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   Mike  posted:   
   > 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 !   
      
   The Bible has a supernatural power that supersedes its   
   physical form. You might not understand that, but those   
   of us who love God understand it.   
      
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