Quote:Wilso said:
Why should we want to stay earthbound???
"Praise to the Lord, to him who rides the ancient skies above,
whose power is in the skies." (Psalm 68:33-34)
"Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!" (Job 22:12)
"Come near to God and he will come near to you" (James 4:8)
On Christmas Eve 1968 the crew of Apollo 8 quoted from Genesis as they orbited the moon-
"We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you-"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..."
"God bless you"- Neil Armstrong in TV broadcast from Apollo 11 thanking the spacecraft builders and technicians.
And when Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon they left a plaque inscribed with-
"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD". (AD means 'year of our lord')
And astronaut Roger Chaffee said of the view of Earth-
"The world itself looks cleaner and so much more beautiful. Maybe we can make it that way, the way God intended it to be"
John Glenn said from space-
"To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible, it just strengthens my faith"