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   On 2026-01-06 17:01, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   The Bible is only paper and ink !   
      
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