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==Transcript== |
==Transcript== |
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'''Bill Anders''' <br />"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."<br/> |
;'''Bill Anders''': <br />"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."<br/> |
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:"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.<br/>And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.<br/>And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.<br/>And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."<ref name=flt-jrnl-ap8-day4 /> |
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;Jim Lovell |
;'''Jim Lovell''': <br/>"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.<br/>And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.<br/>And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.<br/>And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."<ref name=flt-jrnl-ap8-day4 /> |
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;Frank Borman |
;'''Frank Borman''': <br/>"And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.<br/>And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."<br/>"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth."<ref name=flt-jrnl-ap8-day4>{{cite web |last1=Woods|first1=David |last2=O'Brien|first2=Frank |work=The Apollo 8 Flight Journal |title=Day 4: Lunar Orbits 7, 8 and 9 |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap08fj/15day4_orbits789.htm |publisher=NASA History Division |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |date=December 27, 2008}} (Flight time 086:06:40 to 086:08:39)</ref> |
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"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth."<ref name=flt-jrnl-ap8-day4>{{cite web |last1=Woods|first1=David |last2=O'Brien|first2=Frank |work=The Apollo 8 Flight Journal |title=Day 4: Lunar Orbits 7, 8 and 9 |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap08fj/15day4_orbits789.htm |publisher=NASA History Division |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |date=December 27, 2008}} (Flight time 086:06:40 to 086:08:39)</ref> |
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==Lawsuit== |
==Lawsuit== |
On December 24, 1968, in what was the most watched television broadcast at the time,[1][2] the crew of Apollo 8 read in turn from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon. Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited Genesis chapter one, verses 1 through 10, using the King James Version text.[3]
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of American Atheists, responded by suing the United States government, alleging violations of the First Amendment.[5] The Supreme Court dismissed the suit due to lack of jurisdiction.[6]
Later, on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin received communion on the lunar surface shortly after landing. Although he did not keep his actions secret, he only said a non-religious sentence on the intercom and read from the scripture off-air.[5][7]
In 1969, the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp (Scott # 1371) to commemorate the Apollo 8 mission and the reading.
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