Stephen Hawking does not think science needs God
God isn't something needed to explain the whole world, states Hawking. Hawking has his own opinion on God which is shown in his book "The Grand Design" which was authored also be Leonard Mlodinow, Caltech physicist. He thinks that God is just something for humans that they need. There have been controversies between science and religion. The Grand Design talks about some of these. Hawking believes that gravity is what made it so the whole world might be created. He believes no God could possibly be a part of this. Any person opposed to Hawking's ideas will say that comprehending God's role in the world does not come through science.
Is Stephen Hawking or Sir Isaac Newton right?
Stephen Hawking's new book, "The Grand Design," squares off against the beliefs of Sir Isaac Newton, as outlined by The Guardian. Newton believed opposite of Hawking. He believed that God did design the whole universe. Newton could not believe that the world could have just randomly been created. Hawking's beliefs say the galaxy was able to be created because of gravity. Hawking wrote the book "A Brief History of Time" in 1988 that was a bestseller where, the Guardian explains, he took an opposite approach to God. In that book Hawking wrote that he accepted the role of God in the creation of the World. He explained, "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God."
Hawking believe in science
Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in London, which technically makes him one of Newton's successors. He explained in his book "The Grand Design" that he first doubted Newton in 1992 when finding an additional planet orbiting a distant star, meaning the world could not have been formed from chaos. During a June interview with ABC News, Hawking said humans created God in their image as a being with whom they can have a personal relationship. That seems extremely hard, he said, given that human life is insignificant and accidental within the vast scale of the galaxy. Hawking explained his stance to ABC News. He said Science will always win between science and religion.
Hawking needs to explain
Individuals of faith, for instance William Crawley at the BCC, disagree with Hawking's idea of the galaxy naturally being created by calling it a "classic agnostic response". To Crawley, Hawking is only speaking for himself when he says God isn't necessary for comprehending the whole world. "The Grand Design" gives no reason, he said, to rule out a religious explanation for the physical laws of the universe. There are scientists that don't agree with Hawking. They feel he is wrong. Fox News interviewed Professor George Ellis who believes differently than Hawking in that if it did come down to religion or science, which it would not, religion probably would win. Ellis is the president of the International Society for Scientific research and Religion. "A lot of individuals will say, OK, I choose religion then," he said, "and it is science that will lose out."
Further reading
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/02/stephen-hawking-big-bang-creator
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/WN/stephen-hawking-god-create-universe-question-day/story?id=11542128
BBC
bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2010/09/god_hawking_and_the_universe.html
