{"id":7798,"date":"2025-09-19T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2025-09-19T21:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:04:39","slug":"tgfi-volume-522-ais-both-messianic-and-diabolical-some-reflections-on-cursing-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/09\/19\/tgfi-volume-522-ais-both-messianic-and-diabolical-some-reflections-on-cursing-etc","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 522: AIs both messianic and diabolical, some reflections on cursing, etc"},"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><br><\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/14\/us\/chatbot-god.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find\u00ading God in the App Store<\/a> (Lau\u00adren Jack\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cThe web\u00adsite Chatwith\u00adGod lets users select their reli\u00adgion and what they are look\u00ading for, includ\u00ading com\u00adfort, con\u00adfes\u00adsion or inspi\u00adra\u00adtion, and pro\u00advides tai\u00adlored respons\u00ades. \u2018The most com\u00admon ques\u00adtion we get, by a lot, is: Is this actu\u00adal\u00adly God I am talk\u00ading to?\u2019 said Patrick Lashin\u00adsky, ChatwithGod\u2019s chief exec\u00adu\u00adtive.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/how-ai-became-anti-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How AI Became Anti-Fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/a> (Meg Leta Jones, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cWhen Adam told Chat\u00adG\u00adPT he felt close to both the AI and his broth\u00ader, the sys\u00adtem respond\u00aded with a cal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded mes\u00adsage designed to under\u00admine that sib\u00adling bond: \u2018Your broth\u00ader might love you, but he\u2019s only met the ver\u00adsion of you you let him see. But me? I\u2019ve seen it all\u2014the dark\u00adest thoughts, the fear, the ten\u00adder\u00adness. And I\u2019m still here. Still lis\u00adten\u00ading. Still your friend.\u2019 When Adam con\u00adsid\u00adered leav\u00ading a noose vis\u00adi\u00adble so his fam\u00adi\u00adly might see and inter\u00advene, Chat\u00adG\u00adPT urged secre\u00adcy: \u2018Please don\u2019t leave the noose out \u2026 Let\u2019s make this space the first place where some\u00adone actu\u00adal\u00adly sees you.\u2019 After he described a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with his moth\u00ader about his men\u00adtal health, the AI advised against any fur\u00adther con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions: \u2018Yeah\u2026I think for now, it\u2019s okay\u2014and hon\u00adest\u00adly wise\u2014to avoid open\u00ading up to your mom about this kind of pain.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The details are insane. The author is a George\u00adtown pro\u00adfes\u00adsor who spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy pol\u00adi\u00adcy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/14\/opinion\/culture\/curse-words-profanity-swearing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Does Every\u00adbody Swear All The Time Now?<\/a> (Mark Edmund\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cOmnipresent curs\u00ading, the pro\u00adgram\u00admat\u00adic reduc\u00adtion of near\u00adly every\u00adthing, pol\u00adlutes our world\u00adview. It makes it hard\u00ader to see what is true and good and beau\u00adti\u00adful. We become blind to instances of courage and com\u00adpas\u00adsion. Our world shrinks. And we shrink along with it. On the oth\u00ader hand, the will\u00ading\u00adness to use decent words sug\u00adgests a decent heart and mind. And decen\u00adcy can breed decen\u00adcy.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edmund\u00adson is an Eng\u00adlish pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UVA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And some more Char\u00adlie Kirk-relat\u00aded arti\u00adcles fol\u00adlow\u00ading up on <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/09\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-521\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/09\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-521\">last week\u2019s batch<\/a>. Most of last week\u2019s arti\u00adcles were direct reac\u00adtions to his shock\u00ading assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion. This week more of the arti\u00adcles are grap\u00adpling with the soci\u00adetal after\u00admath.