In response to 'If a Christian astronaut is in space at the time of the Rapture: will he have be taken down to cloud level, or be told to wait until the others catch up?'
(emph-ass-is added):
"I'll bet NASA makes sure each candidate for astronaut is not a Bible believing Christian. Come to think of it no astronaut stands out in memory as being visibly Christian. They might have a rapture contingency plan."
'If.' [/Spartan Laconic Wit]:
(emphasis added):
(Bill Anders):
"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 heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.'"
(Jim Lovell):
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 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. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."
(Frank Borman)
"'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. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.' 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."
...but you wouldn't consider them True Christians, as - unlike you lot - they were university graduates with degrees, and not hoemskuled like you.
History, certainly that of the 20th Century, clearly isn't on your 'hoemskuling' curriculum, Raptards. Or else you would know about the above.
As I've seen on Ruptured Retards, since early November last year there's a lot of Christians you previously needed to perpetuate your illusion of your precious USA being a Christian nation that you would regard as heathens, and not exactly like you, the 'Elect'; you becoming almost WBC-esque hyper-Calvinists.
And of couuuuuurse you would question the patriotism of anyone who doesn't - with their first words of conversation - say 'PRAISE JAYZARSE! I IS SAAAAAAAVED!!111ONE1eleventyone1'. Care to question Dr. Buzz Aldrin, NoCojones...?! (emphasis added):
'Aldrin, a Presbyterian, [b]was the first person to hold a [i]religious[/i] ceremony on the Moon.[/b]'
'This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way'
LM pilot Buzz Aldrin, 'shortly after landing on the Moon and before he took a private communion on board the Eagle landing module'
'The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.'
-Dr. Buzz Aldrin ("Vanity Fair" interview, 2003)
If you do, I suggest you seek out a certain journalist who dared question Dr. Aldrin's own achievements before he got decked by said Apollo 11 astronaut, prior to actually doing so, if you know what's good for you, NoPenis.
