Stephen Hawking: Heaven is a ‘Fairy Story’
- Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:17pm by
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Earlier this year, controversial pastor Rob Bell insinuated there was no physical place known as Hell. Now, prominent physicist Stephen Hawking says there is no Heaven, calling it a “fairy story.”
“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail,” he told Britain’s The Guardian in an exclusive interview. “There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
The Guardian details more of the interview:
In the interview, Hawking rejected the notion of life beyond death and emphasised the need to fulfil our potential on Earth by making good use of our lives. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply: “We should seek the greatest value of our action.”
In answering another, he wrote of the beauty of science, such as the exquisite double helix of DNA in biology, or the fundamental equations of physics.
Hawking responded to questions posed by the Guardian and a reader in advance of a lecture tomorrow at the Google Zeitgeist meeting in London, in which he will address the question: “Why are we here?”
In the talk, he will argue that tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged. “Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in,” he said.
Read the full interview here.
(via Gawker)
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commonsenseguy
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:47pmso i guess that computer of a brain of his was just put there by a space monkey, or the air he breaths and the food he eats was just pooped out of a stars butt. okay to each his own, i know he his paralyzed, but to believe this is only going to make it worse for him after life on earth stops,
Report Post »he and “”‘liberal-atheist-critical-thinker”"” must be brothers in some kind of space religion,to believe things this out there.
atechgeek
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:46pmIt is amazing the arrogance of humans to even think they have the capacity to understand God and his Kingdom.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:00pmIt is arrogance. His own numbers cannot explain everything in the universe, and he yet confidently proclaims there is no heaven.
In some ways it is also sad.
Report Post »Beerbear
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:32pmIt’s even worse arrogance to claim to have the true god, which all the religions do.
Heck, all those “holy books” are utterly arrogant, since they all claim to know what god wants humans to do. Outrageous.
Do his numbers have to explain everything in the universe? No, that’s the funny thing. We don’t even know what all is out there. So, of course, his numbers can’t explain everything.
It’s funny how all the religious zealots come out of their caves screaming at a guy who is significantly smarter than them (and who has very likely achieved a lot more, too.)
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:46pmBoy, yet another (just read the one re forging of the NT) – it‘s hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic. How any person with a brain can honestly believe they have all the answers, they know everything about everything (you’d have to know that in order to make these absolute statements) – is beyond me. Their arrogance is beyond understanding. It also shows he hasn’t honestly done research re the Bible being true – it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. For those that didn’t see my posts before, it’s worth repeating. Some great sites w/scientific/archaeological proofs:
http://www.allabouttruth.org http://www.creationevidence.org http://www.answersingenesis.org
http://www.christiananswers,net/archaeology/ http://www.dancingfromgenesis.wordpress.com
“…you will seek Me and find Me when you search,,with all your heart.” Jer. 29:12-13
Report Post »“Pride blinds the foolish”
Pray for all those like him……….
TRVTH
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:30pmIs everything in the bible true? Then it is ok to kill ones brother? It is ok to have wives and concubines? A man actually lived inside a whale? I could go on, and find places where it is ok to kill and others where it is not, And hundreds more inconsistencies, would not an all powerful being who is older than this universe it somehow created, be able to fix these?
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:40pmTrvth, you have a fairly large misunderstanding of the Bible. Honestly, have you read it or are you relying on someone else‘s words in a chat room or a hater’s web site?
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:48pm@Sparky
He has a very large misunderstanding of just about everything.
Report Post »DarkMatter
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:59pm@MOMPRAYN, Don’t forget the website http://www.creation.com :D
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:45pmUFO’s are real
Report Post »The Air Force is.nt
trooper
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:44pmYa, so what does this mean? We can go forth and murder and kill anyone that stands against us with impunity? Cool! Let the killing begin! Let’s get started as soon as possible!
Report Post »EQUALIZER
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:42pmWhat gives Hawking the power of speech?? If he thinks its a machine, he is sadly mistaken.The fact he is still alive gives you the answer.
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:41pmScience. <3
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:40pmIs he saying no 72 virgins for Osama Bin Laden?
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:46pmThere are….but they’re all Clay Aiken clones…..
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:38pmYoung girl paints masterpieces after visiting heaven …
Report Post »A twelve year old girl, Aki, is capturing the world with inspirational paintings based on her visits to heaven. Her visions began when she was four years old. ( 2 Comments )
http://www.examiner.com/spirituality-in-seattle/young-girl... – Cached
NHwinter
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:49pmThe above link does not take you to the young girl. Sorry. Try just her name or young girl’s painting of Heaven
Report Post »TiltingWindmills
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:37pmThere are no atheists in hell.
Report Post »LikesToFightGuy
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:36pmgo drive into a pool dude…there are like 10 people that care what you say
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:45pmHe has a right to his oppinion, but like I said, he’s screwed up and in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. He is brilliant, in sciece. But what does he base his oppinion on? Science? Or just a whole crap load of sour grapes because of his condition?
Report Post »leftwardho
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 8:46pmReally? That is what your religion tells you to say to non-believers? Great little faith you guys have there. A person who calls himself “Likestofightguy” is telling one of the greatest minds of our generation that no one cares what he thinks. Wow. Perhaps he is a little bit smarter than you, sir.
Report Post »DarkMatter
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:35pm“Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in,”
Does Stephen Hawking literally mean ‘nothing’, because that sounds like a logical impossibility to me. I mean, how can something that wasn’t there in the first place create itself? It sounds to me like the universe needed something, or more aptly someone, to create it…
Report Post »enemy of the statist
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:45pmThree Q’s for Hawking:
Report Post »1. Please define “nothing”.
2. What could be the only driving force that could create something from nothing?
3. What did that source say about Heaven?
caexpat
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:34pmI see a very angry man…I just leave him be…
Report Post »HighRoller83
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:28pmthats not very christian of you… see that my problem with religion… ppl use it as a crutch for their own shortcomings. Then they treat ppl like this…you don’t even know the guy and you are bad mouthing him…looks like your going to hell….that is if it was even a real place.
