My experience has been that people who believe the statement you made aren’t open to persuation about it’s lack of merit. They have an almost fanatical faith about it. And alas, it’s not a valid scientific theory if it’s not falsifiable.
If by “fanatical faith” you mean “unwillingness to abandon the theory on the basis of some combination of pseudoscience and religious belief,” then I agree with you. And, of course, the theory is completely falsifiable.
But like I said, I don’t expect to persuade you of that. Still, whether you accept the theory or not, you should be able to see that the new discovery doesn’t contradict it in any significant way. If you can’t see or won’t admit that, that sort of rules your opinion on the merits of the theory unworthy of consideration.