Prove Evolution: Win $250,000!

Creation Science Evangelism ^ | N/A | Dr. Ken Hovind

[handk]

Dr. Hovind's $250,000 Offer
formerly $10,000, offered since 1990

I have a standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution.*  My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief.

 

Observed phenomena:

Most thinking people will agree that--
1. A highly ordered universe exists.
2. At least one planet in this complex universe contains an amazing variety of life forms.
3. Man appears to be the most advanced form of life on this planet.

Known options:

Choices of how the observed phenomena came into being--
1. The universe was created by God.
2. The universe always existed.
3. The universe came into being by itself by purely natural processes (known as evolution) so that no appeal to the supernatural is needed.

Evolution has been acclaimed as being the only process capable of causing the observed phenomena.

Evolution is presented in our public school textbooks as a process that:

1. Brought time, space, and matter into existence from nothing.
2. Organized that matter into the galaxies, stars, and at least nine planets around the sun. (This process is often referred to as cosmic evolution.)
3. Created the life that exists on at least one of those planets from nonliving matter (chemical evolution).
4. Caused the living creatures to be capable of and interested in reproducing themselves.
5. Caused that first life form to spontaneously diversify into different forms of living things, such as the plants and animals on the earth today (biological evolution).

People believe in evolution; they do not know that it is true. While beliefs are certainly fine to have, it is not fair to force on the students in our public school system the teaching of one belief, at taxpayers’ expense. It is my contention that evolutionism is a religious worldview that is not supported by science, Scripture, popular opinion, or common sense. The exclusive teaching of this dangerous, mind-altering philosophy in tax-supported schools, parks, museums, etc., is also a clear violation of the First Amendment.

 

How to collect the $250,000:

Prove beyond reasonable doubt that the process of evolution (option 3 above, under "known options") is the only possible way the observed phenomena could have come into existence. Only empirical evidence is acceptable. Persons wishing to collect the $250,000 may submit their evidence in writing or schedule time for a public presentation. A committee of trained scientists will provide peer review of the evidence offered and, to the best of their ability, will be fair and honest in their evaluation and judgment as to the validity of the evidence presented.

If you are convinced that evolution is an indisputable fact, may I suggest that you offer $250,000 for any empirical or historical evidence against the general theory of evolution. This might include the following:

1. The earth is not billions of years old (thus destroying the possibility of evolution having happened as it is being taught).
2. No animal has ever been observed changing into any fundamentally different kind of animal.
3. No one has ever observed life spontaneously arising from nonliving matter.
4. Matter cannot make itself out of nothing.

 

My suggestion:

Proponents of the theory of evolution would do well to admit that they believe in evolution, but they do not know that it happened the way they teach. They should call evolution their "faith" or "religion," and stop including it in books of science. Give up faith in the silly religion of evolutionism, and trust the God of the Bible (who is the Creator of this universe and will be your Judge, and mine, one day soon) to forgive you and to save you from the coming judgment on man’s sin.

* NOTE:
When I use the word evolution, I am not referring to the minor variations found in all of the various life forms (microevolution). I am referring to the general theory of evolution which believes these five major events took place without God:

1. Time, space, and matter came into existence by themselves.
2. Planets and stars formed from space dust.
3. Matter created life by itself.
4. Early life-forms learned to reproduce themselves.
5. Major changes occurred between these diverse life forms (i.e., fish changed to amphibians, amphibians changed to reptiles, and reptiles changed to birds or mammals).

[Bommer]

Check out the May Day riot reports in Europe. Theres your proof!

[Free the USA]

Check the Bump List folders for articles related to and descriptions of the above topic(s) or for other topics of interest.

[Free the USA]

fyi

[danelectro]

heh. check out the letters section. sheer geninus.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Even Darwin refuted his theory (on his deathbed).

Evidence for this claim?

[danelectro]

gack! genius, even.

[Paradox]

This guy had better be more specific. Evolution has been "proven".

No, it hasn't

Oh, sure it has. In fact, I have seen it myself in some of the labs where I work. Those bacterial cultures are easy to manipulate.

[1L]

You're joking, right. This dude has been called out and debunked. See for yourself: Hovind is Bovine not Divine

This page doesn't debunk him, and if you think it does, I suggest you put in for the money. Send me a copy of the deposit slip with your account number blacked out.

[Paradox]

Sounds like equivocation and/or rationalization to me.

Perhaps you need your hearing checked.

Evolution, on a small scale, has been proven. It is not even in dispute. What is disputed is whether Darwinian evolution can account for all the species we see.

[foolish-one]

I was aparently under the mistaken belief thet evolution was still a theory. Could you please point me to a reliable resource that will enlighten me to the "facts" of evolution? Obviously, you have read, seen, written or researched such facts, since you make such a strong statement.

[Paradox]

Actually, he has a good point. Evolution is still a THEORY, but taught as fact.

I was taught "the THEORY of Evolution". I was also taught the "model" of the atom. You ever taken an electrical engineering course, or anything in electronics? Much of THAT is nothing but theory and models.

I have no problem in teaching (or, rather, mentioning) alternative creation theories, giving each one the amount of time it should be due, based on evidence FOR it. In that case, religious Creationism would probably occupy about 10 minutes of total class time. I would also find time to espouse my personal theory that we were created by invisible Smurfs which inhabit my Colon, and then offer someone a large some to prove otherwise.

[LarryLied]

I can prove evolution if someone has the seed money. Here is the experiement:

Put 100 liberals on one barren deserted island and 100 conservatives on another. The liberals will be dead in less than 6 months because there is no one to take care of them and no one to leech off of. The conservative island will have no life on it either. The conservative test group will be in Las Vegas having a party after having built a raft to get off the God forsaken place.

[ThinkPlease]

This is what we in the business call "moving the goalposts"

So if you think this challenge is for real, I suggest you think again.

[Hunble]

Subject: Conclusive Proof that the Moon Exists

Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 00:33:08 +1100

From: "Penny Wyatt"

To: madrev@reptiles.org

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[MissMillie]

Yes, it has.

[JG52blackman]

"Even Darwin refuted his theory (on his deathbed)."

Sorry, but this is a myth. What Darwin DID do on his death bed is lament the fact that no "transitional forms" or what are also called "missing links" had been found to date. However he was confident that they would be found, as they must certainly exist if his theory were correct. But alas, even today in 2002, we are no closer to finding "the missing links", in fact ALL WE HAVE are a few links. If evolution really occurred according to Darwin's theory, then what we are missing is miles and miles of chain to connect the few links that we presently have. Some evolutionists postulate that genetic mutations caused large changes from one generation to the next, but this has not been observed in nature with enough regularity as to make it a valid "proof". The great bulk of observable empirical evidence favors the creation model.

[ThinkPlease]

More Challengers have had the goalposts moved on them

[Hunble]

But alas, even today in 2002, we are no closer to finding "the missing links", in fact ALL WE HAVE are a few links

FALSE!

You have obviously never studied Trilobite fossiles. There are so many "missing links", it can be down right difficult sorting them all out. Heck, there are so many "missing links", that you can even trace how a species changes as it matures to an adult.

[Born to Conserve]

What if the pro-evolutionists cross breed with the pro-israel propagandists?