From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > On 2026-01-06 13:47, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > Mike  posted:   
   > >> On 2026-01-06 10:06, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >>> JTEM  posted:   
   > >>>> On 1/5/26 8:11 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> Yes, an idea -- not a fact.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>       *Yawn!*   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> You asked a question. I answered it.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> With a hypothesis.   
   > >>   
   > >> Hypotheses are more likely to lead to facts   
   > >   
   > > Thank you for confirming that a hypothesis is   
   > > not a fact.   
   > >>   
   > >> than 'beliefs', because they are designed to   
   > >> be tested and verified,   
   > >   
   > > The idea that life sprang forth and we all evolved   
   > > from a single cell has not been verified.   
   > >>   
   > >> whereas beliefs do   
   > >> not require verification.   
   > >   
   > > It's someone's *belief* that life was transported to   
   > > our world from some other world (and they're not   
   > > even sure which world that might have been).   
   >   
   > The Universe *IS* God, the source of all creation   
   > so it can do anything it wants.   
      
   If you're going to invoke God's Creation, the Bible   
   is the only choice you have. You can't just make   
   stuff up and pretend it's from God.   
      
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