I believe he knows better now.
I bet he has changed his mind since then.
The FOOL hath said in his heart; There is NO God.
Thou FOOL. This night(Death) thy soul shall be required of thee.
Sadly, Hawking died a FOOL.
There is a meme out there somewhere showing him in his wheelchair at the base of staircase going to heaven with the word s*** in the conversation bubble. I initially took it is irony in that he was in a wheelchair in front of the staircase. Now I look at it also that he was an atheist and standing before God