Hawking announces god not needed to create the universe

[Rum]

Well we didn't need to be told, but perhaps some people did..

Here:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11161493

[Tero]

People have used "common sense" to work things out. Works for farming, not cosmology.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

People have used "common sense" to work things out. Works for farming, not cosmology.

I always use "good sense" rather than "common sense". "Good sense" isn't common.

[A Monkey Shaved]

The only "God" that makes sense to me is the "God" of the scientific pantheist which adopts the view that God and the universe are one in the same thing. In other words a god totally lacking in any intelligence which is totally unaware of its own existence because it is really no more than the personification of the laws of nature and physics. Scientific pantheism therefore is just a diplomatic form of atheism which Einstein warmed up to. He might as well of been more up front like Hawking and said god was not required in the creation of the universe and does not exist and be done with it.

[Tero]

Einstein was famous for cryptic quotes, I prefer Hawking.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The only "God" that makes sense to me is the "God" of the scientific pantheist which adopts the view that God and the universe are one in the same thing. In other words a god totally lacking in any intelligence which is totally unaware of its own existence because it is really no more than the personification of the laws of nature and physics. Scientific pantheism therefore is just a diplomatic form of atheism which Einstein warmed up to. He might as well of been more up front like Hawking and said god was not required in the creation of the universe and does not exist and be done with it.

So why be redundant?

[Pappa]

I ♥ Stephen Hawking

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I ♥ Stephen Hawking

Ewwwwww!!!!!!!!!

[Pappa]

I ♥ Stephen Hawking

Ewwwwww!!!!!!!!!

Platonically!

[Animavore]

So Stephen Hawking has decided to cash in on the "New Atheism" it seems... [/cynicism]

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I ♥ Stephen Hawking

Ewwwwww!!!!!!!!!

Platonically!

Sowwy. I was in Ratz-mode.

[Pappa]

So Stephen Hawking has decided to cash in on the "New Atheism" it seems... [/cynicism]

If it sells his books, who cares.

[Animavore]

So Stephen Hawking has decided to cash in on the "New Atheism" it seems... [/cynicism]

If it sells his books, who cares.

God cares

[Pappa]

So Stephen Hawking has decided to cash in on the "New Atheism" it seems... [/cynicism]

If it sells his books, who cares.

God cares

Not about you.

[Eriku]

So Stephen Hawking has decided to cash in on the "New Atheism" it seems... [/cynicism]

If it sells his books, who cares.

You'd've thought Stevie would reach that conclusion a bit quicker ;P

Anyway, good for him and us... Too many people think Einstein was a theist... Now we have clever folk like Hitchens and Hawking making sure their legacies aren't tainted.