{"id":13792,"date":"2010-12-13T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T03:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13792"},"modified":"2010-12-13T20:33:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T03:33:59","slug":"ascent-to-splendor-want-to-really-see-gods-creation-make-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13792\/ascent-to-splendor-want-to-really-see-gods-creation-make-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascent to Splendor: Want to really see God&#8217;s creation? Make water."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This just in. The photography in this film that commemorates the Space Shuttle program is stunning.  Here is the standard for photography.  Remember, our listings do not move and do not shed a ton and a half of mass per second.  Here is a canonical archive of human ingenuity at its zenith.  A million moving parts assembled by humans in search of splendor. <\/p>\n<p>As Ronald Reagan said: &#8220;We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and &#8220;slipped the surly bonds of earth&#8221; to &#8220;touch the face of God.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>All you have to do is make water with a whole lot of human brain power, courage and a million moving parts.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/W2VygftZSCs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just in. The photography in this film that commemorates the Space Shuttle program is stunning. Here is the standard for photography. Remember, our listings do not move and do not shed a ton and a half of mass per second. Here is a canonical archive of human ingenuity at its zenith. 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