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Default TV's 'Mythbusters' Prove The Claim The Moon Landing was a Hoax as nonsense - 11-17-2008, 03:01 PM

TV's 'Mythbusters' Prove The Claim The Moon Landing was a Hoax as nonsense

For those who don't know, ISKCON members foolishly believe man did not go to the moon

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XAcXBT-GZCo&feature=related

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVxSFnjYCA

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WhkJ0qD42Fo

MythBusters: Moon Landing Hoax Myth

Moon hoax - Wire Supports (Mythbusters)

Mythbusters Moonwalk hoax

Mythbusters Moon flag waving hoax

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=eTYCz4ft8yw&feature=related

I have sent a email to Mythbusters to tackle ISKCON's claim the Moon is further away from Earth than the Sun
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Srila Prabupada said many times that the Moon is further away than Sun in the linear sense, using that as his argument that lunar mission was a hoax. That is a fact.

Even with a naked eye one can see (by observing the shadow pattern on the Moon when Sun and Moon are visible together) that this is not the case, let alone using any other calculation method known even to the ancient astronomers. Iskcon still does not dare to contradict Prabhupada on that issue, even as they attempt to build a Vedic planetarium. Srimad Bhagavatam does not say that Sun is closer to Earth than Moon in the linear sense. That was SP interpretation. Even the writings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta (which give correct distances to Sun and Moon) were not considered authoritative enough to reject Sp's statements in that regard.

As to the flat world or Earth that is another misunderstanding and over-simplification. Many good devotees left the movement when these issues became public, mainly because of the dogmatic way in which they were presented. There was no room for argument to the contrary. To this very day many devotees do not dare to question such things and repeat the same misconstrued version.
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