and you can find someone prominent laying horror at their feet. Never the demons.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterandliturgy.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/22\/on-purity-culture-and-violence-briefly\/\">On purity culture and violence, briefly<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Letter &amp; Liturgy): \u201cI think stories [like the NYT article] are frustrating because they offer genuine insight mixed with a journalistic framing that is deeply untrustworthy. Brad Onishi, Jeff Chu, and Samuel Perry\u2014the three voices brought in to criticize evangelical purity culture\u2014are all examples of LGBT-affirming post-evangelicalism. Because of this framing, the subtext of the article is that there are really only two choices for evangelical Christians: double down on hating women and empowering shooters like Robert Long, or abandon core evangelical doctrines. This is exactly the posture that defines nearly all anti-purity culture writing I see, which is why I get so frustrated by it, even when it makes genuinely helpful points\u2026\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/questions-for-david-french-on-the-connections-between-the-atlanta-killer-and-purity-culture\/\">Questions for David French on the Connections between the Atlanta Killer and Purity Culture<\/a> (Justin Taylor, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cWhat is the connection between the killer and toxic purity theology and culture? The piece assumes a connection but never gets around to demonstrating one. And that leads to the weird experience of reading something where I agree with virtually every single word and yet find that the actual argument doesn\u2019t hold together.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/03\/22\/how-churches-talk-about-sexuality-can-mean-life-or-death-we-saw-that-robert-long\/\">How churches talk about sexuality can mean life or death. We saw that in Robert Long<\/a>. (Rachel Denhollander, Washington Post): \u201cSexuality divorced from personhood is the foundation of objectification and violence. The evangelical community has yet to grapple with its own version of this same mind-set and the deep damage it has, and will continue, to&nbsp;do.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/march\/colorado-christian-baker-jack-phillips-sued-lgbt-cake-court.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\">Christian Baker Sued Again for Refusing to Bake a Cake<\/a> (Colleen Slevin, Associated Press @ Christianity Today): \u201cAutumn Scardina attempted to order the birthday cake on the same day in 2017 that the high court announced it would hear baker Jack Phillips\u2019s appeal in the wedding cake case. Scardina, an attorney, requested a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside in honor of her gender transition.\u201d<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/03\/the-never-ending-persecution-of-jack-phillips\/\">The Never-Ending Persecution of Jack Phillips<\/a> (David Harsyani, National Review): \u201cYou may not be surprised to learn that Scardina hadn\u2019t asked the most famous Christian baker in the nation to create a \u2018transition\u2019 cake by happenstance. Phillips\u2019s lawyers suspect&nbsp;Scardina called \u2014 the name appeared on the caller ID \u2014 to request \u2018an image of Satan smoking marijuana.\u2019 Later, an email was sent to the shop requesting \u2018a three-tiered white cake\u2019 with a \u2018large figure of Satan, licking a nine inch black Dildo \u2026 that can be turned on before we unveil the&nbsp;cake.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/colorado-baker-tired-of-long-line-of-people-outside-waiting-to-be-oppressed-by-him\/\">Colorado Baker Faces Long Line Of People Outside Waiting To Be Oppressed By Him<\/a> (Babylon Bee): \u201cPhillips had another busy day, but in the end, all his customers were satisfied, those who wanted cakes receiving beautiful cakes and those who wanted to get discriminated against getting discriminated against. Philips is now considering opening another branch just to not make people cakes, as he is apparently the only cakeshop in the country that does that, and it\u2019s in high demand.\u201d Normally I\u2019d put a Babylon Bee article in the amusing section, but this one belongs here.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/annkillion\/article\/Stanford-s-silence-doesn-t-surprise-wrestling-16047816.php\">Stanford\u2019s silence doesn\u2019t surprise wrestling champ: \u2018Probably more mad at me\u2019<\/a> (Ann Killion, SF Chronicle): \u201cStanford athletics did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Griffith\u2019s national title. On Saturday the athletic department Twitter account @GoStanford tweeted, \u2018Shane Griffith is a national champion. The redshirt sophomore completed his run at the NCAA championships atop the podium, Saturday, at the Enterprise Center.