God did not create universe: Hawking
The universe just ramped itself up. Simple. And yet doubts remain - spontaneous creation is, for most folk, just a contradiction in terms"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd; / I am always about in the quad." This was the divine response, as imagined by Ronald Knox, to the inquisitive undergraduate who, following Bishop Berkeley's line of thought, wondered whether a tree in the college quadrangle would still exist if God was not there to sustain it. Now someone rather higher in the academic hierarchy has raised the question in a different form. Professor Stephen Hawking says in his new book that there is no place for God in theories about how the universe got started: "Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something." Anyone who has ever watched in amazement as a piece of domestic equipment, say a washing machine, suddenly swings into action, even though no human hand has touched any buttons, will be able to grasp something of what Hawking is hinting at here. The universe just ramped itself up. Simple. An
God did not create universe: Hawking
God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe due to a series of developments in physics, according to a new book by Stephen Hawking.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from ABC Science
God did not create Universe: Hawking, Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
Creation was Godless says Hawking
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from BBC News
God didn't create universe, says Hawking
The universe was not created by God, scientist Stephen Hawking has said in his new book.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from The Independent
Stephen Hawking: Archbishop of Canterbury attacks his claim God did NOT create Universe
Dr Rowan Williams dismissed Professor Stephen Hawking's findings that modern physics leaves no room for a Creator and science could explain the origins of the universe.
Fri 3 Sep 10 from Daily Mail
Stephen Hawking: religious leaders dismiss 'God not needed' comments
The Archbishop of Canterbury has dismissed the conclusion by Stephen Hawking, the retired Cambridge scientist, that the Big Bang was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and did not ...
Fri 3 Sep 10 from Telegraph.co.uk Science
In praise of ... God | Editorial
The universe just ramped itself up. Simple. And yet doubts remain - spontaneous creation is, for most folk, just a contradiction in terms"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd; / I am always about ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Guardian.co.uk
Chief rabbi challenges Stephen Hawking in row over origins of universe
Lord Sacks accuses astrophysicist of logical fallacy in book excluding possibility of supernatural creationThe chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, hit back at Stephen Hawking after the astrophysicist said ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Guardian.co.uk
Stephen Hawking says God isn't necessary
Theoretical physicist and official World's Cleverest Chap Stephen Hawking says there's no reason to think that God created the universe. read more
Thu 2 Sep 10 from TG Daily
Stephen Hawking Picks Physics Over God for Big Bang
Physics was the reason for the Big Bang, not God, according to scientist Stephen Hawking.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from FOXNews
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