Report Post »EdtheK
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:31pmIt is so sad to see Stephen Hawking not having faith in his trials. When he gets to the Spirit World he will have to rethink all his equations of life, the universe, and everything.
Report Post »ScreaminEagle
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:31pmSweetpea,, Better Hope He’s Right,,,, Cause if Not,,, Sad Even For Him
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:31pmAt that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children
Report Post »lovesjesus
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:06pmThe other day I heard the President quote scripture to support a poitical point, and I thought that was wrong.
But then I reaoized that the quotation of God’s Word by anyone results in good.
Just look at all the people discussing God, brought about by Hawking’s statement. That can only be good and result in the fulfillment of God’s purpose.
When Stephen Hawking dies, it will take him about 3 seconds to believe there is a heaven and a hell…
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:48pmlovejesus, you really believe that? Based on what? Some ancient writings? Good luck with that.
Report Post »I am for real
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:29pmA person must decide ones own destiny.
Report Post »billjm2
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:29pmWhat a sad, sad little man. This is a man with no hope.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:54pmThe Latter pain will be worst than the first if he persists in disbelief.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:56pmNo hope? Eh yeah!! What type of hope would any of us have if we lived trapped in the body he is in – pushing the wheel chair around by blowing thru a staw – you have to admire a man who can have and use the brain power he has with not much of anything else!!! How many of us given the same situation would call heaven a fairy tail! http://wp.me/pYLB7-Zj
Report Post »M-Theory
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:51pmWe should keep in mind that along with the justice of God, there is also the mercy of God. We cannot presume to judge Dr. Hawking for his statements because most have not walked a mile in his shoes (wheelchair). One of his trials was obviously ALS. The Lord will take that into consideration and will likely also consider that Hawking developed his brain power to the best of his ability. I for one look forward to the Mercy of the Judge when I stand before the pleasing bar of God and hope for the mercy extended to ALL…including Dr. Hawking. I don’t agree with his assessment, but he is the product of his environment.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:29pmsucks to be him. crappy wheelchair life, then on to hell. i see why he is so down.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:43pmHis version of hell will be square wheels.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:40pm@ Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:43pm
His version of hell will be square wheels.
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Works for me.
NHwinter
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:27pmSo lets eradicate God so the Marxist goverment can become our new diety. I’ve had enough of these intellectuals thinking they know the answer to everything. God will make fools of them.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:26pmGet saved, Dr. H…You will be VERY disapointed if you don’t.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:54pmGod knows everything nd people can’t help what they truly believe or disbelieve.We come to Jesus Christ in different ways. Non believers or non Christians can encounter Christ in other people and be saved.[Not everyone who says,Loed,Lord, is pleasing to God but those who do His will.[How we treat the least of our breathren-says jesus..]So anyone can be saved regardless of their beliefs[intellectualizations].
Report Post »My problem with physicists is the way they changed the meaning or words;universe used to mean everything everywhere[it was all inclusive].Now they speak of multi-verises and the universe as expanding into [other universes?]They keep changing the rules of the game because ultimately science only is a description of what is.Why there is anything at all is a metaphysical question and not even these brilliant physicists can answer it because you have to go outside the description of what is[physics,whether quanthum or chaos or anykind] in order to get to the why.The same for consciousness;calling the mind a computer does not and cannot explain consciousness[that particles of matter or electrical or synaptic movements could create thought]though it could explain the workings of a brain.We’re either automatons or we have free will.Free will is an expression of spirit[soul].God can’t be found in science because God is spirit.Our free will-our consciousness[about matter and self is akin to spirit therefore we posit the existence of God who is spirit and for who we have an afi
beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:57pmOOOOH! There they go with the THREATS! Great religion you have there – it has to threaten people into “believing” its nonsense. What utter contemptable horse manure.
Report Post »PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:25pmWhat’s another way to spell moron? Stephen Hawking is the answer.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:24pmHe is right about the science but I hope there is something more
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:52pmScientifically, he certainly fits the role of a ‘tiny quantum fluctuation.’
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:14pmI am not offended by what Hawking knows. He is a genius you know (at least on the scale…not regarding wisdom). I am offended by what he pretends to know….along with other scientists.
Report Post »Getten
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:21pmI’m sure Barney Frank is happy to hear this!
Report Post »enemy of the statist
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:19pmAnd exactly what good does Hawking think that he is accomplishing or providing the human race by spouting these beliefs? And doing it in a very condescending way?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:24pm“Our Father, Who art in HEAVEN….”
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:27pmHe is trying to break people’s faith and create further schizm between science and religion when people are starting to understand that they are not mutually exclusive.
Make Hawking explain when they have ever seen a black hole, and make him explain the void at the top of space where there are no stars.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:31pmHawking is entitled to his opinion. Everyone is. However, the most important opinions & beliefs are the ones each of us personally have.
Report Post »PER100
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:35pmSinista MACE
Report Post »I agree, it is a great mind that can elevate understanding, but it is a flawed mind that locks in on only one idea and summarily dismisses all other possibilites
J.C. McGlynn
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:58pmI wonder what would happen if he proved God’s existence?
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:05pmIt really isn’t surprising. Hawking is above all a scientist. A very high percentage of scientists are unbelievers. He probably wants clear away all doubt, and set the record straight, by making it clear that his disability, and his likely death at an early age, did not shake his unbelief. He evidently considers atheism and materialism to be essential to a truly scientific mentality.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:11pmSo many brains, and yet sooooo stupid…
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:34pmThe void at the top of space is where God sits on his throne, and that is where Heaven is.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:59pmStopping suicide bombers or people who bomb abortion clinics–duh. It saddens me that I have to explain why unwarranted beliefs (especially those backed by a zealous feeling of moral certainty that justifies any action in the pursuit of their beliefs) are dangerous.
Have we really forgotten 9/11 so soon?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:19pmHeaven’s Fairy Story with a Happy Ending. Not a place for bad people. Mean People Suck!
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:23pmAnd while Mr. Hawking is entitled to his opinion, it is just that, his opinion.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:32pmyes and his opinion carries a great deal of weight.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:35pmWhy has the Blaze decided to post multiple “God Doesn’t exist” stories today?
