That, and if I were feeling uncharitable, I'd say that the major proponents are benefiting financially by creating and continuing this insultingly inane controversy.
It would not be uncharitable in the least; the major proponents are doing just that. Call up Bart Sibrel and ask him how much he charges to license any of his footage, or how much he charges for a personal appearance. Go get the tax records for AFTH, LLC (Sibrel's company that markets his Moon-hoax stuff) and see what their yearly net income amounts to.
Go ask David Percy and Mary Bennett a question and see if the answer is not, "You need to buy both our updated book and our video in order to understand all our arguments." That is, if you can get them to answer at all.
Go ask Ralph Rene why he will never appear on the same program as Bennett and Percy.
This is an industry, and I have seen evidence that several of the top players appear to be in it largely for the money. They thrive only on continued controversy that generates new readers and viewers. They have absolutely no desire to discover the truth or to reach any other conclusion, because then people will stop paying attention to them. They want to keep people just far enough off balance with innuendo and suspicion that they themselves remain relevant.
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