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Creationist Bets $10k In Proposed Literal Interpretation of Genesis Debate
HungWeiLo writes "A California man who believes the literal interpretation of the Bible is real is offering $10,000 to anyone who can successfully debunk claims made in the book of Genesis in front of a judge. Joseph Mastropaolo, the man behind this challenge, is to put $10,000 of his own money into an escrow account. His debate opponent would be asked to do the same. They would then jointly agree on a judge based on a list of possible candidates. Mastropaolo said that any evidence presented in the trial must be 'scientific, objective, valid, reliable and calibrated.' For his part, Mastropaolo has a Ph.D. in kinesiology and writes for the Creation Hall of Fame website, which is helping to organize the minitrial. It's also not the first such trial he's tried to arrange. A previous effort, known as the 'Life Science Prize,' proposed a similar scenario. Mastropaolo includes a list of possible circuit court judges to oversee the trial and a list of those he challenged to take part on the evolutionary side of the debate."
Most people complain about the earth, universe etc being created in six days. If you read the actual Bible account you will see it says in the VERY FIRST sentence that the earth got created. Only AFTER that, the six creative "days" occurred to prepare the surface of the earth for inhabitation, not for the creation of the earth which was already in existence.
Chapter 1 - Male and Female are created simultaneously.
Chapter 2 - Adam and Eve are created in that order.
One of the two accounts must be false - they are mutually exclusive factual statements.
Genesis is a collection of myths with no more truth to them then the parables.
You seem to have a reading comprehension impairment. Chapter 1 is an executive summary showing the general chronological order of creation. Chapter 2 goes into detail about the creation of Adam and Eve. Versus 1-3 of Chapter 2 finish up with the 7th day when god rested. Chapter 2 verses 4-6 describe the environment on the surface of the earth just prior to the formation of Adam on the surface. As you can see, it does not recount the creation of light, the heavens, the dry land or the "sky" because it it did, then you could argue that it was a different account of "creation".
If you interpret that as two separate accounts of the creation of man then I am afraid that you have a learning disability. In a nutshell, Chapter 1 and versus 1-3 of Chapter two are the 7 days of creation. If you open up any bible translation, you will see that first section labeled "The Beginning" and Chapter 2 verse 4-31 are labeled "Adam and Eve". That latter section goes into detail on the creation of humanity.
Your comment is so derivative that I have to assume that you copy and pasted it from somewhere as I have heard the same bullshit statements from others who never bothered to crack open the bible and read it for themselves. Stop criticizing out of blind ignorance.
Here, this is Chapter 1: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=NIV
Here is Chapter 2: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&version=NIV
See the heading at verse 4, Chapter 2?
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
It's folk like you that Alexander Pope alluded to when he wrote, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
In brief, you're wrong. But I don't have the time to explain it to you, and you likely lack the intellect to comprehend that you are wrong due to the Dunning-Kruger effect