I learned about this years ago. Most people are unaware of the story. I've even been called a liar by some people when I mention it.
I learned about this years ago. Most people are unaware of the story. I've even been called a liar by some people when I mention it.
Thanks for posting this - I had never heard of the communion! I just posted the following on another thread about the moon. It probably fits better on this thread:
Not only does the moon need to be EXACTLY the right distance for a total eclipse, in order to get the eclipse like we do, where the moon “fits” the sun perfectly;
The moon also has to be the right size.
The sun has to be the right size.
And the sun has to be the right distance.
I honestly believe that God set the “heavens” in motion, and that a solar eclipse is just one of the gifts that He gave us to be in awe of, enjoy, study and learn from.
And seeing as the moon is moving away - God’s timing was also right so that humans are around to see it!
Other things about the moon. It causes tidal action which keeps ocean water moving and not becoming stagnant. I’m guessing there would still be life, but not as abundant or diverse. The sun contributes a bit to our tides.
The moon also acts as a stabilizer on our rotation. Without the moon the spinning top known as earth would wobble a lot more, and our seasons (and growing times) would be highly variable. Life without our moon (and at the right size and distance) would be a lot more difficult.
amazing story. I was it aware of this. Bless him for his faith and witness
Nice thought but not real Communion.
Thank you for sharing.
I had no idea. it's one of the most awesome stories I've read in a long time.
Thanks for sharing, and very timely. I’m watching the entire Apollo 11 in real-time and a few minutes after I read your post, Buzz executed this. If I hadn’t read your post, I would not have understand what just happened!
Well done Buzz!
Why didn’t Armstrong partake?
Here’s the clip from the series, “From the Earth to the Moon”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVAaPy7CMAM
Communion starts at 13:30.
Beautiful scene. Chokes me up every time.
Many thanks for posting this!
I never knew till now!
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I know exactly where I was on that day. I was in my car, a DAF, in Naples, Italy with my future wife listening to the landing on the radio, AFRTS. I pulled over to the side of the road and listened in awe to one of man’s greatest achievements. We both had tears in our eyes. It was a great moment for our country and the world.
A very symbolic act, but just a metaphor non the less. The location magnifies human importance in mans mind, not in God’s. I think God loves the a real Communion even in poor and lowly circumstances.
Thanks for posting. I had never heard this story. It is very comforting to know that Our Father in Heaven was worshipped on the moon the first time men had stepped on its surface.
Christopher Columbus did the same when he landed in
Plymouth.
In 1969, Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. was an elder at Webster Presbyterian Church,
Given the time, almost certainly a mainline Presbyterian Church. Because this...
He told the lead pastor of his church, Dean Woodruff, that he had “been struggling to find the right symbol for the first lunar landing.” “We wanted to express our feeling that what man was doing in this mission transcended electronics and computers and rockets,” Aldrin told Guideposts magazine in 1970. “One of the principal symbols,” Woodruff said, “is that God reveals himself in the common elements of everyday life.” Traditionally, these elements are bread and wine
is such an off the wall thing, I can't see a solid conservative Presbyterian churchman doing this.
BFL