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Title: Heaven is a 'fairy story' says Stephen Hawking
Source: International Business Times
URL Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/146 ... story-says-stephen-hawking.htm
Published: May 16, 2011
Author: IBT
Post Date: 2011-05-16 22:19:39 by Flintlock
Keywords: Heysus, Fraud, Terrible, Lie
Views: 2905
Comments: 170

Heaven is a 'fairy story' says Stephen Hawking

Physicist Stephen Hawking has dismissed religion once again as he deemed heaven a "fairy story" aimed at appeasing those afraid of death.

The author of 1988 international best-seller "A Brief History of Time" said in an interview with The Guardian that his views were partly influenced by his battle with motor neuron disease.

"I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Monday.

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

Hawking's stance on religion has hardened since the publishing of his seminal work.

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 2010 book, "The Grand Design" 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.

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.

Read more: www.ibtimes.com/articles/...hawking.htm#ixzz1MZTleQ88

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IMO, Religion is nothing more than a control system to keep the sheeple on the reservation......Stephen Hawking agrees. Not bad company to have on an idea.

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#48. To: angK (#18)

The reason man is in the shape he is in today is because he IDOLIZES and WORSHIPS HIMSELF!

I disagree.

The reason man is in the shape he is in today is because he IDOLIZES and WORSHIPS MONEY!

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The love (worship) of both is IDOLATRY. Meaning to deify.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   1:05:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: sizzlerguy (#46)

If the amount of "guests" is any indication of where "God" can be found around here, then he's at the Horseshoe Casino Church.

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Hard times make people desperate.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   1:06:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: Flintlock, abraxas (#43)

Faith of a mustard seed.....

Hawking says are all fairy tales.

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And those who believe (trust in) Hawking's words have therefore become his followers.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   1:10:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#49)

Hard times make people desperate.

But you'd think "god' wouldn't run out of cash...or would you?

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   1:10:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Flintlock, angK, ambi, Armadillo, farmfriend, Artisan, all (#15)

What makes you think you were on the list?

I sure hope I'm not. Spending eternity with a bunch of groveling rapture monkeys would surely be Hell.

I don't think you're in any danger of that happening at this point in the game.


"Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook." ~ Ronald Reagan


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   1:25:27 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: wudidiz (#52)

LOL


Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

farmfriend  posted on  2011-05-17   1:34:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: abraxas (#29)

We are made in his image.

On this point I disagree. I think this notion evolves from man's ego, which is extremely limited and prone to anthropomorphize. I don't buy the ol' bearded man in a cloud routine.

Open your mind some more.


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   1:42:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: farmfriend (#53)

Rock it Out!!


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   1:46:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: wudidiz (#55)

Rock it Out!!

I just thought that maybe, just maybe, you would appreciate a sincere comment/question based on everything you have performed for mankind and not limited to 4um either; I want to thank you for your diligence and untiring efforts to support a single modal concept of chit-chat.

I just can't believe I get to touch a thread based on your own comment such as, Rock it Out!!; for me, since I am often kicked around and thrown into the pits of despair, you are raising my hopes for a new concept about humanity and the rising Phoenix representing all of us. I just have one (and only one) question for you; do you really pronounce 'eh as 'ah or is this a popular misnomer?

"In a free society we're supposed to know the truth," ... "In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it" -- Ron Paul, circa 2010-12-02

buckeroo  posted on  2011-05-17   2:00:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: buckeroo (#56)

Yeah, don't mention it. It's what I do. I inspire people.

Double dream hands!!

eh as in 'ay'


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   2:17:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: Horse (#19)

You cannot see God, because God is what you see with. I define God as your mind at its deepest level. God is a level of mind where there is no illusion of a subject object split which is beyond the ego.

I think the mind is the soul, and the soul can experience things beyond physical reality. All minds connected, past, present, and future, here on Earth and elsewhere, make up what some might consider to be God.

For Hawkings to think since he knows so much he can outright dismiss the possible existance of yet unknown and undefined forces within this universe and beyond, well, his ego has overcome his ability to reason.


