Stu said:
"evolutionism as supposedly held by millions says that there was nothing at all, and then there was, and then progressing through more unobservable and untested steps."

But there was something there before "life" on Earth!
There was planet Earth, to start with.
And, all the material needed to create life was there! ( and maybe we were helped a bit by material coming in from space).

Nature has the ability to create something, were seemingly that "something" previously didn not exist!

For example, in the early days of the Earth there was no water! Not a drop!
Now, there is quite a bit!
Did that water come from nothing?
Oh, wait a minute, maybe God put it there!