{"id":7941,"date":"2026-04-10T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:02:24","slug":"tgfi-volume-550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/04\/10\/tgfi-volume-550","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 550: Christianity in space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. There\u2019s No Sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion of Church and Space<\/a> (Bethel McGrew, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cIt has long been an incon\u00adve\u00adnient fact for angry athe\u00adists that some of America\u2019s most intre\u00adpid space explor\u00aders are devout reli\u00adgious believ\u00aders. Buzz Aldrin per\u00adformed the first Holy Com\u00admu\u00adnion on the Moon, though at the time he was told to keep the moment pri\u00advate. The activist Mada\u00adlyn Mur\u00adray O\u2019Hair had sued NASA a few months ear\u00adli\u00ader over Apol\u00adlo 8\u2019s Christ\u00admas Eve broad\u00adcast of the Gen\u00ade\u00adsis cre\u00adation nar\u00adra\u00adtive.\u2026 Athe\u00adist biol\u00ado\u00adgist P.Z. Mey\u00aders recent\u00adly suf\u00adfered a flash\u00adback to that moment as he con\u00adtem\u00adplat\u00aded the ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading prospect of an East\u00ader mini-ser\u00admon from Artemis II pilot Vic\u00adtor Glover. Watch\u00ading the Apol\u00adlo 8 broad\u00adcast as a child was \u2018one of the nails in the cof\u00adfin\u2019 of his reli\u00adgious upbring\u00ading. For an athe\u00adist, mix\u00ading space explo\u00adration and reli\u00adgion bor\u00adders on sac\u00adri\u00adlege.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Things That Are Get\u00adting Bet\u00adter<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe have man\u00adaged to find a cure for about 90% of cys\u00adtic fibro\u00adsis cas\u00ades, a con\u00addi\u00adtion that was pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly debil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading and fatal. We now have gene ther\u00ada\u00adpy treat\u00adments that are enabling some chil\u00addren born deaf to hear. In a slew of oth\u00ader areas from pre\u00adma\u00adture births to can\u00adcer, we\u2019ve made real progress even if long promised fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal break\u00adthroughs remain elu\u00adsive. GLP\u20111 treat\u00adments promise to basi\u00adcal\u00adly cure obe\u00adsi\u00adty. Life expectan\u00adcy, which was falling, has now risen back to an all-time high.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Ranked: America\u2019s Biggest Chris\u00adt\u00adian Groups<\/a> (Julie R. Peasley, Visu\u00adal Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adist): \u201cThe com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson high\u00adlights a key divide in how these groups are struc\u00adtured. Catholics lead by mem\u00adber\u00adship, while the South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist Con\u00adven\u00adtion leads by church count. Non-denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal church\u00ades also rank near the top on both mea\u00adsures, reflect\u00ading how the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has shift\u00aded over time.\u201d \n