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Atheists misuse science by saying it disproves God, while theists misuse religion by viewing science as its enemy. There is a middle ground in which religion and science are not mutually exclusive, however. In fact they can be complimentary. There is no scientific explanation for what started the Big Bang in the first place, so there is still plenty of room for God in the creation of the universe.
I have a Nephew who has a PHD in both physics and cosmology from the University of Chicago.
He once told me that Hawking was a genius but there were lots of other ones who do not agree with him. They just don’t have the pulpit the he had.
Hawking believes in God now.
First words to God, “Never mind.”
A mans intelligence may be big, but that isn’t what saves someone.
You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead. You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.
I trying to stop myself from posting a link to the song ‘Stairway to Heaven’
You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.
I think the best perspective would be to judge the man’s work in his field on its merits, and ignore what he said on matters such as theology or politics.
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.
‘Lee Strobel interviews Christian apologist William Lane Craig’
if your’re talking about misrepresenting data by Hawking, I’d hardly use these two as a counter...especially Strobel...
Sounds like Hawking invented his own *cosmological constant*.
I guess he didn’t learn from Einstein’s attempt.
I’m no physicist...or astronomer...or rocket scientist.But even I know that “if there’s a clock,there’s a clock maker”.
Sounds like Hawking invented his own *cosmological constant*.
I guess he didn’t learn from Einstein’s attempt.
Could someone tell me what Hawking contributed to Science?
Actually, I believe it was the Jewish sage Maimonedes who 800-900 years earlier proposed the Big Bang.
Well done!
Virtually everything he propounded upon as a theoretical physicist has not been proved because with our present understanding of physics it can’t be.
Some of his pronouncements, if taken seriously, would require the entire human race to do incredible, dangerous and prove likely fatal for a large percentage of those who undertake them. Such as his well-known prediction that we had better get off this planet permanently because we have fewer than 100 years left here on Earth before we extinguish ourselves.
In other words, he asked you to take it on FAITH that he’s right and literally kill ourselves proving it.
Finally, I always wondered why he was not smart enough to figure out that this species should not be allowed to escape planet earth considering his opinion of said species.
Time was not on Hawking’s side.
Hawking survived his affliction against all odds. (His doctors told him he would die before age 30.) He defied early death through sheer willpower. I think it made him an anti-theist. That he dumped his nurse/wife who took care of him steadfastly for years didn’t help.
Hawking was a flat reality thinker.
By that I mean that his theories missed the most important variable, the operational frequency of human consciousness and it’s influence upon the perception of reality.
By keeping consciousness a constant, just as Einstein did, Hawking shackled his understanding of physics and God.