A young-earth creationist has offered a $10,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate the scientific case for evolution<\/a> before a judge. Each side puts up $10,000, and whoever the judge decides in favor of keeps the total. The only question is whether the judge will be well-informed about the methods of the natural sciences. But otherwise, it should be an open and shut case. Any takers?<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A young-earth creationist has offered a $10,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate the scientific case for evolution before a judge. Each side puts up $10,000, and whoever the judge decides in favor of keeps the total. The only question is whether the judge will be well-informed about the methods of the natural sciences. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,85,108],"tags":[2240,3217,5986,7626,7629,9547,10886,14014,14016,14019],"class_list":["post-13634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution-science","category-science","category-young-earth-creationism","tag-court","tag-evolution-science","tag-judge","tag-money","tag-moneymaking-schemes","tag-prize","tag-science","tag-young-earth","tag-young-earth-creationism","tag-young-earth-creationists"],"yoast_head":"\n
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