I made no strawmen. I responded to your assertion that the position of the Moon is perfect for conditions here on Earth; the size was not relevant to my point. I repeat: if the Moon's position is perfect, for us or at all, why should it be receding from Earth?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
