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This is Robert Sungenis, executive producer of the feature film, The Principle, and director of CAI Publishing, Inc. which publishes the Galileo Was Wrong series of books.
I went through Karl Keating’s new book, The New Geocentrists. Truth be told, I don’t think I’ve seen such a specious assortment of exaggerations innuendos, half truths and downright misinformation in all my years of reading, especially from someone who purports to be a Catholic. As I was going through the book, I sensed that Mr. Keating is a very desperate man, pulling out all the stops and engaging in a kind of slash and burn polemics with which I sensed even he was uncomfortable at times; hoping against hope that he can somehow stem the tide of the new Catholic apologetics he sees replacing his old and worn out apologetics that, in a word, did more capitulating to the world than it did defending against it.
I was so appalled at Keating’s treatment of some very honorable and dedicated Catholics, in addition to his spurious scientific arguments, that I resolved to answer as many of them as possible in order to show everyone exactly how he distorts the reality to his own advantage. Almost every page contains some kind of error, some of them quite deliberate, even when Mr. Keating knew the truth. I managed to pull out 111 of them in his 355 pages, but I could have done more. In addition to the science and the personal attacks, Keating makes my credibility his #1 target, dealing with topics that I have long since put on the shelf. Since he has decided to use them in an attempt to discredit me, I had no choice but to address them to protect my credibility.
Lastly, before you dive into this book, I want you to know that, after he published his book, Keating was challenged to a formal debate by two people of his own caliber, me and Christopher Ferrara. Keating declined to debate both of us. We can only conclude, then, that Keating is the kind of man who believes he can cast reputation-destroying aspersions against his opponents, but feels no responsibility to respond under cross examination from those very people who can best expose the weaknesses in his arguments. As such, I have little respect for the man and I have no problem calling him both a coward and dishonest; and this is the first time I have ever made such an accusation of anyone in all the thirty books I have written over the last two decades. No one but Karl Keating deserves that dishonor. Consequently, this book will have to suffice for a debate.