{"id":6988,"date":"2022-08-12T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T02:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2022-08-12T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T02:14:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-363","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 363"},"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 num\u00adber 363, which can be rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded as 3<sup>1<\/sup>\u00c2&nbsp;+ 3<sup>2\u00c2&nbsp;<\/sup>+ 3<sup>3\u00c2&nbsp;<\/sup>+ 3<sup>4\u00c2&nbsp;<\/sup>+ 3<sup>5<\/sup><\/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:\/\/experimentalhistory.substack.com\/p\/why-arent-smart-people-happier\" target=\"_blank\">Why aren\u2019t smart peo\u00adple hap\u00adpi\u00ader?<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Adam Mas\u00adtroian\u00adni, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMy grand\u00adma does not know how to use the \u2018input\u2019 but\u00adton on her TV\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s remote con\u00adtrol, but she does know how to raise a fam\u00adi\u00adly full of good peo\u00adple who love each oth\u00ader, how to car\u00adry on through a tragedy, and how to make the per\u00adfect pump\u00adkin pie.\u2026 Exclud\u00ading this kind of intel\u00adli\u00adgence from our def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtions doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just hurt our grandmas\u00e2\u20ac\u201dit hurts us too. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t val\u00adue the abil\u00adi\u00adty to solve poor\u00adly defined prob\u00adlems, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll nev\u00ader get more of it. You won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seek out peo\u00adple who have that abil\u00adi\u00adty and try to learn from them, nor will you lis\u00adten to them when they have some\u00adthing impor\u00adtant to say. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll spend your whole life try\u00ading to solve prob\u00adlems with clev\u00ader\u00adness when what you real\u00adly need is wis\u00addom.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/august\/ar-bernard-nyc-affordable-housing-church.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Largest Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Church Plans Bil\u00adlion-Dol\u00adlar Devel\u00adop\u00adment<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Emi\u00adly Belz, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cOn 10.5 acres of church land,\u00c2&nbsp;the pro\u00adposed vil\u00adlage\u00c2&nbsp;would include thou\u00adsands of units of afford\u00adable hous\u00ading, a trade school, a super\u00admar\u00adket, a per\u00adform\u00ading arts cen\u00adter, 24\/7 child\u00adcare for night-shift work\u00aders, senior liv\u00ading facil\u00adi\u00adties, and oth\u00ader ameni\u00adties designed to revi\u00adtal\u00adize the East New York neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood.\u201d<ul><li>But I thought church\u00ades were leech\u00ades on soci\u00adety exploit\u00ading their tax-exempt sta\u00adtus with\u00adout help\u00ading their com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties! I\u2019m sure some\u00adone told me that once.\u00c2&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2022\/08\/02\/mixing-faith-with-furries-things-can-get-hairy\/\" target=\"_blank\">When mix\u00ading faith with fur\u00adries, things can get hairy<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Riley Far\u00adrell, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201c\u2026Chris\u00adtians in the fur\u00adry com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty are cau\u00adtious about who knows about both their fur\u00adry and faith\u00adful selves. Chris\u00adt\u00adian fur\u00adries inter\u00adviewed for this sto\u00adry, includ\u00ading lead\u00aders of the group that calls itself the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Fur\u00adry Fel\u00adlow\u00adship, asked to be anony\u00admous, fear\u00ading \u2018doxxing\u2019 from with\u00adin the large\u00adly sec\u00adu\u00adlar fur\u00adry com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty for their Chris\u00adt\u00adian iden\u00adti\u00adty and ostra\u00adciza\u00adtion from their pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal lives for their fur\u00adry hob\u00adby.\u201d<ul><li>This was by far the most unex\u00adpect\u00aded arti\u00adcle I read this week. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading here. I draw your atten\u00adtion to my dis\u00adclaimers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/fact-checking-randall-balmers-urban-legend-on-the-real-origin-of-the-religious-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fact-Check\u00ading Ran\u00addall Balmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Urban Leg\u00adend on the Real Ori\u00adgin of the Reli\u00adgious Right<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Jonathan White\u00adhead, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cBy the ear\u00adly 1970s, Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, Catholics, and oth\u00ader reli\u00adgious vot\u00aders had dis\u00adcov\u00adered that pol\u00adi\u00adtics would not leave them alone. Then their con\u00adcerns about abor\u00adtion, gov\u00adern\u00adment over\u00adreach\u00c2&nbsp;in schools, sec\u00adu\u00adlar human\u00adism at the FCC, and an unre\u00adspon\u00adsive \u2018born again\u2019 Pres\u00adi\u00addent all merged into a sin\u00adgle out\u00adlet, cre\u00adat\u00ading a tor\u00adrent of Repub\u00adli\u00adcan vot\u00aders in 1978 and beyond.\u201d<ul><li>I post\u00aded a debunk\u00ading of this claim a while ago, but this one is quite good. And the claim gets repeat\u00aded enough in cer\u00adtain cir\u00adcles that debunk\u00adings should be repeat\u00aded as well.