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In the beginning: Stephen Hawking's new book dismisses God's role in our universe
But Hawking's latest book, "The Grand Design," written with physicist Leonard Mlodinow, leaves little room for God - or philosophy for that matter. A Wall Street Journal article they wrote based on their book is titled "Why God Did Not Create the Universe: There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world - no gods required." Ref. Source 2
Physicist Stephen Hawking rejects heaven or afterlife as a 'fairy story'
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he added. Ref. Source 6
Scientist Stephen Hawking Supports Killing People in Assisted Suicide
Reuters reported today that scientist, Stephen Hawking, supports assisted suicide. At the same time, the comments made by Hawking in the Reuters article create confusion as to what actually constitutes assisted suicide. Ref. Source 6
"Even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
-- Stephen Hawking