you have stumbled across something resembling a point here, AV -- although, as usual, it's not the point you intended, and as usual, you did so by accident.
Your apple challenge proves conclusively the complete and total intellectual and scientific bankruptcy of Creationism. For this, you have my thanks.
(of course, you're going to deny what I've just said, mostly because you have no idea what I'm referring to -- fret not; we're used to it.)
But I'm not asking how hard it is to show, I'm just asking how you would convince your friend I did this. I'm not asking you to do the same thing. I'm asking you to take it to your friend, then tell me how you would convinced your friend I did it.
Impossible. And lacking any reliable evidence or documentation, the challenge falls flat.
What if the apple had bruises on it, and a worm in it? Would it really matter? Ex nihilo is ex nihilo.
I suppose it wouldn't matter -- in the extremely limited scope of your "challenge." Although an
ex nihilo apple with bruises and a worm in it certainly wouldn't look
ex nihilo. were I to show such an apple to my friend, he'd have ample reasons to doubt me, and no reason to believe me except for my own credibility -- which would sink into the toilet if I espoused this challenge.
Again, AV -- I thank you -- you've put yet another nail in Creationism's coffin.
