{"id":6570,"date":"2021-05-07T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2021-05-07T17:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:38:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/05\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-300","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 300"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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 way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is volume 300, which is how many Spartans it takes to fend off a Persian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. When Men Behave Badly \u2014 A Review<\/a> (Rob Henderson, Quillette): \u201cIntriguingly, men and women converge in their answers when asked what percentage of men would be willing to commit rape. Women estimate that about one-third of men would commit rape if there were no consequences, and about one-third of men report that they would commit rape if they believed they could get away with it.\u201d The author is a PhD candidate at Cambridge reviewing a book by a professor at UT Austin. Extremely interesting throughout. Highly recommended.<\/li>
  2. Proof That Political Privilege Is Harmful for Christianity<\/a> (Nilay Saiya, Christianity Today): \u201cIn a peer-reviewed study published this month in the journal Sociology of Religion<\/em>, my coauthor and I challenge the perceived wisdom that education and affluence spell Christianity\u2019s demise. In our statistical analysis of a global sample of 166 countries from 2010 to 2020, we find that the most important determinant of Christian vitality is the extent to which governments give official support to Christianity through their laws and policies. However, it is not in the way devout believers might expect.\u201d<\/li>
  3. The Redemption of Justin Bieber<\/a> (Zach Baron, GQ): \u201cAnd then there is God. If you ask Chance the Rapper why he and his friend seem so happy in an industry that tends to grind people to dust, he will answer without hesitation. \u2018Both of us, our secret sauce is Jesus,\u2019 Chance says. \u2018Justin doesn\u2019t fake the funk. He goes to Jesus with his problems, he goes to Jesus with his successes. He calls me just to talk about Jesus.\u2019 \u201d<\/li>
  4. In Deciding Fulton v. Philadelphia, the Supreme Court Should Remember That Foster Care Is for the Children <\/a>(James Dwyer, National Review): \u201cBut foster care is not a public accommodation nor a service to \u2018the public.\u2019 Children are not generic goods for sale (like donuts or cups of coffee), to which everyone has an equal right. Instead, when the government is making decisions on behalf of foster children, it is obligated to act only in that child\u2019s<\/em> best interest.\u201d The author is a law prof at William and Mary and this article is really good.<\/li>
  5. Pandemic-related: