From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-06 16:21, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   All languages are human creations, in other words   
   'made up'. If it's in a human language, then that   
   isn't God.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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