The Bible is a hoax
Heaven is a joke
The Blaze gets to pick what stories to run – they just don’t pop out of mid-air…. so why today with all these stories?
Hey Blaze – How about a “God does miraculous things in people’s lives” story?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:38pmI know….
Let’s ask Justin Beiber what he thinks!!
Report Post »If not Justin – then Lindsey Lohan.
If Lindsey’s busy – then ask the Oracle – Jennifer Anniston.
hauschild
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:39pmI often don’t understand the end game for these non-believers. What is the upside to proving Christianity might be a sham? It makes many people happy, and helps many people cope. I‘d consider that a very good thing and even if I didn’t believe, I know the last thing America needs is about 50 million more losers on the dole. So, Christianity really should be embraced by all because it leads to production, ultimately. Always has; always will.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:40pmgeeee….do you think there might be some sour grapes here? I mean, I‘m sure Hawkins doesn’t BLAME GOD for being f%$#d up and in a wheel chair. This point negates his oppinion on this as far as I’m concerned…
Report Post »thelonious
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:40pmMany people share this opinion however. If Muslim radicals didn’t believe they were living a cosmic war, truly fought in the heavens, with no earthly repercussions, then they could see the lack of value of their actions. The same goes for Judaism and Christianity, not for violence, but for fueling the us vs. you duel between themselves and a much more desperate religious sect in a much more troubled part of the world.
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:41pmLike the serpent in the middle of the garden it is easiest to choose…..but is it wisest? If there is no heaven then there is no God but then tell me where did those greatest commandments for a person to conduct their life come from? An explosion? I think not, but I do believe in the foolishness of serpents and easy prey.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:41pmWhere‘s Hawking’s opinion on Allah’s blessings and peace be the smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from Damascus to Yemen?
Report Post »RAS
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:42pmDr. Hawking will no doubt be remembered as one of the most brilliant people in the history of mankind, but discounting his physical disabilities, who would allow him to do brain surgery on them? I certainly wouldn’t, nor would I have him counsel me on theological matters.
God bless Dr. Hawking for his magnificent contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge, but he should probably stick to what he knows for sure and leave our faith in God to us.
Report Post »coladude
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:50pmWell we have to believe in something these days.
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Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:51pmAnd some people have not had an out of body experience before….some of us have….good luck with that “there is no heaven” thing……
Report Post »Mohawk77
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:51pmWho gives a damn what another elitist says? Most “intellectuals” are atheists anyway. We’re just retards. Go blow some words Moron Wizard.
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:54pmHis intellect prohibits him from having something called faith. He will one day find out that he is sadly mistaken.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:55pmBeckisnuts, how does Hawking’s opinion on religion carry a “great deal of weight”? Is he an authority on metaphysics? If he ventured an opinion on American politics should it hold any more weight than any other British non-politician? Being smart in one area does not compute into expertise in another. Plus, I‘m guessing his authority on these matters would only be recognized by those who don’t believe in God. People who believe would recognize his opinion as what it is: religious disbelief.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:56pmhauschild, what alarms free thinkers is the prospect of another individual wreaking havoc because they believe “god” told them to. Kind of like Glenn planning to go to Israel to stir up trouble, which is exactly what he will do by insinuating himself into that powder keg, his delusional idiocy being the match. Free thinkers without delusions and superstitions are tired of and fed up to the brim with all the misery and insanity you religious people bring to the party. Enough already with the condlicts you all cause by clining to your many conflicting delusional and superstitious ideas.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:59pmEric_the_Red_State:
Report Post »Hey Blaze – How about a “God does miraculous things in people’s lives” story?
Because that might make people happy, and we want them scared and angry.
beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:03pmLeave to the delusional religious people here to spout their ignorant and mean-spirited trash. They never fail to show their true colors.
BTW, on another topic. I called Goldline to inquire into buying some Canadian Gold coins (purest gold on the market) and their rep tried to interest me in the old French gold coins at a much inflated price. Of course, I declined. But I wonder how many of you here may have fallen for that? Glenn claims he buys those old coins, but if he does, he is getting cheated. Goldline sells them for over double what the wholesale price is and for much more than the market value is. If there is upheaval and one needs gold, their value as an antique coin will not be helpful unless one can find a buyer for antique coins, which is unlikely in times of financial chaos. Just something to consider folks.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:05pmBoth guys are thinking in physical terms. No physical Hell. No PLACE as Heaven. No one asked him if he believed he had a soul. Hawking will believe in theories, but not God. Huh.
Report Post »Maybe Heaven is just a different dimension that your soul is able to pass through to.
thegrassroots
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:06pmHow’s Stephen Hawking going to explain his theories to his Creator during his first moment in Eternity? His explanations won’t hold up and will lie in shards around him.
I Hope and Pray that he uses his God Given Intelligence to do the Open Minded Research before he reaches that moment of no do-overs. God Have Mercy, In Jesus Name!
Report Post »seminolebri
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:15pmThere is a REASON why the Blaze post these stories. The truth has to be published of how many communist in this country and around the world want to destroy Christian Beliefs. The mainstream media isn’t going to tell you. The less people KNOW what is going on the easier it is for those who want to destroy GOD in our lives to do it……
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:18pmHe will see the day he dies, that he is wrong, but he won’t see heaven though
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:24pmתְּהִלִּים – Psalms 53
The fool hath said in his heart: ‘There is no G-d’;
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:30pmHas it ever occurred to you believers here, that if there is a god, it would realize that some people cannot honestly believe in the supernatural from an intellectual standpoint? Is your god so simple-minded that it could not understand that simple fact? There are so many reasons on so many different levels as to why religion, Jesus, and of it, is simply too far out for many good, decent folks to swallow? “Oh, but you must have faith and believe the unbelieveable. If you don’t, there’s a lot of misery waiting when you die! You better accept all manner of unproveable and ancient ideas or else!”
Well no thank you. We’ll pass on that when the plate is passed our way. When we die, some of us know that we will simply return to nothing, because that is what die means. There was nothing before our bodies were created and when our bodies die, there will be nothing. I am fine with that. Meanwhile, there’s no one peering into our minds 24/7 and no wasted time and energy worrying about nonsense that doesn’t exist in the first place.
