{"id":396,"date":"2010-07-09T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2010\/07\/7-quick-takes-7910\/"},"modified":"2012-04-09T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T21:15:35","slug":"7-quick-takes-7910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2010\/07\/7-quick-takes-7910.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes (7\/9\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\u20131\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

I have a new piece up at The Huffington Post<\/em> titled \u201cA Tale of Phrenologists and Predatory Lenders<\/a>\u201d \u00a0One preview quote from the piece:<\/p>\n

When is a product so harmful that it ought not be sold at all? When is a product so noxious that we can conclude that no one would freely choose to buy it if s\/he was fully informed?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go on over and check it out!<\/p>\n

\u20132\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

My debate with Justin Martyr<\/a> concluded this week, but, unsurprisingly, we still have a lot we disagree about! \u00a0He has a new post up about the influence of\u00a0Holy Spirit<\/a> that is the follows from a question I asked him in a comments thread.<\/p>\n

\u20133\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

In a strange fusion of tradition and\u00a0technology,<\/a> the Poor Clares, a silent order of nuns, have set up an RSS feed, tracking misery and suffering around the world. \u00a0The sisters view the feed on the convent\u2019s one computer, and use it as a guide for their prayers.<\/p>\n

\u20134\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Michael Liccione (a contributor to First Thoughts<\/a>) has written an interesting essay<\/a> about the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in the Holy See v. John Doe case.<\/p>\n

\u201c[G]iven that the Supreme Court has allowed the present suit and decision to stand, it is now up to a U.S. District Court to determine whether the priestly perp was in fact an \u201cemployee\u201d of the Vatican in the sense necessary to establish civil liability. And that\u2019s what troubles me\u2026 \u00a0If that argument is allowed to succeed, then a secular government will be deciding, to a hitherto unprecedented extent, on the hierarchical nature of the universal Church.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was a major component of a Yale Political Union debate this past fall on the topic \u201cReligious Organizations Should Abide by Non-Discrimination Laws.\u201d \u00a0The first two speeches, one by me and one by a classmate can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u20135\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

There\u2019s a brilliant essay up at Unqualified Offerings<\/a> about the bizarre double standard we have for hard and soft approaches to policy solutions. \u00a0Just a preview:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe accept that successful violent resistance might take years or decades to achieve victory \u2013 Mao, Castro \u2013 and that guerrilla movements might suffer casualties to ranks and leaders but keep on. But we can\u2019t imagine that nonviolent resistances might achieve the same. The war on drugs will surely work at some point \u2013 we\u2019ve only been at it for 90-odd years, trillions of dollars and countless deaths and humiliations. But should anyone anywhere decriminalize anything, a single death or inconvenience in the first week would condemn the entire effort.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(h\/t to The League of Ordinary Gentlemen<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u20136\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Just a reminder. \u00a0I\u2019m starting a new blog feature in which I post reflections on one of the books on my Bookshelf<\/a> every Sunday. \u00a0This week I\u2019ll be looking at Mere Christianity<\/a> <\/em>by C.S. Lewis. \u00a0It was the first apologetic work I read. \u00a0For Monday\u2019s Challenge, I\u2019ll be posting the list of events that could persuade me to be a Christian, and I look forward to reading your proposals for alternate proofs or attempts to fulfill my criteria.<\/p>\n

\u20137\u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

And now for something completely different. \u00a0I hate cooking, and I usually hate cooking blogs (especially when they try to convince me that their results are achievable). \u00a0So Cooking Issues<\/a> makes a welcome change. \u00a0Unless you, too, have several dewars of liquid nitrogen in your kitchen (with accompanying oxygen meters!) you probably can\u2019t reproduce their dishes. \u00a0So just sit back and enjoy the logs of their experimental cooking adventures, like this report from the quest for the perfect french fry<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lab-vaps must withstand a wide range of corrosive chemicals, so they\u2019re made with expensive (and fragile) lab glass. In the three years I\u2019ve run the tech intern program we\u2019ve destroyed about $1500 worth of lab glass \u2013ouch. Kitchens don\u2019t require the purity and chemical resistance of glass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Seven Quick Things is a blog carnival run by Jen of Conversion Diary<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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