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Atheists & Agnostics

LakeArenal

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2. I believe physicists have been saying that for years.

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 11:36 AM

Apr 2017

Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe

The scientist has claimed that no divine force was needed to explain why the Universe was formed.

In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “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.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7976594/Stephen-Hawking-God-was-not-needed-to-create-the-Universe.html

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NEWSFLASH:... [View all] NeoGreen Apr 2017 OP

Bummer, that thread isn't visible for me. trotsky Apr 2017 #1

Normally... NeoGreen Apr 2017 #3

Very true. trotsky Apr 2017 #4

+1 progressoid Apr 2017 #10

I believe physicists have been saying that for years. LakeArenal Apr 2017 #2

Being an atheist doesn't obligate me to treat anyone in any way whatsoever. Iggo Apr 2017 #5

Exactly. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #7

That argument is illogical on its face. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #6

God's image Cartoonist Apr 2017 #8

Exactly... NeoGreen Apr 2017 #9