Because he was not on the moon.
That is the point. If he wanted to convince the world of his divinity, and he was god-like in his wisdom and foresight, why not do a miracle that would provide intcontravertable eternal evidence of such by writing "Jesus was here" or "Jesus is Lord" on the face of the moon.
Point being, some say the evidence of God is all around us -- you just have to subtract the evidence of the devil first, (or evidence of 'the fall')...
As "Church Lady" says, "How convenient."
The world is imperfect for a reason. On another thread about "Intelligent Design vs. Evolution" I wrote something like the following:
"For an all-powerful creator, who put his all into the intricacies and mechanisms of creation, 40 days and 40 nights and a kabillion gallons of water make a pretty crude eraser."
Why not just fix everything by sheer miracle. Why not just *poof* everything God was displeased with.
I don't mean to be antagonistic, my opinion of religion is neutral but leans negative because of how it is consumed -- people don't clean the root before eating it, they take the clinging soil as essential to the fruit.
Like Aesops fables, the important thing is that they represent truths not that they *are* true. Religion and God are the result of concious matter ascribing purpose, affinity and divinity to itself -- as a phenomena, not as individual mini-gods. God is within, not without.
That is the type of god I can respect, understand and believe in.
Are you VERY sure of that? What right do you have to limit the travels of Jesus?
Okay, maybe you will not find sandal print on the moon, but remember, this is Guy that could walk on water.