What's the creationists thought on this?

Would he? I don't believe he has the money. 250,000 is a lot of money. And anyway, the fact that Hovind hasn't paid his prize doesn't mean there's no proof. He could just be a liar, for instance.Anyway, he's making his wager with the full knowledge that science can never "prove" anything absolutely. The conclusions of science are always tentative. That's why science is able to create better theories in the face of new evidence. No religion I know keeps such an open mind. In the face of things like the O.J. Simpson trial and other miscarriages of justice, do you really think a court of law is the place to test scientific reality? If so you must put a great deal of trust in lawyers as honest, truthful individuals. do you think that ancient man didn't use his thumbs? Why do you say "millions of years down the road"? When the fifth digit migrated down closer to our wrists it would have had immediate functionality. Thumbs are immediately useful for tool-using animals, as we are. Other animals (like pandas) that grasp things also have thumb-like protrusions. I've seen housecats with thumbs they can't use. (well, they look like thumbs to me.)Better yet, since the only function you've postulated for the thumb is to use a keyboard: why do primates have thumbs? They don't have keyboards. Why did your god give them thumbs? (They have thumbs on their feet, too. Why don't we?)

I have a question for your global flood scenario:If the flood was global, as you suggest, why then are there areas of the earth (i.e. the Canadian Shield) that have no sedimentary rock? There's certainly no evidence of erosion in that area.The mere existence of at least one area that is pretty obviously never been flooded is enough to shoot down your global flood - unless you have an explanation why it didn't flood in Canada...

Sorry, my mistake. Clearly I misunderstood when I first heard about the Canadian Shield, and exaggerated in my exuberance. I'm certainly no geologist.Maybe somebody could open a thread in a more appropriate forum? I'd do it but I'd probably just embarass myself again. Thanks for the info, MM. This is the second time you've had to instruct me as to scientific matters in and around my own state.