{"id":6973,"date":"2022-07-29T17:45:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T01:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2022-07-29T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T01:45:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-361","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-361","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 361"},"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\" 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 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 361, which is also the num\u00adber of inter\u00adsec\u00adtions on a Go board.<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/2022\/07\/actually-good-ai-generated-bible-art-with-dall%c2%b7e-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Actu\u00adal\u00adly Good AI-Gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded Bible Art with DALL\u00b7E 2<\/a> (John Dyer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe GPT\u20113 prompts I used evolved over time, but this one is emblem\u00adat\u00adic: Sug\u00adgest 5 unique con\u00adcept ideas for a work of visu\u00adal art inspired by Luke 14:7\u201311 (do not pick the place of hon\u00ador) in the Bible. Include art direc\u00adtion and a spe\u00adcif\u00adic medi\u00adum and artist to emu\u00adlate. Include artists from a vari\u00adety of eras, styles, and media. Try for an unusu\u00adal per\u00adspec\u00adtive. Title, year, medi\u00adum. Descrip\u00adtion.\u201d<ul><li>Some of these are stun\u00adning. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/religion-is-dying-dont-believe-it-nones-others-surveys-faith-institutions-atheists-agnostics-practice-minority-11659017037\" target=\"_blank\">Reli\u00adgion Is Dying? Don\u2019t Believe It<\/a> (Byron R. John\u00adson &amp; Jeff Levin, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cData from five recent U.S. pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion sur\u00adveys point to the vibran\u00adcy, ubiq\u00adui\u00adty and growth of reli\u00adgion in the U.S. Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are becom\u00ading more reli\u00adgious, and reli\u00adgious insti\u00adtu\u00adtions are thriv\u00ading. Con\u00adsis\u00adtent with some pre\u00advi\u00adous stud\u00adies but con\u00adtrary to wide\u00adly held assump\u00adtions, many peo\u00adple who report no reli\u00adgious affiliation\u2014and even many self-iden\u00adti\u00adfied athe\u00adists and agnostics\u2014exhibit sub\u00adstan\u00adtial lev\u00adels of reli\u00adgious prac\u00adtice and belief.\u201d<ul><li>The authors are pro\u00adfes\u00adsors of social sci\u00adence and epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, respec\u00adtive\u00adly. I one hun\u00addred per\u00adcent believe this report. The so-called \u201crise of the nones\u201d is most\u00adly the result of con\u00adfir\u00adma\u00adtion bias by sec\u00adu\u00adlar aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics and jour\u00adnal\u00adists who find reli\u00adgious\u00adly com\u00admit\u00adted peo\u00adple annoy\u00ading.<\/li><li>This WSJ arti\u00adcle (which I think is pay\u00adwalled) is based on the freely avail\u00adable schol\u00adar\u00adly arti\u00adcle: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baylorisr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-IJRR-Are-Religious-Nones-Really-Not-Religious.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Are Reli\u00adgious \u201cNones\u201d Real\u00adly Not Reli\u00adgious?: Revis\u00adit\u00ading Glenn, Three Decades Lat\u00ader<\/a> (Levin et al, Inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary Jour\u00adnal of Research on Reli\u00adgion): \u201cThe use of words and phras\u00ades such as none, no reli\u00adgion, and not reli\u00adgious to describe this group of unaf\u00adfil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals is thus inap\u00adpro\u00adpri\u00adate, inac\u00adcu\u00adrate, and mis\u00adlead\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/which-sins-are-feeding-your-sin-of-lust\/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&amp;utm_campaign=995719a697-20220723+Demo+-+Which+Sins+Feed+Lust&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-995719a697-292773917\" target=\"_blank\">Which Sins Are Feed\u00ading Your Sin of Lust?<\/a> (David Powli\u00adson, Cross\u00adway): \u201cTom con\u00adcen\u00adtrat\u00aded all his atten\u00adtion on one mar\u00adquee sin that sur\u00adfaced spo\u00adrad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, defin\u00ading and ener\u00adgiz\u00ading all his guilty feel\u00adings. But that nar\u00adrow\u00ading of atten\u00adtion served to mask far more seri\u00adous, per\u00adva\u00adsive sins. As a pas\u00adtor, friend, or oth\u00ader coun\u00adselor, you don\u2019t want to con\u00adcen\u00adtrate all your ener\u00adgies in the same place Tom did. There were oth\u00ader, deep\u00ader oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for grace and truth to rewrite the script of this man\u2019s life.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2022\/07\/22\/how-fake-news-in-the-new-york-times-led-to-a-canadian-social-panic-over-unmarked-graves\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Media-Fueled Social Pan\u00adic Over Unmarked Graves<\/a> (Jonathan Kay, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cIt\u2019s now been 14 months since the orig\u00adi\u00adnal announce\u00adment was made about pre\u00adsumed graves in Kam\u00adloops, and no phys\u00adi\u00adcal evi\u00addence has been unearthed. No graves. No corpses. No human remains.\u2026 I\u2019ve been in jour\u00adnal\u00adism for a quar\u00adter cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and have wit\u00adnessed plen\u00adty of bizarre con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies with\u00adin my trade. But I\u2019ve nev\u00ader wit\u00adnessed any\u00adthing sim\u00adi\u00adlar to this phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon. It\u2019s like one of those case-stud\u00adies in mass hys\u00adte\u00adria and pop\u00adu\u00adlar delu\u00adsion that you read about in his\u00adto\u00adry books.