That post just convinced me you're just shitting us. Because it reads like satire.
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Why people believe the landing was faked....
I'd posit religion.
Now, I'm not talking about Christianity, Islam, or any of the organized or disorganized bodies of thought that I often use when I say, "religion." But to me, belief is the realm of the spirit, mind, and body fused to believe certain things about the way the world is. It may, or may not, be connected to an entity known to some as God. Either way, we have to ask why we believe in things we do not and can not have personal and/or communal and/or global experience of.
There is no way that any human being can learn and know everything. At least, no way known to humankind at this time. So, some things we have accept on less than positive, personally known, experience. Or I could say we, "take on faith," even if captial-f Faith is not involved in any way. A similar process occurs for that which any person or group disbelieves, also.
The Sun: A great big ball of hydrogen and helium caught in a diminishing loop of fission and fusion? Or a conveyance of a deity? Or the spirit of a solar system, which may take physical form as an Avatar of itself? ( )
How does a person judge with certainty between these two diametrically opposite poles? (Aside from one side looking at the other and saying, "That's stupid!" Which solves nothing other than reinforcement of one's belief and disbelief system.)
What is evident to me, though, is that some people believe that we landed on the moon. A much smaller (probably almost insignificant) minority believes we didn't land on the moon. Either way, the key element is: belief. If you'll indulge me for a second, and posit that the sum of an individual or group's beliefs is their "Religion," then I'd like to take a Theological tack to the question.
In looking at the dimensions of belief, I find the Wesleyan Quadrilateral (applied loosely) to be quite helpful. The four elements, for those unfamiliar: Tradition, Reason, Experience, Scripture.
My own *very loose* application of this would apply as follows:
1) What does Tradition say about whether we landed on the Moon? Well, at this point, there is certainly "Tradition" in the hoax community. It would be interesting to find out: when was the first verifiable report about the landings being a hoax or deception of some sort? There is certainly reams upon reams of verifiable tradition that we landed there. As a working hypothesis, I'd say Tradition generally holds we landed.
2) Reason. Which is more reasonable: That x amount of hours and time were spent developing the technology that enabled us to land? Or that x effort went into a deception? I think Occam's Razor suggests that the effort to deceive, for questionable or unknown reasons, is a needless multiplication. So Reason tells me we landed. (Not to mention that the Science of it all fits as far as anyone can prove beyond a reasonable doubt / virtually certain doubt...)
3) Experience. My experience tells me I've never worked at NASA / rode in an Apollo capsule or LEM / etc. But it also tells me that Conspiracies are generally found, and that the larger the scale of people directly involved in a conspiracy, the more quickly they are discovered. In short, a Conspiracy that would involve a moon landing hoax would yield people with impeccable credentials and verifiable information who would come forth for various reasons and confess their part in it. At the risk of a flame, something like what Bob Lazar claims, only true. So, what experiences I've had says: It's real.
4) "Scripture." In Christianity, what is referred to as Scripture is known (even if disputed.) What would be the Scripture of the moon landing? I could point to the physical records and data which exist, if you want to read reams and reams of it. Any of us could go to NASA's website and look at LOTS of images... enough to make anyone rational believe.
Me, I accept Gene Kranz' most excellent book, Failure is Not an Option. One *heck* of a good read, as well as incidentally detailing his role as a Flight Director at NASA. I'd pretty much take his account as Gospel, adjusting for what he does and doesn't know. His opinion of Chris Kraft (sp?), NASA currently, etc. are opinions. He states the facts of his involvement with Gemini and Apollo, and I believe it. Or Jim Lovell. Or Buzz Aldrin. Or any of the multitudes of people who've recorded their direct experiences with putting men (sadly, no women yet ) on the Moon.
(You could also take The Right Stuff, etc.)
So, a non-deistic theological view tells me that in Tradition, Reason, Experience, and Scripture: We landed.
Anyone who *doesn't* believe we did, I'd love to see their explanation which can account for all four of the above, similarly.
Oh, and I happen to believe the first bit about the Sun by the same standards, too. Doesn't say thing one about who Created it, if any.