[Pride in the USA]

ping!!!

[lonevoice]

Fabulous article, thanks for the ping! There is also some good discussion in the replies on this thread.

If you want to read the entire article, you need to get past the Wall Street Journals paywall.

Here's how:

Click on this link: http://bit.ly/1viYDbR

When it finishes the google search, click on the first result (which says it is from the Wall Street Journal)

Well worth the time to read it all.

Then, if you really want to get the shivers, follow it up with viewing this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpWalYduU4

This is an incredible recording from the Apollo 8 astronauts on Christmas Eve, 1968. They were the first first manned spaceflight to leave Earth and voyage to another celestial body, the Moon. From their capsule, they took turns reading aloud from the book of Genesis to send God's message back to Earth from this never-before seen human vantage point.