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   Mike  posted:   
   > 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.   
      
   The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.   
      
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