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Title: God did not create the universe, says Hawking
Source: Reuters
URL Source: [None]
Published: Sep 2, 2010
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2010-09-02 21:17:00 by Flintlock
Keywords: ODIN!!!, Hey-Sus, AL-LA, Big Guy On A Throne With A Bea
Views: 14567
Comments: 141

LONDON (Reuters) – God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.

In "The Grand Design," co-authored with U.S. physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the Times newspaper which published extracts on Thursday.

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes.

"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."

Hawking, 68, who won global recognition with his 1988 book "A Brief History of Time," an account of the origins of the universe, is renowned for his work on black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity.

Since 1974, the scientist has worked on marrying the two cornerstones of modern physics -- Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concerns gravity and large-scale phenomena, and quantum theory, which covers subatomic particles.

His latest comments suggest he has broken away from previous views he has expressed on religion. Previously, he wrote that the laws of physics meant it was simply not necessary to believe that God had intervened in the Big Bang.

He wrote in A Brief History ... "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."

In his latest book, he said the 1992 discovery of a planet orbiting another star other than the Sun helped deconstruct the view of the father of physics Isaac Newton that the universe could not have arisen out of chaos but was created by God.

"That makes the coincidences of our planetary conditions -- the single Sun, the lucky combination of Earth-Sun distance and solar mass, far less remarkable, and far less compelling evidence that the Earth was carefully designed just to please us human beings," he writes.

Hawking, who is only able to speak through a computer-generated voice synthesizer, has a neuro muscular dystrophy that has progressed over the years and left him almost completely paralyzed.

He began suffering the disease in his early 20s but went on to establish himself as one of the world's leading scientific authorities, and has also made guest appearances in "Star Trek" and the cartoons "Futurama" and "The Simpsons."

Last year he announced he was stepping down as Cambridge University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Newton and one he had held since 1979.

"The Grand Design" is due to go on sale next week.

(Editing by Steve Addison)


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But, But, BUT!!! What about Hey-Sus?

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#3. To: Flintlock (#0)

God created the universe, but man does not care or pay any attention to God, so why does it matter.

octavia  posted on  2010-09-02   21:36:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: octavia (#3) (Edited)

God created the universe

Prove it. My money's on IQ 300+ Hawking

Flintlock  posted on  2010-09-02   21:37:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Flintlock (#4)

My money's on IQ 300+ Hawnking

His IQ is 160........perhaps you should refrain from betting.

abraxas  posted on  2010-09-02   21:46:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: abraxas (#8)

He's a fucking retard.

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-09-02   21:47:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: A K A Stone (#9)

Is there not sufficient idiocy at your little digital shithole that you must come peddle your crap over here?

You're so stupid, I don't know how you manage metabolism, let alone speech.

That little cadre of misfits, sociopaths, troglodytes and assorted other deviants you give voice to at Liberty's Shame couldn't muster double digit IQs if you spotted them twenty points.

Samuel Gray  posted on  2010-09-02   21:57:21 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Samuel Gray (#15)

You still pissed I wont let you join up. Piss off cockroach.

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-09-02   22:20:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: A K A Stone, Samuel Gray (#25)

You still pissed I wont let you join up. Piss off cockroach.

Stone you goof. You want traffic? You want debate? SG would kick ass and take names. You goaded me into "debating" the subhumans on Flame and I accepted. You have a forum of hollow posters. I'm now asking you to put SG on full privilege and stand back. That's the least you can do.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2010-09-02   22:25:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Jethro Tull (#31)

To be honest I don't pay much attention to Sam Gray. He just sent me an email one day wanting to join. He had a bunch of strange requests. He wasn't serious. No one is stopping him from signing up. But I'm not going to welcome someone who doesn't care for me.

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-09-02   22:29:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: A K A Stone, Mudboy_Slim (#37)

But I'm not going to welcome someone who doesn't care for me.

Did you welcome Mudboy_Slim? And... as a just a point of curiousity... how does Mud care for you?

buckeroo  posted on  2010-09-02   22:34:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: buckeroo (#42)

I prefer Mud to you Buck. He has better manners then you do.

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-09-02   22:36:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: A K A Stone (#48)

I prefer Mud to you Buck.

This is good news as I am not queer in any way ... exactly how does Mud open his silk kimono to you; I am sure the women on 4um want to learn how you connived Mud to lay with you?

buckeroo  posted on  2010-09-02   22:39:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: buckeroo (#51) (Edited)

I am sure the women on 4um want to learn how you connived Mud to lay with you?

uh...no, we don't. i don't even want that visual in my head.

christine  posted on  2010-09-02   22:54:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: christine (#71)

i don't even want that visual image in my head.

Ever see Deliverance?

buckeroo  posted on  2010-09-02   22:57:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#76. To: buckeroo (#73)

yes, good film, but that scene was disturbing to say the least.

christine  posted on  2010-09-02   22:59:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#84. To: christine (#76)

yes, good film, but that scene was disturbing to say the least.

Depicting female rape is lurid entertainment. "It's essential to the story line!" we're told.

Depicting male rape oughta be against the law because as we macho sumbitches learned from DELIVERANCE there's nothing stimulating about it.

"Boy, yew shore gotta purty mouth!"

Ugh.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2010-09-02   23:22:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#102. To: HOUNDDAWG (#84)

Boy, yew shore gotta purty mouth!"

seriously, that was gross. realistic though.

christine  posted on  2010-09-02   23:53:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#106. To: christine (#102)

seriously, that was gross. realistic though.

Before that I couldn't picture a scenario where I'd have been thrilled to see someone drilled with a broadhead.

And, Burt & Co. got away with killing the mutants and they didn't have to explain it to the local sheriff! A double victory!

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2010-09-03 01:44:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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