"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-05-17   2:18:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: FormerLurker (#58)

Time, space, motion and distance are ideas in your mind but not in the Mind of God which is that deeper level of Mind that is Your Self.

The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie

Horse  posted on  2011-05-17   2:30:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: abraxas, farmfriend (#29) (Edited)

To: farmfriend

We are made in his image.

On this point I disagree. I think this notion evolves from man's ego, which is extremely limited and prone to anthropomorphize. I don't buy the ol' bearded man in a cloud routine.

Actually, the original Hebrew text says "God created Mankind in THEIR own Image, Male and Female THEY created Them."

So, in line with the original intent, the text is saying that God created Mankind (and every other living thing), in THEIR own image, MALE and FEMALE.

This corresponds with the Duality of Nature, where everything in Nature is either masculine or feminine (or a combination), in terms of not only living things, but physical things such as negative and positive electical charges, hot or cold, north and south magnetic polarity, etc.

From what I've read, the actual meaning is that the Human Soul is a microscopic reflection of the Soul of God in this Universe, where it is not only masculine or feminine, it mirrors various "intelligences", or energies which relate to Chakra within the body, or Sephiroth in terms of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

Apparently, not just from the obvious flaws with the various translations from Hebrew which made it into the modern Bible, Genesis itself was probably a rewrite of various ideas concerning Creation from past civilizations, where it changed each time it was passed down from one language to another.

Who knows what the original message was, who it came from, or if it was all just a fairy tale to start off with.


"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-05-17   2:35:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: Horse (#59)

Time, space, motion and distance are ideas in your mind but not in the Mind of God which is that deeper level of Mind that is Your Self.

I didn't say MY mind, I said ALL of the minds that have existed, do exist, and WILL exist, in this Universe AND Beyond.

I don't mean just human minds.


"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-05-17   2:37:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: Flintlock (#51)

Hard times make people desperate.

But you'd think "god' wouldn't run out of cash...or would you?

=============================================

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   2:40:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: FormerLurker, abraxas, farmfriend (#60)

the actual meaning is that the Human Soul is a microscopic reflection of the Soul of God in this Universe

What FL said.


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   2:44:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: Flintlock (#0)

This garbage has been posted before. & actually, the "religion is a control mechanism" arguement originated & was propagated by your controllers, who hate God & morality. You felll for their tripe.But there is still time to seek truth.

"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28

Artisan  posted on  2011-05-17   4:06:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: Flintlock (#64)


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   4:56:14 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: Flintlock (#0)

IMO, Religion is nothing more than a control system to keep the sheeple on the reservation......Stephen Hawking agrees. Not bad company to have on an idea.

In the final analysis it won't be about the beliefs of Hawking or you, Plato or me, Stalin or Pope John Paul II, there is an ultimate truth.

Like you, my Dad thought religion was simply a control tool. Religion as we know it is what man does to reduce a perpetual / continual creation process larger than his ability to perceive it down to a size his pea brain can handle. Then gurus representing the universe of differing views, idea and opinions use religion to further their own agendas.

It's difficult for someone to journey down the path of knowledge without thinking that they've gained some superior knowledge and are somehow entitled to an opinion that either their ego or peer pressure / acceptance causes them to express publicly. (Sometimes these intellects are simply seeking accolades for their brilliance).

In the end I'd agree that "religion" has always been used to control people in a million ways. These religions originated in ancient writings that have been handed down to us over time, with our technological knowledge base ever increasing, we have a tendancy to think we know something and I'd opine that even the most brilliant amongst us know nothing much worth knowing.

Man is the micro living in the macro and he not only can't see/know the earthly things that exist right in front of his face, he also knows there are other dimensions that exist that he can barely detect but remain a mystery to him while some intelligent force uses these dimensions to operate our solar system and a million others.

“But when you want money for people with minds that hate, All I can tell you brother is that you have to wait.”

The Beatles, Revolution, 1968

noone222  posted on  2011-05-17   6:02:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: Artisan (#64)

This garbage has been posted before.

Coming from Hawking I wouldn't call it garbage. If you know of another Human who has a better understanding out our world and universe please tell us who he is.