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:31pm@uzi4u2
So in your view, anyone who has a reason to be mad at your God and doesn’t believe in Him should be discounted. Nice shell you’ve built around your views.
As for Hawking, I’ve read some of his work and watched his speach at the Perimeter Institute, and considering his sense of humour I doubt he’d be bitter and mad even if he were a follower of any faith.
Report Post »WSGAC
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:31pmHawking is just mad at God because he has to eat through a straw and drool on his computer screen.
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:33pmHe’s banking on that…
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:35pmLeave to the delusional Becksnuts to spout his ignorant and mean-spirited trash. He never fails to show his true colors. Haters will hate. Becksnuts is their leader, and they are a lame bunch of cowards who try to upset or insult people. They are sad little urchins aren’t they? They probably have no life, no friends, and certainly no one to love them. Sad, sad, sad. I‘m sure glad I’m not in their shoes.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:36pmAri ben, so you have to resort to name calling? How about this: the FOOL is one who tries to place the burden of his delusions on the shoulders of others. Do you realize that you are allowing the words of ignorant ancient people, (people who had NO understanding of why anything in their world really was the way it was, no science, no geology, geography, astronomy, medicine, physics, etc.,) to control your mind? How flat out stupid is that? Cheerful news indeed is at hand – a growing number of my fellow primates on the planet are waking up to realize they have no need for superstition.
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:37pmWhat a fool. So we now know Steven Hawkins is GODLESS and has absolutely NO FAITH OR HIGH CALLING. I suppose we should feel so sort of compassion for this UNFULFILLED genius, not because he‘s trapped in that body and or wheelchair but because he’s simply a fool.
Revelation 21:4 (King James Version)
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Hey Stephen, don’t forget to stay away from the light
Hey bud gotta light?
Report Post »Calmandcollected
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:40pmI am always surprised when really smart people, who have witnessed new technologies emerge and seen man do things previously thought impossible, make some stupid blanket statement about something he can never know for sure. Is his strongest logical argument that heaven doesn’t exist for people really based on it not existing for computers? Really Stephen? Last time I checked computers and humans were pretty different.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:40pmWSGAC, that was a mean-spirited and cruel remark, but so typical of a religious believing individual. Most of you believers would never make it into your heaven. Lucky for you that will never matter anyway.
Report Post »FreedomFighter2006
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:42pmIf you’ve seen Expelled by Ben Stein, you’ll see Hawking tongue tied and saying that we may have been put here by some type of intelligent life… but not God… He believes there could be UFO‘s but there’s no way we could be created by God… Sounds like someone who is more anti-God than pro-science.
If you want, search youtube for the interview of Hawking by Ben Stein in the movie Expelled. Shows how big of a doof the guy really is.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:43pmgotta light, you sound like a very childish emotional delusionist.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:44pm@BeckIsNUTs
It does carry a lot of weight with people who really don’t understand education and what it does. Dr. Hawking is an expert on physics (more specifically cosmology and theoretical astronomy). If he speaks on matters on which he is an expert, you should weigh his opinion appropriately. If he speaks on matters on which he is not an expert, you should weigh his opinion appropriately.
We often invite experts from other fields to speak at our conferences. Often it’s on topics where there seems to be potential for synergy (like biologist and surface chemists working together on biosensors). But their opinions on science outside of their expertise is not always…. realistic and it is weighed accordingly.
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:46pm@BECKISNUTS
Leave to the delusional religious people here to spout their ignorant and mean-spirited trash. They never fail to show their true colors.
And just for my own curiosity, If you hate the site and the people here so much….
you’re here because?
You’re wasting your time if you think by being here you can change even one persons mind.
Is being a paid Soros plant the reason for you gracing us with your presence?
Report Post »FreeMan5771
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:47pmYou cannot answer the question where did everything come from? Christians believe it was God, but then scientists say “Where did he come from?” Scientists believe in the big bang, or with Hawkins, multiple big bangs and universes, but Christians say “Where did that stuff come from?”
If there is a God, “where did he come from” and if there is no God, then “where did the matter and antimatter that make up this and other universes come from? Did it come from supreme being aliens? Well, where did they come from? Were they spat out of black holes? Where did they come from?
It’s a never ending circle that leads one in an infinite loop. So is Infinity God? Nah, that concept had to start somewhere too?
To paraphrase Glenn Beck, your head will explode if you try to answer this question. Every answer you can come up with can also validly be questioned with “yeah, but where did THAT come from?”
Full disclosure, I do believe in God and have experienced miracles. I cannot answer where HE came from no more than non-believers can answer where what they believe originated everything came from.
So with not being able to answer where anything came from, why not believe in something that gives you hope after this. Give it a try, non-believers. God will gladly help you if you will ask him.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:50pmHe’s making the incorrect assumption that heaven is something which can be measured.
Report Post »LittleLordFauntleroy
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:52pmDo organic computers create themselves? This guy is supposed to be smart and he thinks the human brain created itself. He sounds like a big dummy to me.
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:02pmNothing comes from nothing. As a physicist Dr. Hawking understands that matter and energy continually transform from one to the other. But when you start with “Nothing”, no matter and no energy, nothing can spontaneously generate.
Report Post »123gone
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:09pmPeople like this make me feel so blessed to know God, and to know that I am much more than just a physical creature existing in time and space. He gave me Faith, Hope, and Love for my fellow man.
Because of my belief in God, I feel joy and happiness in my heart knowing that He is always with me. Spiritual peace is worth much more than all of the scientific knowledge or fortunes of this world.
I feel sorry for those who have rejected Him, choosing to live and die alone.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:14pmMr Hawkings has the freedom to make up his own mind, as we all do; and in the end we each will be held accountable to the revealed and taught truth of the Almighty.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:22pmAnd the campaign against the true God continues. I will say a prayer for Hawkin’s for I am sure his life is not easy. It is too bad he does not believe in God because I have no doubt that God has many blessings stored up for him. Sad and pathetic. But everyone has a right to believe what they want.
