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There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by hatux: 7:52pm On Sep 26, 2014
Stephen Hawking makes it clear: There is no God. The physicist explains that science now offers more convincing explanations for existence. He is therefore an atheist.
Stephen Hawking comes right out and says it. He is an atheist.

If I were a scientist, I'd stick to the Goldman Sachs
principle: bet on both sides.
"Believe in science, believe in God" seems to cover all the possibilities and gives you the best chance for a cheery afterlife. For a time, it was thought that astrophysicist Stephen Hawking had also left a tiny gap in his credo window
for a magical deity. However, he has now come out and declared that there is no God.
He gave an interview to Spain's El Mundo in which he expressed his firm belief that el mundo was the work of scientifically explainable phenomena, not of a supreme being.
Hawking said: "Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation."
I'm not sure whether there was a specific moment in which science overtook the deistic explanation of
existence. However, El Mundo pressed him on the suggestion in "A Brief History of Time" that a unifying theory of science would help mankind "know the mind of God."
Hawking now explained: "What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which
there isn't. I'm an atheist."
He added: "Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science." Perhaps. But some look at, for example, the human eye and wonder how that exciting ball of jelly could have come about scientifically.
Hawking's been tending toward such an absolute pronouncement for a while. In a speech last year, he offered an explanation of how the world came to
being without God. He mused: "What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for
people who asked such questions?"
I do worry, though, about Hawking's sweetly divine
faith in humanity. He told El Mundo: "In my opinion,
there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the
human mind."
If that's true, the human mind still has to develop
exponentially to explain everyday phenomena, such
as social networking. And then there's Hawking's
insistence that his speech synthesizer, which gives
him a curiously American accent, has had this
consequence: "With the American accent, I've had far
more success with women."
We definitely need some serious research to explain
that.

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Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by Nobody: 8:00pm On Sep 26, 2014
This dude is smarter than about 2billion christians
Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by Nobody: 8:02pm On Sep 26, 2014
You dont need to flog anybody too hard when they say there is no God....
They will soon know if there is God or not
Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by Zainal(f): 8:13pm On Sep 26, 2014
RockyTeee: You dont need to flog anybody too hard when they say there is no God....
They will soon know if there is God or not
Abi o
Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by hatux: 8:42pm On Sep 26, 2014
RockyTeee: You dont need to flog anybody too hard when they say there is no God....
They will soon know if there is God or not
Lol cheesy.. That's true though..
Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by adet991(f): 8:51pm On Sep 26, 2014
RockyTeee: You dont need to flog anybody too hard when they say there is no God....
They will soon know if there is God or not
yes o my brother.Let's wait and see
Re: There Is No God Says Stephen Hawking by iamtheprincipal: 8:56pm On Sep 26, 2014
hatux: Stephen Hawking makes it clear: There is no God. The physicist explains that science now offers more convincing explanations for existence. He is therefore an atheist.
Stephen Hawking comes right out and says it. He is an atheist.

If I were a scientist, I'd stick to the Goldman Sachs
principle: bet on both sides.
"Believe in science, believe in God" seems to cover all the possibilities and gives you the best chance for a cheery afterlife. For a time, it was thought that astrophysicist Stephen Hawking had also left a tiny gap in his credo window
for a magical deity. However, he has now come out and declared that there is no God.
He gave an interview to Spain's El Mundo in which he expressed his firm belief that el mundo was the work of scientifically explainable phenomena, not of a supreme being.
Hawking said: "Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation."
I'm not sure whether there was a specific moment in which science overtook the deistic explanation of
existence. However, El Mundo pressed him on the suggestion in "A Brief History of Time" that a unifying theory of science would help mankind "know the mind of God."
Hawking now explained: "What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which
there isn't. I'm an atheist."
He added: "Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science." Perhaps. But some look at, for example, the human eye and wonder how that exciting ball of jelly could have come about scientifically.
Hawking's been tending toward such an absolute pronouncement for a while. In a speech last year, he offered an explanation of how the world came to
being without God. He mused: "What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for
people who asked such questions?"
I do worry, though, about Hawking's sweetly divine
faith in humanity. He told El Mundo: "In my opinion,
there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the
human mind."
If that's true, the human mind still has to develop
exponentially to explain everyday phenomena, such
as social networking. And then there's Hawking's
insistence that his speech synthesizer, which gives
him a curiously American accent, has had this
consequence: "With the American accent, I've had far
more success with women."
We definitely need some serious research to explain
that.

May GOD have mercy on him.

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