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Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that in his new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. 'Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist,' Hawking writes. 'It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.' Hawking had previously appeared to accept the role of God in the creation of the universe. Writing in his bestseller A Brief History Of Time in 1988, Hawking wrote: 'If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God.'"
It's turtles all the way down!
Following your argument that God aka Gravity has always existed...
It's ninja turtles all the way down!
Pascal sent a letter. He wants his Wager back.
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He may be breaking the laws of physics, in Louisiana
Indeed, I live my life by the motto "What would Zeus Do?"
Pretty much anything he wants, it turns out.
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Time and space are pretty much the same thing to a theoretical physicist, remember.
I finally figured that part out about 40 feet ago.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Himself. He's a recursive God. He created time, traveled back in time, and then created himself. So there! No need for stinkin' turtles.
Table-ized A.I.
But Spartacus died on the cross for me! Does that mean I should foment slave revolts?