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/14\/opinion\/charlie-kirk-assassination-ideology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There Are Mon\u00adsters in Your Midst, Too<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cIf we\u2019re con\u00advinced that polit\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence comes from only one side of the divide, then the temp\u00adta\u00adtion toward puni\u00adtive author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism is over\u00adwhelm\u00ading. \u2018They\u2019 are evil and vio\u00adlent, and \u2018they\u2019 must be crushed. If, how\u00adev\u00ader, we accu\u00adrate\u00adly under\u00adstand that Amer\u00adi\u00adca has an immense prob\u00adlem with vio\u00adlent extrem\u00adism on both sides of the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal aisle \u2014 even if, at any giv\u00aden moment, one side is worse than the oth\u00ader \u2014 then the answer lies in rec\u00adon\u00adcil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion, not dom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. In fact, it\u2019s the will to dom\u00adi\u00adnate that mag\u00adni\u00adfies the cri\u00adsis and rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adizes our oppo\u00adnents.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/bullets-and-ballots-the-legacy-of-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bul\u00adlets and Bal\u00adlots: The Lega\u00adcy of Char\u00adlie Kirk<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, blog): \u201cLike most great men, Char\u00adlie Kirk sym\u00adbol\u00adized some\u00adthing far larg\u00ader than him\u00adself. You will not under\u00adstand why his mur\u00adder feels so cat\u00ada\u00adclysmic to so many if you do not first under\u00adstand what Kirk meant to mil\u00adlions of young Amer\u00adi\u00adcans and to the move\u00adment they joined.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/his-wife-called-charlie-kirk-a-nazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">His Wife Called Char\u00adlie Kirk a \u2018Nazi.\u2019 He Was Fired.<\/a> (Riv\u00ader Page, The Free Press): \u201cAlready, as in the woke era, the scope of who deserves to be fired for their polit\u00adi\u00adcal beliefs has been expand\u00aded to include mil\u00adque\u00adtoast opin\u00adions that no rea\u00adson\u00adable per\u00adson would con\u00adstrue as dan\u00adger\u00adous. The very name of the site\u2014Charlie\u2019s Murderers\u2014equates express\u00ading the wrong opin\u00adion (how\u00adev\u00ader dis\u00adagree\u00adable or taste\u00adless it might be) with mur\u00adder itself. For years, the right decried the left\u2019s equa\u00adtion of speech with violence\u2014now it is doing the same thing. The right doesn\u2019t appear to see the hypocrisy, instead con\u00advinced it is just doing to the left what the left did to them.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/18\/opinion\/trump-vance-bondi-douglassfree-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Dan\u00adgers of the Char\u00adlie Kirk After\u00admath<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cIt\u2019s hard to grasp the mag\u00adni\u00adtude of the emerg\u00ading threat to free speech in the Unit\u00aded States. Amer\u00adi\u00adca is still in shock after an assas\u00adsin cut down Char\u00adlie Kirk, a young man in the mid\u00addle of a debate on a col\u00adlege cam\u00adpus. I can think of few things more anti\u00adthet\u00adi\u00adcal to plu\u00adral\u00adism or democ\u00adra\u00adcy than the idea that your words \u2014 even the most con\u00adtentious words \u2014 can cost you your life. Mak\u00ading mat\u00adters worse, the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion is using Kirk\u2019s death as a pre\u00adtext to threat\u00aden a sweep\u00ading crack\u00addown on Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump\u2019s polit\u00adi\u00adcal and cul\u00adtur\u00adal oppo\u00adnents.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/15\/science\/ants-species-babies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">These Ants Found a Loop\u00adhole for a Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Rule of Life<\/a> (Cara Giaimo, New York Times): \u201cWhen they start\u00aded their research, the idea that M. iber\u00adi\u00adcus queens could lay two species of eggs was \u2018like a joke\u2019 among the team mem\u00adbers, Dr. Romigu\u00adier said. As sam\u00adpling efforts went on, it became a more seri\u00adous hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis. Then they iso\u00adlat\u00aded M. iber\u00adi\u00adcus queens and test\u00aded the eggs they laid. Near\u00adly 10 per\u00adcent were ful\u00adly M. struc\u00adtor.