Why do religious people think they are smarter than Stephen Hawking?

Question

Stephen Hawking has done groundbreaking research on black holes and the origins of the universe. He proposes that space and time have no beginning and no end. Hawking has also suggested that if the universe was created then it is reasonable to assume it had a creator.

Hawking has also theorised that there could be multiple universes, possibly spawning like bubbles between yourself and your TV set. Why if someone so clearly intelligent and researching as Hawking, suggests that if the universe was created (in other words he doesn’t know) can so many uneducated religious people state that the universe was created by God?

If human intellect is unable to determine whether the universe was created, why does religion take over and assume it was and calls the creator God. Do religious people think that they are more intelligent than Stephen Hawking, and why do religious people not acknowledge that there could be multiple universes? Would each universe have it’s own God?

Answer 1

i understand your point. religious people for some reason refuse to think outside of the box. that leaves them uneducatable. they wind up missing the real wonder of what is because they keep their head stuck in the sand. it just beats me. its like when the church put galileo under house arrest for saying that we move around the sun. nothing has changed. i feel sorry for them in a way because they use that book like it means something. they will miss what is new because it is not in the book. funny you should mention hawking, i used his name in an answer about 30 min ago and have his book next to me. anyway have a good day. dont let these people get you down.

Answer 2

"He proposes that space and time have no beginning and no end. "

He does this by using imaginary numbers or imaginary time. It's a very useful tactic in math where you use imaginary number to get past a problem area and then later on you're able to come back to 'real numbers.' Hawking however, to show that time had no beginning never comes back from imaginary numbers/time. He admits that this only works in imaginary time. Unfortunately we live in real time, that's why I don't buy this.

"Hawking has also theorised that there could be multiple universes"

Right now these are really just theories and haven't yet been able to be tested in any real way. Until then why should we buy into it?

"Do religious people think that they are more intelligent than Stephen Hawking"

In a lot of ways, of course not. Does that mean that we must trust everything he says? History would seem to say 'no.' Many brilliant minds have erred in rather huge ways.

"why do religious people not acknowledge that there could be multiple universes?"

Saying there COULD be and that there ARE is a big difference. Besides, even if there are multiple universes, I'm not sure how that solves any of your problems. In fact I believe it only compounds them.

Answer 3

Seems like Stephen Hawking admits to there being a possibility of God, and a possibility of multiple universes. Certainly then if these are only possibilities, then one can chose to believe them or not. Mr. Hawking only has theories, he could be completely wrong, after all it was a theory that the sun revolved around the earth and that women have penis envy, doesn't make them true no matter what great mind came up with them. He's educated yes, but only as far as our limitations. So some people fill in gaps with God, doesn't make it stupid, and doesn't make it any less correct than theories.

Answer 4

Ok let me give you an analogy.

If you went and bought bike at the store, It was on clearance so you couldn't take it back, there were no instructions on how to put it together and the company was out of business so there was no way to get these instructions.

But you had put bikes to together before and had a pretty good idea of how to put it together would try? And if it worked when you were done wouldn't be pretty confident you'd done it right?

Well in the same way I don't have any thing that says 100% for sure there is a God but most things seem to indicate there is one ( as Mr. Hawking seem to confirm) so I looked around and find Christianity to make the most sense to me.

And when I've practiced it properly it' worked so I am all the more confident that it is the truth.

Answer 5

Either there is one all-powerful, unlimited God, or there is not.

By reason, you cannot have two all-powerful beings or each will be inherently limited by the omnipotence of the other.

While Hawking may be a brilliant man, his assertations about this universe are limited in that he is a finite being able to observe only that which is physically observable.

Christians are accepting by faith the concepts and principles which originate from the non-observable. Christians don't necessarily think they are smarter than Hawking, they simply choose to focus their attention more on the Creator, than the creation.

Answer 6

Many of the things that Steven proposes are founded on Mathematical speculations. They only have more validity than religion because of their mathematical basis. However this does not mean that Steven's ideas are true. We do not have anymore empirical evidence of the existence of multiple universes than we have of the existence of God. We can also only speculate that the Universe started from a big bang; equally we can speculate that there was a creator. Much of theoretical science requires faith just as religion requires faith. We have no idea, and cannot have any idea of transcendent entities. Science can postulate that their is no need for God, although it is not satisfactory to say that it is more likely to have started from nothing than to say that there was and is a creator. It is not a question of saying anyone is smarter it is merely choosing what to believe in a realm where certainty is illusive.

It should also be remember that Steven has not said that his work disproves God's existence. That is not what he has been trying to prove and that is not a by-product of his work.

Answer 7

We mostly believe that space and time are finite based on basic mathematics. Besides, I believe Hawkings has retracted his theory about "imaginary" time.

As for multiple universes, we might start to consider the theory once any sort of evidence is produced for it.

It's not that we think we're smarter than him (at least, I hope most of us don't). We have simply looked in a different area and found truth there. Science is not the only method of obtaining truth.

Answer 8

Swedenborg is better to read than your conclusions based on Hawking's work.

If there were multiple Gods, they would disagree at some point and the universe would be destroyed as we know it. The universe appears more stable than multiple Gods doing their own thing.

Answer 9

Mr. Hawkings while impressive in this era will have to stand the test of time that Christianity has stood.

His theory are impressive but not definitive.

Let peer and professional scrutiny over time be the judge of his authenticity.

Answer 10

you in hardship-free words touched on between the three questions I have requested in the following: massive Bang - Repeating phenomenon or no longer? (Please, no faith, or talk of the position "each and every thing" got here from) I took that quote purely as accessible information that "our" massive Bang is a repeating phenomenon, with one hundred% conservation of ability being the accessible reason behind the equisitely wonderful stability of the mechanism of enlargement and contraction. (And no, i don't think of that i'm smarter than Stephen Hawking, yet he ought to get particularly some issues incorrect and that i nevertheless would not be smarter). As for "As we survey each and every of the information, the idea insistently arises that some supernatural organization – or, particularly organization – might want to be in contact": it variety of feels that the question of why is there some thing is the only and in hardship-free words question that defies the guidelines of technological awareness; first and optimal, the first regulation of Thermodynamics. positioned extra succinctly, the actual incontrovertible reality that some thing exists in any respect is "supernatural"; "latest or going on outdoors the conventional adventure or expertise of guy". i don't think, in spite of the undeniable fact that, that Hawking's remark has a lot to do with proving that there become an smart fashion designer who calculated the speed of enlargement of the tremendous Bang with such precision. it variety of feels to have extra to do purely with explaining why our everyday universe is increasing on the speed that it occurs to be, particularly than at another cost. i ought to opt to understand if different scientists agree jointly with his statements that you've presented the following. As I stated, he ought to easily be incorrect.