Report Post »William113
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:25pmHypocrite Beck has a story like this on the Blaze but doesn’t both to put a hard hitting story like Jewish IMF boss rapes a woman. The IMF has some of the biggest crooks in the world in it let’s just say jewish organized crime. I wonder if its because he is kissing the Israeli’s ass. Just a thought. This is why Hypocrite Beck has no credibility left.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:41pmHauschild, your statement makes no sense, there are many believers on welfare, a decrease in christianity would have no effect at all on the amount of people on welfare. In fact athiests are on average more educated and more wealthy than religious people.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:06pm@beckisnuts
Report Post »Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:32pm
yes and his opinion carries a great deal of weight.
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Yea, with idiots who cannot think and drink Koolaid.
CatB
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:07pmA man of science … who dismisses what people of faith believe .. once again .. nothing new here. We will all find out one day Mr. Hawking .. and I hope that at that time you accept and are proven wrong.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:07pmbeckisnuts
Report Post »Posted: “When we die, some of us know that we will simply return to nothing”
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Congrats dude, you seem to have already acheived that goal…wait, is that Soros calling for someone to wipe his drool…you have a chance for usefullness yet!
Showtime
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:09pm@beckisnuts
Report Post »Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:56pm
hauschild, what alarms free thinkers is the prospect of another individual wreaking havoc because they believe “god” told them to. Kind of like Glenn planning to go to Israel to stir up trouble, which is exactly what he will do by insinuating himself into that powder keg, his delusional idiocy being the match. Free thinkers without delusions and superstitions are tired of and fed up to the brim with all the misery and insanity you religious people bring to the party. Enough already with the condlicts you all cause by clining to your many conflicting delusional and superstitious ideas.
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Are you certified insane or just delusional and insane? The more you say, the less sense you make. Go home to your mama. The room in the basement is waiting for you, you know, the one with the pretty padded walls.
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:26pm@ beckisnuts – The Torah/Bible describes the precision of movement in the universe:
Report Post »Jeremiah 31:35,36
Thus says the L-RD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The L-RD of hosts is His name):
“If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the L-RD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:28pm@ beckisnuts – The Torah/Bible describes the circulation of the atmosphere.
Report Post »Ecclesiastes 1:6 – The wind goes toward the south,And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit.
Gr8ful1jim
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:29pmThe Blazes Huff Po leader strikes again!
Report Post »Czar Casm
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:29pmHawkins says from nothing universes are created. He places his faith in nothing, something thats not there. Sounds like he’s doing the same thing he claims people of faith are doing. So it’s his religion vs their religion basically.
Show me that “nothing” that creates whole universes. Let me see it.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:30pm@ beckisnuts – The Torah/Bible includes some principles of fluid dynamics.
Report Post »Job 28:25 – To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:31pm@ beckisnuts – The Bible describes biogenesis (the development of living organisms from other living organisms) and the stability of each kind of living organism.
Genesis 1:11,12
Report Post »Then G-d said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And G-d saw that it was good.
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:33pm@ beckisnuts – The Bible describes biogenesis (the development of living organisms from other living organisms) and the stability of each kind of living organism.
Genesis 1:25
Report Post »And G-d made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And G-d saw that it was good.
Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:35pmBecksnuts “Free thinkers without delusions and superstitions are tired of and fed up to the brim with all the misery and insanity you religious people bring to the party. Enough already with the condlicts you all cause by clining to your many conflicting delusional and superstitious ideas.”
Intolerant bigot much?
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:35pm@ beckisnuts – The Torah/Bible includes reasonably complete descriptions of the hydrologic cycle.
Psalm 135:7 – He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
Jeremiah 10:13 – When He utters His voice, There is a multitude of waters in the heavens: “And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:35pmFor those who have read accounts of NDEs (near death experiences), it is clear that life continues after death. There are many, many accounts that have astonishing similarities. Some accounts are incredibly explicit and detailed. These people come back with information about loved ones and other things that would have been impossible to acquire if their “computer” simply went blank.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:36pm@ beckisnuts – The Torah/Bible describes the recirculation of water.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
Isaiah 55:10 – For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there,
Report Post »But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,
Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:40pmBecksnuts says “Well no thank you. We’ll pass on that when the plate is passed our way. When we die, some of us know that we will simply return to nothing, because that is what die means. There was nothing before our bodies were created and when our bodies die, there will be nothing. I am fine with that. Meanwhile, there’s no one peering into our minds 24/7 and no wasted time and energy worrying about nonsense that doesn’t exist in the first place.”
Now a true free thinker reflects on all this that he says, (and says, and says) and wonders, if he does not believe, why must he keep repeating it? Why can’t he state it is his believe (and we all accept that it is) and then he can shut up about it. But apparently, that is not his purpose here. His purpose is to try to insult others that he holds in low esteem (intolerant bigot) as much and as often as he can. He is a legend in his own mind (and a loser in the minds of most who have heard of him).
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:45pmPerhaps to cement his status as a know nothing, Beck’snuts says of people 2000 years ago “(people who had NO understanding of why anything in their world really was the way it was, no science, no geology, geography, astronomy, medicine, physics, etc.,)”
Shows he has little comprehension of history or those times. May I point out to him that all the constellations were named and being used for navigation. May I point out that they had maps of the geography that had been explored. May I ask what is the benefit of physics to Beck’snuts, since he really does not know much about it either?
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:50pmGinsburg “In fact athiests are on average more educated and more wealthy than religious people.” If you don’t count yourself, that might be true.
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 3:58pmMock conversation with Stephen Hawking:
Steve: Heaven doesn’t exist.
DittoHead: Really Steve? Do you know everything?
Steve: Don’t be ridiculous. Of course I don’t know everything.
DittoHead: Do you know half of everything?
Steve: No, I don’t know even half of everything.
DittoHead: Okay, Steve, let’s pretend you DO know half of everything.
Is it possible that Heaven exists in the half you DON’T know?
Steve: Hemmm…hawww…….well…………..humph.