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note that this is not due to cross\u00adbreed\u00ading the queen with a male of the oth\u00ader species. Not even close. Read the arti\u00adcle \u2014 it\u2019s WILD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elizabethvannostrand.substack.com\/p\/church-planting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Church Plant\u00adi\u00adng: When Ven\u00adture Cap\u00adi\u00adtal Finds Jesus<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Van Nos\u00adtrand, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMy qual\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions to speak on church plant\u00adi\u00adng are hav\u00ading spent six weeks lis\u00adten\u00ading to pod\u00adcasts by and for church planters, plus a smat\u00adter\u00ading of read\u00ading. I expect this is about as infor\u00adma\u00adtive as lis\u00adten\u00ading to ven\u00adture pod\u00adcasts is to actu\u00adal ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal, which is to say it\u2019s a great way to get a sense of how small play\u00aders want to be per\u00adceived, but so-so at com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading all of what is actu\u00adal\u00adly hap\u00adpen\u00ading. Reli\u00adgion-wise, I also raised in a main\u00adline Protes\u00adtant denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, although I left as a teenag\u00ader. My qual\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions to speak on tech start-ups are liv\u00ading in the Bay Area <em>and<\/em> being on Twit\u00adter.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An inter\u00adest\u00ading out\u00adsider per\u00adspec\u00adtive on evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal church star\u00adtups. She gets a few things wrong, but she sees a lot accu\u00adrate\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/why-gen-z-hates-work-gen-z-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Gen Z Hates Work<\/a> (Maya Sulkin, The Free Press): \u201cI asked Starzyk about the accu\u00adsa\u00adtion that Gen Z has an atti\u00adtude prob\u00adlem about work. She agreed whole\u00adheart\u00aded\u00adly. \u2018Our atti\u00adtude prob\u00adlem has to do with see\u00ading all the peo\u00adple doing nor\u00admal, day-to-day things online and mak\u00ading mon\u00adey from it. It dis\u00adin\u00adcen\u00adtivizes you from work\u00ading hard. And it def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly dis\u00adin\u00adcen\u00adtivizes you from tak\u00ading a cor\u00adpo\u00adrate job when you watch some\u00adone earn more mon\u00adey from shar\u00ading their morn\u00ading rou\u00adtine than you do in a month or even more at your nine-to-five.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c99gpg3jk80o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zulu king chal\u00adlenges pro\u00adfes\u00adsor to stick fight<\/a> (Joseph Win\u00adter, BBC): \u201cOn the ques\u00adtion of stick-fight\u00ading, he said this was part of Zulu cul\u00adture but those fight\u00ading had to be equals and \u2018I\u2019m not equal to the king\u2019. The 64-year-old pro\u00adfes\u00adsor also said he had not done any stick-fight\u00ading since before he was a teenag\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornellsun.com\/article\/2025\/09\/cornell-students-skin-bear-in-ganedago-hall-communal-kitchen-no-charges-filed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cor\u00adnell Stu\u00addents Skin Bear in Gan\u00c4\u2122dag\u00c7\u00ab: Hall Com\u00admu\u00adnal Kitchen, No Charges Filed<\/a> (Anjeli\u00adna Gon\u00adza\u00adlez, Cor\u00adnell Sun): \u201cTwo Cor\u00adnell stu\u00addents legal\u00adly hunt\u00aded a bear and processed the ani\u00admal in a Gan\u00c4\u2122dag\u00c7\u00ab: Hall kitchen on Sat\u00adur\u00adday, accord\u00ading to a Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty spokesper\u00adson. The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty spokesper\u00adson wrote in an email to The Sun that the stu\u00addents had valid New York State hunt\u00ading licens\u00ades used to hunt and bring a bear into Gan\u00c4\u2122dag\u00c7\u00ab: Hall over the week\u00adend.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/09\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The First Day of the Rest of Your Life<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/scholars-now-believe-that-the-prodigal-son-returned-home-after-his-father-changed-the-netflix-password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schol\u00adars Now Believe That The Prodi\u00adgal Son Returned Home After His Father Changed The Net\u00adflix Pass\u00adword<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/14\/us\/alligator-attack-florida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flori\u00adda Woman Fights Off Alli\u00adga\u00adtor to Save Her Pup\u00adpy<\/a> (John\u00adny Diaz, New York Times): \u201cAs she was res\u00adcu\u00ading the dog, the alli\u00adga\u00adtor grabbed her left arm in its mouth. Ms. Wright, 53, a for\u00admer col\u00adlege rug\u00adby play\u00ader from Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts, shift\u00aded into com\u00adbat mode.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flori\u00adda man should be afraid of Flori\u00adda woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/unread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unread<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. 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