- Upcoming Activist Opportunities
- Essay: Willful Blindness, part 2
- This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
1. Upcoming Activist Opportunities
10/18
CA, Los Angeles
Hillsong United
10/29
PA, Pittsburgh JCTV Tour
10/19
FL, Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Veg Fest
10/18-19 ON, Mississauga
ATF
10/18 MN, St.
Paul Women of Faith
10/10
MO, Columbia Newsboys Tour
10/11 OH, Cincinnati
Newsboys Tour
10/19
IA, Davenport Newsboys Tour
10/24-26
IN, Indianapolis Joyce Meyer
Conference
10/27
IA, Cedar Rapids Steven
Curtis Chapman
10/06
MA, Pittsfield Kings and Queens Tour 2013
11/01 CT, Hartford
Women of Faith
11/01
PA, Blakely
Third Day
11/01 OK,
Tulsa Relient K
11/02 AR, Little Rock
Relient K
11/01-02 OH, Cleveland
ATF
11/08-09 CA, Anaheim
ATF
11/08 CA,
Ontario
Winter Jam Tour
11/08
TN, Johnson City Toby Mac’s
Hits Deep Tour
11/09
MD, Baltimore Toby Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
11/09 GA, Atlanta
Atlanta Veg Fest
11/09
NV, Las Vegas Winter Jam Tour
11/10
AZ, Glendale Winter Jam Tour
11/12 CA, Ontario
Hillsong United
11/14
NJ, Newark
Hillsong United
11/14
ID, Boise Winter
Jam Tour
11/15 OR,
Portland Winter Jam Tour
11/15
FL, Tampa Toby
Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
11/15
MA, Boston
Hillsong United
11/16
PA, Pittsburgh Hillsong United
11/16
CA, Sacramento Winter Jam Tour
11/16
FL, West Palm Beach Toby Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
11/17
FL, Jacksonville Toby Mac’s
Hits Deep Tour
11/17
CA, Fresno
Winter Jam Tour
11/18
NC, Greensboro Hillsong United
11/19
SC, Greenville Hillsong United
11/21
NM, Rio Rancho Winter Jam Tour
11/21
MO, Independence Toby Mac’s
Hits Deep Tour
11/22
CO, Colorado Springs Winter Jam Tour
11/22
FL, Tampa
Hillsong United
11/23
FL, Miami
Hillsong United
11/24
TX, Ft. Worth Winter Jam Tour
11/24
TN, Nashville National Youth Convention
11/24 AL,
Huntsville Toby Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
11/26
TX, Houston
Hillsong United
11/29
TN, Nashville Natalie Grant
12/05
PA, Reading
Toby Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
12/07
NY, NYC
Toby Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
12/12
OK, Tulsa Toby
Mac’s Hits Deep Tour
12/15
IN, Indianapolis Toby Mac’s
Hits Deep Tour
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2. Essay: Willful Blindness, part 2
The studies conducted
by Stanley Milgram of Yale University in the early 1960s are among the
best known psychology experiments. They illustrate that obedience to
authority often accounts for “willful blindness.”
Briefly, a
volunteer subject was told that the experiment would study whether
electric shocks could help people learn. This “teacher” thought he or
she was delivering electric shocks to the “learner,” who was actually
acting on behalf of the research team. The learner had to remember
word pairs, and each incorrect answer led to ever increasing electric
shocks. The teachers, who could hear but not see the learners, were
nearly all distressed as the learner’s initial complaints of pain
escalated to screams. In the initial experiment, all subjects wanted
to stop, but they were told by another member of the experimental team
that they must continue. 65% of subjects believed that they had
delivered what they were told was the maximum shock – 450 volts.
Interestingly, Yale undergraduate psychology majors predicted that
0-3% of subjects would deliver the maximum voltage – roughly the
percentage of psychopaths who are unable to feel empathy. Yet most
subjects obeyed the instructions of the experimenters, even though
they gained no reward for giving the maximum shock and were told that
there was no penalty (they were paid $4 for their time) if they
stopped at any time. In fact, in one variation, the “learner”
mentioned that he had a heart condition, and as the shocks increased
he begged the “teacher” to stop on that account. Even after the
learner became silent, most teachers continued to administer shocks,
following the researcher’s instructions.
Some of those who
were skeptical of the research results suggested that participants
might have known or suspected that the “learner” was acting. Subjects
might have delivered the shocks because they believed that they really
weren’t hurting anyone. Consequently, a different research team had a
“fluffy puppy dog” receive electric shocks. I’ll talk about that
experiment, and its implications, next week.
Stephen R.
Kaufman, M.D.
3. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
Increase Our Faith, O Lord