This topic isn't about a flat earth, it's about the moon being its own source of light. I'm interested in hearing how exactly that is possible, but not a single person who believes it does produce its own light has been able to provide any sort of answer.
I have seen several answers that provide definite points of reference to begin further study. These people aren't going to appease your standard for veracity because - if this "conspiracy" has any merit - there has been a myriad of resources put into keeping it psychologically, and/or physically secret. Some of us do it by our usual exclamation that something is "woo" or downright "crazy". But, this is also used in
war strategy to get your enemy to implode based on destabilized coalescence. The difference is that the war is not hot, it is psychological.
That is, assuming you even entertain the possibility that what have been told is a lie.
If you can't entertain that possibility, especially given the thousands of years of history that show that very things happens often and on a LARGE scale, then of course all of his seems like bollocks to you. And, I wouldn't blame you.
I definite have an idea on these, and other astronomical properties that I can back up with field theory and math. But, it stays in my journals; I wouldn't put it up here. The people who are putting bread crumbs on these forms may have the actual secrets to the literal universe - but
they are just leaking bits of it to see who can handle the absolutely minute amount without losing the mind. You have to entertain that possibility as well.
Not only has nobody given and sort of answer, the pictures provided have actually only served to provide evidence that the moon does indeed reflect the light of the sun.
Believe none of what you hear, and half of what you see. Considering NASA CGIs most of their earth pictures despite several satellites outside of the orbit of the planet is suspicious at best. So, pictures only tell a small story - and in the case of NASA, it is a misleading one. Amateur photos just reaffirm what can be seen by sight (including craters), but it doesn't answer the questions of whether the moon shines its own light.
If you think the moon is its own source of light, I would love to hear how you believe it manages to produce its own light.
Honestly, I would hope you would. You seem intelligent, and an amount more respectful/less arrogant than the lot of the alleged academics on these forums - just incredulous. I wouldn't, however, post it on here. I would need to go through legal protection before ever sharing anything more than what can be found within a textbook. I don't think anyone should post real data on grounbreaking theories on a forum, and no one should expose their identity on a forum either, or their credentials or work. Humans can be vindictive, and people will try to defame your character in life just because they lost an argument.
I would also love to hear an explanation for why the craters on the light side of the terminator line are dark and why the rims of the caters on the darkside of the terminator line still manage to be light. I mean honestly, look at this picture:
Craters and Shadows at the Lunar Terminator | Science Mission Directorate
But, we only see one side of the moon anyway, so why wouldn't the side we see be the one that lights. We have technology/toys that light one side and not the other.
IF the moon gives her own light, and IF the side it gives is light just so happens to be the only side we see, why is that a disqualification?
Doesn't common sense tell you that what you're looking at are craters that are no longer able to reflect the sunlight and crater rims that are elevated enough to still do so? What explanation for this makes more sense - that the moon reflects light (which is 100% how the light is behaving), or that the moon is its own light source (0 explanation for how this occurs). Please help me understand how the moon can be its own light source when we can see this happening all the time?
I don't follow common sense, reason or logic
as much as I can help it. Or, to rephrase: I consider common sense, reason, logic,
and insanity in equal portions for the most part. Today insanity is the way the world works, so I tend toward insanity and "woo" rather than logic and reason. That paradigm has long past. Using logic and reason today only handicaps us.
Maybe I will come back and give a breadcrumb. I understand you to be an academic, so if I take you seriously as if you wont scoff at the first bit of intellectually unsavory details you get from me, then you should also be able to understand what I am presenting, or ask if/research it without calling me stupid or insane.
I am surprised that you have the intellect to understand more than the basic, the spiritual wherewithal to believe in the Most High God, but not the memory that would keep you suspicious of what any entity other than the Most High God would tell you. I doubt you cannot understand how the moon gives its own light; your issue lies in the juxtaposition between what you have been taught (I read most of the same textbooks), and what you are hearing - which is for some reason convicting you enough that you feel the need to comment (which isn't bad).
As I said, I think several people have made excellent cases (even in tangential thoughts expressed), but no one with prudence will give you the entire explanation you are looking for. I know you know the only one who can convince you is yourself. Open you mind up a bit and entertain what these people are saying without believing it. You don't have to dumb yourself down, but you can... lower your standards for lack of a better phrase - since you are
assuming the school of thought from which you come is founded, correct and sound enough to be a barometer for truth. What if I were to tell you that everything you ever heard was a lie,
and also the truth? "Everything tat I say is a lie" type of paradoxes... that is what reality is actually like. Academia only goes so far.