Report Post »Galt1957
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:10pmHow absurd. Mr. Hawking can no more prove that heaven doesn’t exist than I can prove that it does. Ultimately it comes down to faith. But why pay attention to him on matters of religion just because he is, admittedly, brilliant on matters of science and physics? If I want my house rewired or my chimney rebuilt, do I hire someone like Mr. Hawking (his disability notwithstanding)? No, I hire the most competent electrician or mason I know. If I have questions about theology, Mr. Hawking is most definitely NOT the go-to guy. Frankly, I know much more about it than he does … and there are plenty of others who know more about it than me. But I’ll posit this: Thomas Aquinas could absolutely whup Stephen Hawking’s butt when it comes to intelligence on matters religious.
Report Post »jpjuve
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:19pmI feel sad for Mr. Hawking, but you know, it is written in the bible that even in the end of days there will be individuals who still will not accept Jesus Christ as their savior and the grace of God. All we can do is just pray for God to have mercy on their soul.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:33pmHe‘s so smart he’ stupid.
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:38pmFreedomFighter2006
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 1:42pm
If you’ve seen Expelled by Ben Stein, you’ll see Hawking tongue tied and saying that we may have been put here by some type of intelligent life… but not God… He believes there could be UFO‘s but there’s no way we could be created by God… Sounds like someone who is more anti-God than pro-science.
If you want, search youtube for the interview of Hawking by Ben Stein in the movie Expelled. Shows how big of a doof the guy really is.
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He wasn’t in Expelled. Richard Dawkins was, and he was answering the question, “If God didn’t create life on Earth, who did?” His answer was that, while highly unlikely, the theory of galactic panspermia suggest an alien species WAY advanced could have seeded the Earth. He then points out that those aliens would have had to evolve naturally anyway, and that he doesn’t buy the theory anyway.
But good try. You really did your homework in confusing the GREATEST theoretical physicist with the most famous evolutionary biologist.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:43pmOh right – one more thing. If you don’t like my posts, don’t read them. But we all know the truth hjere. You love to read what I have to share and in fact, you find yourselves looking forward to what I might come up with next. It excites you and you enjoy the stimulation. It’s okay too. No need to harbor those guilty feelings about it. The good news is, I have plenty more to share with you fine people. I am onto Glenn’s little game and have been for quite a while now. Just today, Glenn repeated his words of December 7, 2010, where he said we would all see the “ARM OF GOD” in our lifetimes. Glenn may actually believe such nonsense for real, although I think he makes some statements to spice up his show. But if he has gone over the edge and is really starting to believe all the hocus pocus his circle of religious nutters have been discussing, the ride should get extremely interesting over the coming weeks. I‘m looking forward to that day when Glenn slips up in one of his emotional outbursts when his sitters Stu and Pat aren’t there to fix it up for him. That will surely be a hoot. I‘m sure there’ll be many more interesting developments in the meantime however. Glenn is just getting into gear.
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:43pmThe universe is a hologram/black hole/frothing multiverse that sprang from quantum fluctuations. It has 11 dimensions, most of which are too small to detect, but they’re there, because physics, math and logic dictate.
But consciousness separate from a brain, or the existence of an intelligent being beyond space and time are unprovable and logically impossible, therefore they cannot exist.
Really? Okay, whatever you say.
Report Post »HADEN0UGH
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:44pmI wonder what is Stephen Hawking’s views on Allah and Mohammed? Or was he referring to Heaven for all religions?
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:02pmAri ben, showtime, sparky, randy etc. none of what any of you people posted has any merit or is worth responding to except:
Soros doesn’t pay me to post but Glenn should, since I’ve generated thousands of hits for him on the Blaze.
AriBen – thanks for posting theTorah passages, but they could have been written by a 10 year old as far as the weight of their content goes. Not scientific at all. Just mere statements of the obvious any child could have observed.
Too bad the Blaze moderator girl deleted my original post, as it was more meaty, but you’ll have to be satisfied with this for now. Off you go then.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:04pmAs the old saying goes, those who actually pay attention while attending the seminary become non-believers. Hawkin doesn’t give opinions as he is a rational scientist. For the believers here, please explain the need for the council of Nicea and other rewrites and editing of the bible. If it is all supposedly the word of God then why would men of the church have to edit it and alter verses?
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:05pmDRFROST, I’ll take what Hawking has to share over what Jimmy Swaggart, Glenn Beck or any other of those snake oil salesmen has to offer any day and you should as well.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:21pmBoy for a guy as smart as he is he’s pretty dumb. First cause my friend? What about it?
Nothing is spontaneous, there is always a source of inspiration, energy, ignition, fuel, heat, oxygen. Nothing exists without purpose and anyway you slice the Universe up from the immense to the DNA, nothing can justify why it even exists. Its purpose, its sex, its purposeful sexual recreation of itself and so on. To say there is no heaven, then one has to answer these fundamental questions. He can’t so he just says they are fairy tales for the scared of the dark people. Wow, that is brilliant!
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:24pmI know it must be tough to deal with his impairment, but should it make him so grumpy! What evidence does he have?
Report Post »black9897
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 6:18pmHm. Sad he thinks we’re a matter of chance. He’s what you call a highly educated, intelligent fool! Wish he didn’t carry so much weight with his opinion.
Report Post »ByrdsofMisssouri
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 6:33pmIf I were him I might question Heaven too. Usually God receives first blame for problems in life, even among believers. I do have compassion for his afflictions, I would not have his money or knowledge and be trapped in that body for the whole world. I would rather have hope in a place where all tears and frailty of flesh will be wiped away than be like poor Rover who’s dead all over. My faith and hope of a better place makes it so much easier to get through a day.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 6:44pmHow do you tell a fool? When they heading north and speaking out of their south end. Hawkings is a perfect example.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 6:55pmI figured it out, Becksnuts is Hawkins Dick. No wonder he is so useless.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:25pmHow does he explain prophecy?
And can someone make an app that excludes Beckisnuts comments?
Thank-you!!!
Report Post »Quack Addict
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:28pmGod could give Mr. Hawking a glorified body one day. Too bad he is denying the gift of salvation.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:45pmPOVERTY.SUCKS,
MANNAX said it best. It is the opinion of Hawkin…,no more, no less.