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/there-is-a-secular-case-for-life\" target=\"_blank\">There Is a Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Case for Life<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cAmidst a squadron of reli\u00adgious con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive lawyers, there was a sin\u00adgle athe\u00adist pro\u00adgres\u00adsive. He was beard\u00aded, disheveled, and qui\u00adet, but when he spoke every\u00adone fell silent. Every\u00adone leaned for\u00adward to hear what he had to say. His name was Nat Hentoff. He was a writer for the\u00c2&nbsp;<em>Vil\u00adlage Voice<\/em>; he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d pub\u00adlished in\u00c2&nbsp;<em>Play\u00adboy<\/em>. He was a pro\u00adgres\u00adsive civ\u00adil lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan. He was also one of the most per\u00adsua\u00adsive pro-life voic\u00ades in the land.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gfile.thedispatch.com\/p\/yearning-for-a-banana-republic?utm_source=email\" target=\"_blank\">Yearn\u00ading for a Banana Repub\u00adlic<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Jon\u00adah Gold\u00adberg, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cWhen seri\u00adous peo\u00adple talk seri\u00adous\u00adly about chang\u00ading a regime, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talk\u00ading about chang\u00ading the sys\u00adtem of gov\u00adern\u00adment. Regime change in Iraq meant get\u00adting rid of a total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan, ter\u00adror\u00adis\u00adtic dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship, not sim\u00adply replac\u00ading Sad\u00addam Hus\u00adsein with a more pli\u00adable and coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive tyrant. America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regime isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t on any bal\u00adlot. Sym\u00adbol\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, it\u00c2&nbsp;<em>is the bal\u00adlot<\/em>. More prop\u00ader\u00adly, it is the con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal sys\u00adtem that requires our lead\u00aders to be elect\u00aded.\u201d<ul><li>This is straight\u00c2&nbsp;fire. Not espe\u00adcial\u00adly par\u00adti\u00adsan but def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly polit\u00adi\u00adcal. Gold\u00adberg is a tremen\u00addous word\u00adsmith.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/synthetic-mouse-embryos\" target=\"_blank\">1st syn\u00adthet\u00adic mouse embryos \u00e2\u20ac\u201d com\u00adplete with beat\u00ading hearts and brains \u00e2\u20ac\u201d cre\u00adat\u00aded with no sperm, eggs or womb<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Nico\u00adlet\u00adta Lanese, Live Sci\u00adence): \u201cTo achieve this feat, the researchers used only stem cells and a spin\u00adning device filled with shiny glass vials.\u201d<ul><li>The title is, I think, poor\u00adly word\u00aded. These are not embryos assem\u00adbled from raw mate\u00adri\u00adals; rather, the researchers suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly mor\u00adphed a stem cell into an embryo. Which is also amaz\u00ading!<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/god-confirms-chips-and-salsa-were-blessed-in-eternity-past-and-may-be-eaten-before-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\">The\u00adolo\u00adgians Con\u00adfirm Chips And Sal\u00adsa Were Blessed In Eter\u00adni\u00adty Past And May Be Eat\u00aden Before Prayer<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 some\u00adone out here answer\u00ading the ques\u00adtions Chris\u00adtians are tru\u00adly ask\u00ading<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cg3i3qXjDxz\/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=\">Mar\u00adriages<\/a> (Don McMil\u00adlan, Insta\u00adgram): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus (an unmar\u00adried alum\u00adnus, should you find that rel\u00ade\u00advant when assess\u00ading the humor).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dwGfLBwj-xw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dwGfLBwj-xw\">Cana\u00addi\u00adans Are Smarter<\/a> (Moody McCarthy, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3DXoyWsdNHM\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3DXoyWsdNHM\">Tech\u00adno Music The Music Of The Gods<\/a> (Tyler Boeh, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/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 \u00c2&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2019\/12\/leith-anderson-silence-moderate-evangelicals\/604120\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evangelicalism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Silent Major\u00adi\u00adty<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of my big take\u00adaways from report\u00ading on evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties is that, con\u00adtrary to some stereo\u00adtypes, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals are some of the most glob\u00adal\u00adly mind\u00aded peo\u00adple in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. They donate to char\u00adi\u00adties that do exten\u00adsive aid work over\u00adseas. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re exposed to oth\u00ader coun\u00adtries through mis\u00adsion work or human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan trips.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d First shared in\u00c2&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/01\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-232\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 232<\/a>. (sad\u00adly, this is pay\u00adwalled)<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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 num\u00adber 363, which can be rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded as 31\u00c2&nbsp;+ 32\u00c2&nbsp;+ 33\u00c2&nbsp;+ 34\u00c2&nbsp;+ 35 Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-363\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 363\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":"Links to enthrall your mind and\/or delight your heart.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,121,124,160,117],"class_list":["post-6988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-america","tag-abortion","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1OI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988","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=6988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6991,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions\/6991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}