Can God be a useful "scientific" hypothesis? Yes

[Mercer (John Mercer)]

@Meerkat_SK5

They concluded that their work demonstrated how lifelike cells emerged from nonliving matter under conditions similar to the hydrothermal vents found on the early earth.

They concluded nothing of the sort. Their conclusions were chock-full of conditionals and qualifications that you omitted.

Why did you do that?