This man has been living with Lou Gehrigs disease for a long,long time.Far longer than those diagnosed with the same disease. They seem to go quickly. Of course they do not have the financial means of Mr. Hawkin.
I have his book. he wrote “A brief History of Time” in 1988! I was quite enamored of his brilliance. Now…,not so much.
I also have quite a few books about Einstein. Einstein, I think, was a Mystic. Einstein acknowledged God.
I’ll stick with the Genius of Einstein. Hawkin….,trash heap.
I wanted to add a special shout out to Beck is nuts. Are you freaking kidding me? You dispute Einstein?! UGH!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:46pmActually, he wasn’t talking about the Christian heaven, he was talking about the heavens of all the other religions on Earth. Those really are fairy tales, as we all know.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:57pmhe is a bitter genius that is pissed at God…
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 7:57pm@ERIC_THE_RED_STATE
“Hey Blaze – How about a “God does miraculous things in people’s lives” story?”
Because that’s silly–haven’t you been following the stories the Blaze is posting?
“I know….
Let’s ask Justin Beiber what he thinks!!
If not Justin – then Lindsey Lohan.
If Lindsey’s busy – then ask the Oracle – Jennifer Anniston.”
None of those people are analogous to Dr. Hawking (an objectively more intelligent person) and for you to suggest they are means you either 1) Know better and are choosing to ignore the disconnection in favor of making bad fallacious arguments, or 2) You are woefully ignorant of what’s going on in reality
Either way, one has reasons to question your credibility
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 8:06pmSteve is attempting to trump his theory over accepted scientific law: The law of bio-genesis is factual and it says that life begets life ALL the time. If life begets life all the time then the first life formed on earth must have been created by another form of life.
We can take this line of thinking one step further by stating: If the law of bio-genesis is a fact then laws operate in our universe. If laws operate in our universe then our universe operates in predictable patterns. If our universe operates in predictable patterns then chaos does not move our universe.
If our universe was not created by an intelligent designer, then it had to have spontaneously spurted from chaos. If our universe was a place where chaos made things, we would see sign of that chaos creating things all the time- science would have no place, because all things would be unpredictable and the basic rules that guide scientific experimentation would be an impossible feat.
This too would negate Steve from being a reliable source of information and his science would be a fools game.
Poor Steve sounds more like Charles Darwin every day.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 9:01pmwhy can’t your mind be a computer that shuts down when the components fail AND you awaken as an electrical (spiritual) part of a larger process?. ;) it can be both.. multiple instruments can play together to form a song. ..
Report Post »@the_WEDGE
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:17pmHawking is a Pea brain. lncapable of thinking beyond his nose.
Report Post »time4torchandpitchforks
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:54pmI’d like to ask Mr. Hawking exactly how many explosions (big Bangs) he knows of that have created a life form with DNA strands. Mr. Hawking is pretty stupid to entertain the chance of an explosion creating a human being. Intelligent design is the only explanation for life!!!!! Duh
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:55pmWell you are going to find out fairly soon now aren’t you Mr Hawkings
Report Post »tjoholland
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:56pmIt is important that the Blaze reports both sides, this shows us the right proportion of good verses evil. Also, how on earth can we make informed decisions it we only receive one side. Not to mention that there are more unbelievers than believers, it is horrifying for believers to discover this for our own eyes, we are on the narrow path that only a few will find that leads to life, they are on the wide path that MANY will take and leads to death.
Report Post »The Noodle Fish
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 11:46pmHe’s a good man. A great man, even. But he’s lived his life in a condition that deteriorates more and more every year. He’s a cynic and a skeptic by nature. I forgive him, because frankly, I think he’s a sweetheart, deep down, but he’s a scientist. He has the kind of mind that doesn’t believe easily. Lay off him. He can believe whatever the hell he wants to, and you have no right to say otherwise. This is his personal opinion. He doesn’t try to force it on anyone else. You shouldn’t either.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:05amI ask….If there is no GOD…then why did every civilization that we have ever discovered have a form of worship?
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:06amIt’s FAIRY TALE, FAIRY TALE! What are you? Some kind of an idiot?
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:13amTo have such a great mind, Iam supposing, yet to be so void of understanding. How on earth can he ever support a theory of someing just coming to be out of nothing through Science. That is just basic nonsense unless a Creator does do that. I have a feeling that he is in for quite a suprise when he dies. May God have mercy upon his soul.
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Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:16am@ Beckisnuts- “would realize that some people cannot honestly believe in the supernatural from an intellectual standpoint?” He already addressed that. In fact many in the 1st century saw these miracles performed and laughed and scoffed just as you do. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Report Post »-The word of God is so simple to understand yet those who seek after man‘s wisdom and not God’s are the one’s that will have to answer. If they choose not to believe, that is their fault, not God’s. You can’t run a stop sign and then blame it on the cop can you? You can’t claim intellectual disbelief and blame it on
scarebear83
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:28am(cont’d)- God. It‘s easier to not be responsible for one’s actions than to “man up.” I think that’s why atheism is so appealing these days is that the disbeliever has no responsibility. They think that if they just shut their eyes and don‘t believe they won’t be punished for anything they do that God does not exist that everything will be alright. It’s the same mentality a teenager has of going out and partying with friends in hopes of not getting caught. This way it’s easier to live your life just how you want it and there are no repercussions. But you also have to ask yourself, what if there IS a God? Would you really be willing to take that chance? Would you run that red light or go over the speed limit if you knew a cop would pull you over for doing such?
Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:38am(contd)- God. I think why atheism is so appealing nowadays is because one doesn‘t have responsibility for one’s actions. You could lie, cheat, steal and not have to worry about the repercussions. But you have to ask yourself, is it worth it? Do you really want to put yourself in jeopardy? Would you run a red light or speed if you knew a cop was nearby?
Report Post »harrisonjones
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:55amDear Stephan Hawking,
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
Report Post »— C.S. Lewis
spikebu
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:20amI’ve been away from the Bible for awhile. I know there was something about our knowledge making fools of us. Snow? First time I have felt pity for this man. Such a great mind cannot conceive such a GREAT LOVE. It’s so sad. Religion IS fallible. God is not.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:28amWho is John Galt?
