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Then, shortly after the landing, Buzz made this statement, carried live on [[radio]] and [[television]]:{{cquote|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.}}

Then, shortly after the landing, Buzz made this statement, carried live on [[radio]] and [[television]]:{{cquote|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.}}

Then the two astronauts cut off their radio communication while Buzz conducted his celebration in private, with only his Mission Commander for company. He would have preferred to celebrate the Communion openly, but [[NASA]] was then facing a [[lawsuit]] by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Madelyn Murray O'Hair]], over the earlier reading from [[Genesis]] by [[Apollo 8]] Command Module Pilot [[Jim Lovell]], and asked him to keep his observance private in order to avoid any more legal difficulties from that quarter.

Then the two astronauts cut off their radio communication while Buzz conducted his celebration in private, with only his Mission Commander for company. He would have preferred to celebrate the Communion openly, but [[NASA]] was then facing a [[lawsuit]] by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Madelyn Murray|Madelyn Murray O'Hair]], over the earlier reading from [[Genesis]] by [[Apollo 8]] Command Module Pilot [[Jim Lovell]], and asked him to keep his observance private in order to avoid any more legal difficulties from that quarter.

Buzz wrote about his celebration in the magazine ''Guideposts'', several months following his return. Many years later, Mr. Metaxas asked Buzz about it, and he confirmed it. The story also appears in Metaxas' book, ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask).''<ref name=metaxas>Metaxas E, "Communion on the Moon: July 20, 1969," <http://www.cbn.com/>, July 22, 2009. <http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/inspirationalteaching/Metaxas_Moon_Communion.aspx></ref>

Buzz wrote about his celebration in the magazine ''Guideposts'', several months following his return. Many years later, Mr. Metaxas asked Buzz about it, and he confirmed it. The story also appears in Metaxas' book, ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask).''<ref name=metaxas>Metaxas E, "Communion on the Moon: July 20, 1969," <http://www.cbn.com/>, July 22, 2009. <http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/inspirationalteaching/Metaxas_Moon_Communion.aspx></ref>