lol at the video lol

If you bust your guts to perform a moon mission and then many years later some turkey walks up demanding you swear to what you'd done then any normal person would first feel offended that someone was implying you were a liar. I'd tell them to stick their Bible where the sun don't shine too.

If somebody walked up to me and said, for example,
"Swear on the bible that you love your wife"...or "Swear on the bible that your not a big liar",
I would probably first swear at the guy, then walk away from him (or if I was a "tough" guy, I'd probably punch him in the mouth, then walk away) -- but I would definitely NOT give him the satisfaction of falling for his tasteless scheme.

[edit on 28-5-2007 by Soylent Green Is People]

disgusting and border line harassment.

I understand trying to get to the bottom of the moon conspiracy, but that took it way to far imo.

Originally posted by sy.gunson
If you bust your guts to perform a moon mission and then many years later some turkey walks up demanding you swear to what you'd done then any normal person would first feel offended that someone was implying you were a liar. I'd tell them to stick their Bible where the sun don't shine too.

Did you watch any of the videos besides just Armstrong slugging him?

He asks nicely at first and several of the Astronauts start to do it. He doesn't just walk up and start harassing them (though he did do an ambush style 'request' later, which was the wrong way.)

But he never stops with the polite request. As soon as they say OK, and start to do it, he starts adding on things about 'eternal damnation'.

IMO, he's trying to make it impossible for them to go through with it. That's no way to investigate anything.

You know there are some people who take offense to "swearing" on the bible.Also just because you do it doesnt mean youre telling the truth.

[edit on 17-11-2008 by Tricky63]

I just wanted to state that all of this "swear on the bible" tripe is a product of the television generation. I have been on the witness stand multiple times over the course of the last couple of years. Never have I once even seen a bible inside a court room. People need to quit watch "Law and Order" and suddenly becoming legal experts. Yea, I have been asked to repeat after the judge "I (Name Here) do solemnly swear, or affirm, to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth" or some variation thereon. Never once have I been asked to utter the words "So help me God", or anything else that you see on the television.

And furthermore the guy had it coming getting clocked like that. Imagine you have an acomplishment you are exceedingly proud of. And you have every right to be proud of it. You have done something less than 20 people throughout the course of civilization can claim. And every day you have to deal with some crackpot who wont listen to reason, call you a liar. Not because he has genuine evidence discrediting all of your hard work, but because you wont put your hand on a book and "swear" that you did it. Like you owe him or something.

The problem with your average conspiracy theory is this: every time it is debunked a larger more grandiose theory is thought up, to make up for the holes blown in the previous theory.

What's the deal with the bible?

The thing that amazes me is the simple fact that there are people out there that the astronauts simply putting their hand on the bible and saying it happened, now would make it believable?

Think about it.

You can choose to believe someone or you can only choose to believe someone after they "swear" on the bible.

How does swearing on a book that sounds like a bunch of people on mushrooms and are just stories past down through time and offer little truth about anything and make anyone more credible.

Doesn't do anything for me.

If they swore on a compliation of Dr. Suess books, would it make it more believable? At least he was alive in our time.

Besides, them swearing on the bible only makes it more credible to the people who have faith in the bible, and truthfully those people don't deserve an explanation for what others say if they don't believe them. That's their choice.

Given what the Astronauts have "potentially" seen or been in the presence of, perhaps the bible holds NO value to them anymore.

These guys, visited the heavens and returned. Swearing on a bible would be meaningless.

Personally, I would have shoved that bible down his throat or somewhere else it would have difficulties fitting.