\u2019 The dry message was notably missing the exclamation points and emojis that accompany almost every other&nbsp;post.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/what-it-takes-to-go-from-slavery?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDMzODU4NSwiXyI6IlBCMzUwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2ODAxMDY3LCJleHAiOjE2MTY4MDQ2NjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.LPs0-mtUYf4wrMWImiitPJxJOx1vs3GQrf90OtptPSM\">What It Takes To Go From Slavery To Freedom<\/a> (Bari Weiss, Substack): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018When you are a slave, you don\u2019t have to think,\u2019 Yeonmi told me. \u2018In North Korea you can\u2019t say I. You can just say we. We love the color red. Or we love kimchi. You know every answer. In North Korea, everything is determined for you before you are born, based on your family\u2019s standing in the party. You don\u2019t think: What do I study? Where do I live? Who do I marry? They decide.&nbsp; I remember after I published&nbsp;my book&nbsp;one of my&nbsp;first interviews&nbsp;was with NPR and they asked me about freedom. I said freedom was painful and confusing. I think they were expecting me to say freedom was awesome.\u2019 But the truth was more complicated. \u2018It was so painful to be free. I sometimes thought in the beginning if there was a guarantee to go back to North Korea and not get executed and just live on frozen potatoes I might go back.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d WOW. What an interview. Coming someday to a sermon near&nbsp;you.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/2021\/03\/the-burden-of-proof.html\">The Burden of Proof<\/a> (Jimmy Akin, personal blog): \u201cWhenever two people disagree and one wants the other to change his view, then the person advocating the change always has to shoulder the burden of proof.\u201d The central nugget is in the excerpt, but there\u2019s more there (including an interesting Catholic perspective on Sola Scriptura).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/2378023121996854#:~:text=Among%20young%20men%2C%20declines%20in,the%20decline%20in%20casual%20sex\">Why Are Fewer Young Adults Having Casual Sex?<\/a> (Scott J. South &amp; Lei Lei, Socius): \u201cAmong young women, the decline in the frequency of drinking alcohol explains about one quarter of the drop in the propensity to have casual sex. Among young men, declines in drinking frequency, an increase in computer gaming, and the growing percentage who coreside with their parents all contribute significantly to the decline in casual sex.\u201d See also the \u201ca while ago\u201d link&nbsp;below.<\/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:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/646225273821577216\/krypto\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/646225273821577216\/krypto\">Crypto<\/a> (Text From Superheroes)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cE4tEkUqPrk\">Libertarian PBS<\/a> (Reason, YouTube): five minutes. Really well done. I\u2019d love to see one for every major political ideology.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/ev\">Effective Villainy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christian-dutifully-prays-for-her-enemies-but-if-god-wants-to-smite-them-thats-okay-too\/\">Christian Dutifully Prays For Her Enemies, But If God Wants To Smite Them, That\u2019s Okay Too<\/a> (Babylon Bee) \u2014 I actually do this sometimes. \u201cRenew or remove them,&nbsp;Lord!\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/03\/25\">Ethically Questionable<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/vQHB2sd\">What\u2019s Inside a Coke Can?<\/a> (Imgur)<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/the-culture\/the-alcohol-blackout\/?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email\">Alcohol, Blackouts, and Campus Sexual Assault<\/a> (Texas Monthly, Sarah Hepola): I think this is the most thoughtful secular piece I\u2019ve read on the issue. \u201cConsent and alcohol make tricky bedfellows. The reason I liked getting drunk was because it altered my consent: it changed what I would say yes to. Not just in the bedroom but in every room and corridor that led into the squinting light. Say yes to adventure, say yes to risk, say yes to karaoke and pool parties and arguments with men, say yes to a life without fear, even though such a life is never possible\u2026 We drink because it feels good. We drink because it makes us feel happy, safe, powerful. That it often makes us the opposite is one of alcohol\u2019s dastardly tricks.\u201d (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/11\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-25\">volume 25<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/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>. 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