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I certainly haven't seen evidence that science can lay down a hypothesis to test how life came about without the agents of intelligence or design.

I asked you to propose such a hypothesis, but I still haven't seen one.

By "agents of intelligence or design" I suppose you mean God or gods of some sort?

I asked you to propose such a hypothesis, but I still haven't seen one.

No. You asked me to propose a hypothesis that might substantiate just the opposite. I am happy to report that I am incapable of creating a hypothesis that would result in proving the existence of God.

By "agents of intelligence or design" I suppose you mean God or gods of some sort?

Absolutely not. Why would you suppose such a thing, other than the fact that I do not accept every aspect of evolutionary theory on its face?

In view of modern scientific progress there are certain words that perhaps ought be struck from the dictionary. Here is one of them:

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crea·ture

( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr

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n.

Something created.
1. A living being, especially an animal: land creatures; microscopic creatures in a drop of water.
2. A human.
3. An imaginary or fantastical being: mythological creatures; a creature from outer space.
One dependent on or subservient to another.

creatur·al adj.
creature·li·ness n.
creature·ly adj.

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creature

\Crea"ture\ (kr?"t?r; 135), n. [F. cr?ature, L. creatura. See Create.] 1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. --Fuller.

God's first creature was light. --Bacon.

On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. --Milton.

And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. --Cowper.

2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.

The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.

3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.

Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. --Macaulay.

4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.

creature

n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna] 2: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: wight] 3: a person who is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: tool, puppet]

creature

denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human
race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22. The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are
imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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Or maybe we could just modify the word and call it "evoluture." Anything to rid ourselves of this superstitious, unscientific notion that the universe came about by anything other than magic.