{"id":7628,"date":"2025-02-21T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2025-02-21T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:00:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-492-suffering-plane-crashes-and-near-death-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/02\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-492-suffering-plane-crashes-and-near-death-experiences","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 492: suffering, plane crashes, and near death experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Best Argu\u00adment Against Hav\u00ading Faith in God<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cOne inter\u00adest\u00ading point about [suf\u00adfer\u00ading] is that while it\u2019s often fold\u00aded into the briefs for athe\u00adism that claim to rely pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly on hard evi\u00addence and sci\u00adence, it isn\u2019t prop\u00ader\u00adly speak\u00ading an argu\u00adment that some cre\u00adat\u00ading pow\u00ader does not exist. Rather it\u2019s an argu\u00adment about the nature<\/em> of that pow\u00ader, a claim that the par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar kind <\/em>of God envi\u00adsioned by many believ\u00aders and philoso\u00adphers \u2014 all pow\u00ader\u00adful and all good \u2014 would not have made the world in which we find our\u00adselves, and there\u00adfore that this kind<\/em> of God does not exist. The oth\u00ader inter\u00adest\u00ading point about this argu\u00adment is that while its core evi\u00addence is empir\u00adi\u00adcal, in the sense that ter\u00adri\u00adble forms of suf\u00adfer\u00ading obvi\u00adous\u00adly exist and can be exten\u00adsive\u00adly enu\u00admer\u00adat\u00aded, its pow\u00ader fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly rests on an intu\u00adition about just how much suf\u00adfer\u00ading is too much. By this I mean that many peo\u00adple who empha\u00adsize the prob\u00adlem of evil would con\u00adcede that a good God might allow some<\/em> form of pain and suf\u00adfer\u00ading with\u00adin a mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal cre\u00adation for var\u00adi\u00adous good rea\u00adsons.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Why Are So Many Planes Crash\u00ading?<\/a> (Lyman Stone, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cNow let\u2019s zoom out and just ask: are inci\u00addents of any cause<\/em> get\u00adting more com\u00admon? They aren\u2019t.\u2026 [Also] I don\u2019t see any mean\u00ading\u00adful uptick over time in fatal\u00adi\u00adty inci\u00addents. Actu\u00adal\u00adly they\u2019ve clear\u00adly declined since the ear\u00adly 1990s or even ear\u00adly 2000s. Which is wild, since total amounts of flights have mas\u00adsive\u00adly<\/em> increased! Note that I am includ\u00ading known inci\u00addents through Feb\u00adru\u00adary 18, 2025 in those fig\u00adures above!\u201d<\/strong>\n