{"id":1037,"date":"2009-05-15T21:17:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T01:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:37:08","slug":"the-challenge-is-on-for-creationists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge is on for Creationists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a simple challenge to all\u00c2\u00a0the creationists who frequently visit this web blog with their strong\u00c2\u00a0opinions and often critical remarks.Give us the name of\u00c2\u00a0a gene in any animal or plant that you think is designed and\u00c2\u00a0shows no signs of an evolutionary origin.Should be a piece of cake,the rules are easy\u00c2\u00a0and can be found here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0We will await your answers with bated breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a simple challenge to all\u00c2\u00a0the creationists who frequently visit this web blog with their strong\u00c2\u00a0opinions and often critical remarks.Give us the name of\u00c2\u00a0a gene in any animal or plant that you think is designed and\u00c2\u00a0shows no signs of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-gJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2788,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2788","url_meta":{"origin":1037,"position":0},"title":"Your last chance to stop bill loved by creationists is now!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is it, ladies and gentlemen. 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