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CVA Weekly Newsletter
October 10, 2013
- 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
Contact Lorena at lmucke@bellsouth.net if you can help. Nearly everyone has found leafleting effective, rewarding, and enjoyable.
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
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