Was at least the first life form created?

[Eilonnwy]

Regarding this last nuance of our burden of proof discussion, your position seems too arbitrary for me and fails to accurately consider what is being said. Consequently, I disagree on this nuance while agreeing with you on the rest.

It's fairly simple, you posit a claim, you have the burden of proof. You reject a claim, then you don't have the burden of proof, it doesn't matter when you you've used the word "believe" or not. Basic logic.

Regarding the rest, I am convinced that the basis for our disagreement is the presuppositions through which we filter the information and will leave it at that. I do thank you for the time and effort you took in responding. It was really helpful.

If you want to leave it there, that's fine by me. However, I noticed you didn't answer my question, and it's an important point. Do you understand the difference between a scientific theory and the general use of the word theory?

Moving on to a different topic. I was wondering if you would be willing to elaborate on what you meant when you said: "I also saw how religion crumbles under scrutiny, especially the Bible." Could you please provide some specifics on this?

Sure, I'll work on a post when I have a break, right now I have a lot of work to catch up on. For now if you want to look at the thread "The Disunity of the Bible" it links to a podcast where the hosts have done a thorough job of going through and pointing out glaring inconsistencies in the Bible.