The fact that you disagree with Hawking doesn't make your "faith based" ideas valid vs Hawking's fact based ideas.

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   9:03:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: wudidiz (#65) (Edited)

You Sir, are no Ronald Reagan!

Putz

You're funny and not in a humorous sense.

You quote The Great Helmsman when is suits you then ridicule him on other threads? That coming from someone who comes from a county that has only produced one great statesman in the form of René Lévesque, and Levesque tried to lead his followers to secede from your country. Of course when secession was in their grasp, like typical Canuckistanis they didn't have the balls to do it.

Lack of balls. That describes Canuckistan to a "T" and you are no exception.

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   9:17:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#69. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#62)

Faith is the substance of things hoped for

Ah...I get it. Like when I wrote Santa a letter asking for a new bike on Heysus' birthday.

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   9:20:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: noone222 (#66)

Like you, my Dad thought religion was simply a control tool. Religion as we know it is what man does to reduce a perpetual / continual creation process larger than his ability to perceive it down to a size his pea brain can handle. Then gurus representing the universe of differing views, idea and opinions use religion to further their own agendas.

And like my dad too. He was one of those guys that walked away shaking the dust off his feet. He saw too much war and blamed religion, among other things, for the gullible state of mankind that allowed them to be led into it.

I differ with him in thinking that religiosity is an arbitrary state of affairs, a cloak that we can merely cast off as it pleases us. Religion is in our bones.

Take a shipwrecked load of unbelieving crew and passengers and dump them on an uncharted island somewhere lost in the Pacific. Give them seventy five or a hundred years or so to populate that island. If they haven't hacked each other to death in that time, they will have created a religion, complete with ceremony, a seasonal festal system, taboos and injuctions,and a code that is anterior to the common law, which they are also bound to create.

It's the human condition.

It is a violation of Natural Law to use this document in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

randge  posted on  2011-05-17   9:24:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: Flintlock (#69)

Like when I wrote Santa a letter asking for a new bike on Heysus' birthday.

======================================================

You can't SEE electricity, but have the common sense to know if you immerse yourself into an INVISIBLE STREAM OF 220 VOLTS, things like Heysus will no longer be an issue for you.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   10:01:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: Flintlock (#69)

Hawking doesn't FULLY discount the notion of God..

Hawking has stated that he is "not religious in the normal sense" and he believes that "the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws."

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-05-17   10:44:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: abraxas (#72)

Hawking doesn't FULLY discount the notion of God..

I never said I didn't believe in god, I only question our understanding of him.

ODIN!!!

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   11:13:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#74. To: Flintlock (#0)

Dear God,

Please send me a pony and a 44. Magnum for Christmas.

P.S. Please also kill John Hagee.

Bobby

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend” - J.R.R. Tolkien

Turtle  posted on  2011-05-17   11:19:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#75. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#71)

ou can't SEE electricity, but have the common sense to know if you immerse yourself into an INVISIBLE STREAM OF 220 VOLTS, things like Heysus will no longer be an issue for you.

Only if I'm standing in a pile of saltwater soaked scofield bibles.

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   12:21:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#76. To: Turtle (#74)

Please send me a pony and a 44. Magnum for Christmas.

Ah....that's cute.

There's nothing that brings more joy to my heart than seeing a red-blooded American kid write a letter to Santa.

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan

Flintlock  posted on  2011-05-17   12:28:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#77. To: Flintlock (#73)

I never said I didn't believe in god, I only question our understanding of him.

That is an excellent question to pose. : )

I forgot about Odin......lol.

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-05-17   12:28:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#78. To: Flintlock (#75)

Only if I'm standing in a pile of saltwater soaked scofield bibles.

============================================

Most atheists and agnostics chose to be that way because of wholesale hypocrisy.

That still does not disprove the validity of a Living Omnipotent, Omniscient, God.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-05-17   12:41:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#79. To: noone222, *Post Of The Day* (#66)

In the final analysis it won't be about the beliefs of Hawking or you, Plato or me, Stalin or Pope John Paul II, there is an ultimate truth.

