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Originally posted by redstang281:
Say what you want about Kent Hovind.
The fact is no one can collect the $250,000.
"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. "
Evolution is just a belief.
In the Nineteenth Century there was a Flat Earth Society bet of a similar nature. A British flat earther offered so many thousands of pounds (which was apparently collectible) if anyone could prove that the earth was round. One Scottish scientist was foolish enough to take on the bet and sued to have the debt enforced. I can't exactly remember the outcome of the case, but IIRC, the poor Scot went mad trying to get the money he thought was due him.
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