Is there any benefit to raw milk vs pasteurized milk?

[TaraJo]

So, I've stated that I'm going through a lot of biology classes and looking at majoring in biology when I finish up my associates. I'm really liking the science and knowing actual science feels so rare it's like it's a superpower. I like it.

But the problems arise when people say things that just do NOT sound reasonable to me. This time, it's a bunch of nuts telling me how raw milk is so much better than pasteurized milk. This does not line up with anything I've learned in any of my biology classes; not nutrition, not chemistry, not microbiology, nothing. I tell them the facts; I tell them that the entire purpose of pasteurizing is to get rid of the pathogens that could make them sick or kill them. Their claim (and I am not making this up) is that I only believe in pasteurization because I'm buying the line put out there by big dairy companies, trying to make more money.

Is there something to raw milk that I don't realize or are these just nuts who are buying into conspiracy theory pseudo-science instead of real peer reviewed science?