Like you, my Dad thought religion was simply a control tool. Religion as we know it is what man does to reduce a perpetual / continual creation process larger than his ability to perceive it down to a size his pea brain can handle. Then gurus representing the universe of differing views, idea and opinions use religion to further their own agendas.

It's difficult for someone to journey down the path of knowledge without thinking that they've gained some superior knowledge and are somehow entitled to an opinion that either their ego or peer pressure / acceptance causes them to express publicly. (Sometimes these intellects are simply seeking accolades for their brilliance).

In the end I'd agree that "religion" has always been used to control people in a million ways. These religions originated in ancient writings that have been handed down to us over time, with our technological knowledge base ever increasing, we have a tendancy to think we know something and I'd opine that even the most brilliant amongst us know nothing much worth knowing.

Man is the micro living in the macro and he not only can't see/know the earthly things that exist right in front of his face, he also knows there are other dimensions that exist that he can barely detect but remain a mystery to him while some intelligent force uses these dimensions to operate our solar system and a million others.

Very well said and worth repeating, thank you.


No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)................. Israelis For 9/11 Truth

wudidiz  posted on  2011-05-17   13:25:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#80. To: noone222, wudidiz (#66)

deleted

The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-05-17   13:34:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#81. To: wudidiz (#79)

Thanks, I appreciate your kind response.

“But when you want money for people with minds that hate, All I can tell you brother is that you have to wait.”

The Beatles, Revolution, 1968

noone222  posted on  2011-05-17   13:49:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#82. To: Eric Stratton (#80)

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Yeah, what Paul said !!!

“But when you want money for people with minds that hate, All I can tell you brother is that you have to wait.”

The Beatles, Revolution, 1968

noone222  posted on  2011-05-17   13:50:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#83. To: noone222, *Post Of The Day* (#66)

well put.


Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

farmfriend  posted on  2011-05-17   13:58:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#84. To: Flintlock (#0) (Edited)

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

There is a great variety of illogic and unsupported assertions and assumptions to be found in this statement.

1. It assumes without foundation of proof or logic that sentience is purely a function of biology.

2. From that premise we get again, without benefit of proof or logic, the assumption that sentience and awareness lie within the physical brain.

3. Also implied is that matter organizes itself without benefit of sentience into sentience. In other words the universe created itself and in turn life, awareness, and existence are all functions of the random interaction of chemicals which came from some undesignated source, organized themselves without benefit of awareness or intelligence, and wa-la fucking magic - IT LIVES!

Remember The White Rose
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-17   14:01:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#85. To: Original_Intent (#84)

you put that so well.


Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

farmfriend  posted on  2011-05-17   14:07:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#86. To: noone222 (#66)

In the end I'd agree that "religion" has always been used to control people in a million ways. These religions originated in ancient writings that have been handed down to us over time, with our technological knowledge base ever increasing, we have a tendancy to think we know something and I'd opine that even the most brilliant amongst us know nothing much worth knowing.

And I would disagree. If you were to condition your statement as much, most hierarchical, etc., it would have some limited justification. Religion has been used as tool of control and subjugation by SOME individuals. Some of those systems of control have been formalized into Dogma, belief based on authority, and some have been formed as open questions exploring the nature of the reality we experience and its ramifications.

Most people in the West make the mistake of associating the concept of Religion with the hierarchical systems of which they are aware. That is a very limited viewpoint and is only representative of SOME not ALL.

Religion can really be subdivided into two broad categories (with finer subdivisions therein). They are:

1. Praxis - that is the practical aspects of a system of Religious Doctrine and Worship.

2. Philosophy i.e., the exploration of the spiritual dimension and ultimate nature of reality, the meaning of life, and who and what we are as individuals.

Stephen Hawking falls into a subdivision here in that he assumes that the ultimate nature of reality is only that which exists as material matter. The failing point of such a viewpoint is simply the question, "from whence came the matter?"

Remember The White Rose
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-17   14:11:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#87. To: farmfriend (#85)

Thank You.

Remember The White Rose
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-17   14:16:59 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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