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:44amThe Beauty of Science? I see that science is Hawking’s religion…
Any story of what caused the Big Bang has to be taken on faith, because science cannot prove what caused it. Hawking treats science as a religion, and the sad thing is, its a religion that offers no explanation for the origin of the universe. It can only explain what is observable.
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:45amThe beauty of the double helix? Sorry, Hawking, that isn‘t science’s creation. Science is the study of the world around us. It is strictly about observation. God created the universe and all its beauty, not science.
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:50amI think God has a little miracle in store for this man. I hope he does, anyway. It wouldn’t be the first time someone came to know Christ on his deathbed…
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:43amBoth Bell and Hawking will discover that there is life after death and Hell is real because they both will be in it. It’s amazing how lunatics like these get instant and universal media coverage and their assistance in spreading deranged philosophies as if they where factual.
The existance of Hell and life after death have been disputed by “unbelievers” since the Garden of Eden. They crawl out from under the garbage for a breath of fresh air every decade or so and polute the atmosphere for everybody else.They‘ll bury themselves in garbage again and that will be the last we’ll hear from them. Good riddance.
Report Post »novelator
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:54amI wish someone would ask Stephen Hawking this question:
Who designed mathematics? It’s a language, it’s Universal, meaning that even aliens from another planet can understand it and, through it, us, and vice versa; we all understand, virtually from birth, that two pieces of candy are better than one, we are born knowing the language; and with this language, everything and every process in the Cosmos can be described and/or understood.
So, who designed this universal language anyway? That it works Universally is proof of a Mind behind the Design, but whose Mind?
I wish someone would ask Stephen Hawking this one question and let him get busy on the answer.
The proof of God’s existence hiding in plain sight.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 10:26amI USED to have a lot of respect for Dr. Hawking. I guess he’s going to be surprised when his computer fails. It’s a good thing that God is more patient and longsuffering than we humans.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 10:43amDon’t forget to pack your heavy ice pack to keep you cool Stephen, because H*ll is hot.
Report Post »EltonJ
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:03pmActually . . . I think Stephen Hawking is beginning to run out of steam as a scientist, and gain more steam as a High Priest. A High Priest of Astrology. Still there are people worse than he, I met one. :) But it’s unfair that he would deny heaven like that, especially when he is in a position to believe in Heaven. The guy is stuck in a Wheel Chair with a debilitating disease. If I was in his position, I would, with all my power at my disposal — hope for a Resurrection instead of permanent death. Resurrection into a perfect, incorruptible body is better than a perfect death.
Report Post »algerville
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:30pmBeckisnuts…have you ever considered that you my friend are nuts? Ask yourself one question, what one religion has been argumented by all tongues, tribes and nations the longest (say 2000 yrs)? then ask yourself one more question : WHY? I will pray for your soul dear!
Report Post »Sad4theUS
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:34pmHe and all the rest of the scoffers will find out the truth soon enough!
Report Post »fsow
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:44pmFaith is a gift from God. We who have it are blessed and because we have it, have the ability to pray for those who don’t. I shall pray for Hawking. It seems to me that if I were a parapelgic, I would be angry at some level and it is reasonable that my anger would provide the necessary illusion in my life to keep me from God. I was told recently that we can pray to God’s infinite power not to our human limitation. This seems apparent but it was insightful and inspiring to me. So now when I pray, instead of praying for just me and mine I now pray for the conversion of all sinners.
Report Post »markamerica
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 8:36pmThis is going to really tick some of you off, so let me start by saying that is not my intention. I too am an atheist, but I have to take issue with what some of you have asserted about Hawking. Mr. Hawking enjoys his current level of celebrity because of his disabilities. He was not a particularly bright physics student, in truth. It was only after his disease surfaced that he became substantially famous, so consider him the ‘affirmative action physicist.
Like many who suffer from disabilities, like the blind whose sense of hearing and smell sharpen, so it is true of somebody‘s mind when that’s all they have that works properly. His mind compensates for his complete lack of physical ability. It has made his mind stronger. He is also unbelievably arrogant. He believes his intelligence entitles him to certain special dispensations.
Mr. Hawking has been wrong about a number of substantial things in physics, among them the ‘information paradox’ in which he was bested by a plumber-turned-theoretician, Donald Suskind. He is also likely wrong about Hawking radiation, his notion of how black holes ‘evaporate’ over time. In fact, in physics, Stephen Hawking’s greatest achievements to date are to essentially parrott Albert Einstein with a few new twists.
That said, the one thing I agree with Mr. Hawking about is the nature of heaven. I think his analogy to a computer is quite correct. A brain is an organic computer.
Mark
Report Post »morgansss
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:42pmWith Who
beckisnuts
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 12:32pm
yes and his opinion carries a great deal of weight.
Report Post »some_thoughts
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:52pmEveryone please stop with the hate comments!! I‘m a Christian and I’m ashamed to see people who call themselves Christians just bash people like beckisnuts. Both sides are being disrespectful here, but “my side” is being the worst. I’ve seen some actually decent comments here, but most people are just making fun of Stephen Hawking instead of saying anything worthwhile. I see this on a lot of articles here on the Blaze. Can you please show some respect??
Beckisnuts, I don’t agree with you, but you carry the debate in a more civilized way than most people here. Thanks for that, at least.
Report Post »rattler1958
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 10:04pmDumb Luck is much more than “here you go.Now your Gone”. Hawking is working on the “theory of everything”. He has been proven wrong before. IMHO. God used his body, to boost his mind.
Report Post »doodad
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 12:08amHawking is just pis*ed that he has a debilitating disease, so he wants everyone to be as miserable as he is. This is the same guy who “believes” in man-made Global Warming, in spite of no evidence but exculpatory evidence! This clown is irrelevant and a liberal.
Report Post »theteaishot
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:33pmStephen Hawkings does not really exist. He is a artificially created person that college students created as a joke. Anyone can create a fake photograph and publish papers under imaginary names. Hawkings is a fake non-existent person. Prove its not true.
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