\u201d<ul><li>This is not a claim that bad things did\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpen. It\u2019s more of a claim that the spe\u00adcif\u00adic bad things that are alleged did\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpen or that they did\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpen on the scale wide\u00adly report\u00aded. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Chi\u00adna relat\u00aded:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-targeted-fed-to-build-informant-network-access-data-a-probe-says-11658826000\" target=\"_blank\">Chi\u00adna Tar\u00adget\u00aded Fed to Build Infor\u00admant Net\u00adwork and Access Data, Probe Finds<\/a> (Kate O\u2019Keeffe and Nick Timi\u00adraos, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cChi\u00adna tried to build a net\u00adwork of infor\u00admants inside the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Reserve sys\u00adtem, at one point threat\u00aden\u00ading to imprison a Fed econ\u00ado\u00admist dur\u00ading a trip to Shang\u00adhai unless he agreed to pro\u00advide non\u00adpub\u00adlic eco\u00adnom\u00adic data, a con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion found.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/23\/politics\/fbi-investigation-huawei-china-defense-department-communications-nuclear\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Exclu\u00adsive: FBI inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion&nbsp;deter\u00admined Chi\u00adnese-made Huawei equip\u00adment could dis\u00adrupt US nuclear arse\u00adnal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions<\/a> (Katie Bo Lil\u00adlis, CNN): \u201cAmong the most alarm\u00ading things the FBI uncov\u00adered per\u00adtains to Chi\u00adnese-made Huawei&nbsp;equip\u00adment atop cell tow\u00aders near US mil\u00adi\u00adtary bases in the&nbsp;rur\u00adal Mid\u00adwest. Accord\u00ading to mul\u00adti\u00adple sources famil\u00adiar with the mat\u00adter, the FBI deter\u00admined the equip\u00adment was capa\u00adble of cap\u00adtur\u00ading and dis\u00adrupt\u00ading high\u00adly restrict\u00aded Defense Depart\u00adment com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions, includ\u00ading those used by US Strate\u00adgic Com\u00admand, which over\u00adsees the coun\u00adtry\u2019s nuclear weapons.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11057813\/Controversial-Tavistock-gender-clinic-children-shut-damning-report.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHS will SHUT its con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial Tavi\u00ads\u00adtock trans\u00adgen\u00adder clin\u00adic for chil\u00addren after damn\u00ading report warned it was \u2018not safe\u2019<\/a> (John Ely and Lau\u00adrence Dol\u00adlimore, The Dai\u00adly Mail): \u201cIt fol\u00adlows an announce\u00adment last month that every child treat\u00aded for gen\u00adder dys\u00adpho\u00adria in the last decade will have their med\u00adical records scru\u00adti\u00adnised to see if NHS care is caus\u00ading them more harm than good.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/july-web-only\/hot-takes-dont-belong-in-church.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Takes Don\u2019t Belong in Church<\/a> (Chris Nye, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cSo long as we are cre\u00adat\u00ading a palat\u00adable state\u00adment for social media or Sunday\u2019s ser\u00admon, we are not pray\u00ading, wor\u00adship\u00ading, or orga\u00adniz\u00ading our\u00adselves for mean\u00ading\u00adful action. But in today\u2019s cul\u00adture, the <em>appear\u00adance<\/em> of moral\u00adi\u00adty is more impor\u00adtant than moral <em>actions<\/em>, and speak\u00ading is more high\u00adly val\u00adued than pray\u00ading.\u201d<ul><li>This is full of good points. Chris is an acquain\u00adtance of mine.<\/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=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFigen\/status\/1550911126287929346\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFigen\/status\/1550911126287929346<\/a> \u2014 we should have the wor\u00adship team try this<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/07\/27\" target=\"_blank\">The Two Step Guide To A Ful\u00adfill\u00ading Career<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/hey-man-hows-it-going-please-dont-remove-your-debit-card--remove-debit-card-now-holy-smokes-why-havent-you-removed-your-debit-card-yet-were-all-going-to-die---op-ed-by-debit-card-pin-pad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Op-Ed: Hey Man, How\u2019s It Going? Please Don\u2019t Remove Your Deb\u00adit Card\u2014REMOVE DEBIT CARD NOW HOLY SMOKES WHY HAVEN\u2019T YOU REMOVED YOUR DEBIT CARD YET WE\u2019RE ALL GOING TO DIE<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): facts.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/antimatter-2\" target=\"_blank\">Anti\u00admat\u00adter<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/07\/29\/3\" target=\"_blank\">Sur\u00adprise!<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thisculturalmoment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Moment<\/a> (pod\u00adcast): I lis\u00adtened to this pod\u00adcast about fol\u00adlow\u00ading Jesus in the post-Chris\u00adt\u00adian world upon the rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion of some alum\u00adni and a stu\u00addent. It\u2019s quite good. Def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly start with<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thisculturalmoment.podbean.com\/e\/what-is-post-christian-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\"> episode 1<\/a>. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/12\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-231\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 231<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">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 is vol\u00adume 361, which is also the num\u00adber of inter\u00adsec\u00adtions on a Go board. Things Glen Found \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-361\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 361\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":"The links this week are, in my opinion, stronger than usual. 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