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   On 2026-01-07 11:42, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   God??? HA!!! You're infested with a legion of demons...   
      
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