2006-09-29 16:02:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When did Hawking die?
2006-09-29 16:10:15 · update #1
Stephen Hawking has stated, "It is difficult to discuss the beginning of the universe without mentioning the concept of God. My work on the origin of the universe is on the borderline between science and religion, but I try to stay on the scientific side of the border. It is quite possible that God acts in ways that cannot be described by scientific laws, but in that case, one would just have to go by personal belief."
He also denies being an atheist.
Einstein has said "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
No one is quite sure but he was either atheist or agnostic.
2006-09-29 16:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by BABY 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was not an atheist. I tought Hawking said he did not believe in G-d, but I'm not sure, I just read Pudding's answer. I have read "A brief history of time" and other books from Hawking, he mentions G-d but as a "concept" .
I believe in G-d. I am a christian.
But I think you should not try to prove G-d, and you should'nt mix science and religion.
You cant force anyone to believe.
2006-09-29 16:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by THE CAT 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about Hawking but Einstein was not an atheist.
2006-09-29 16:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein said once, God dosen't play Dice with the Universe.
Hope he was Born-Again, Hawking too.
Didn't know Hawking was dead, but both of them know for sure now, one way or another.
2006-09-29 16:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mathematics is a meditation. I've read quotes by both Hawking and Einstein that expressed their awe of the Universe and it's creator.
True atheists worship man only and seem in awe of their own egos.
2006-09-29 16:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by angrygramma 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Since neither is alive, how are to know what may or may not have been. Perhaps they were and then made a deathbed conversion. What difference would it make? Would it make them any less important if they had no faith in God? Would their individual contributions to the world at large have been any less meaningful?
2006-09-29 16:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawking isn't dead and Einstein was Jewish
2006-09-29 17:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Sammy Hagar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstien no
Hawking did not sound like someone who believed in God to me
the problem is many peopoel say they belivei n god but are functional aetheists
2006-09-29 16:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. At the very least, neither of them accepted the Christian god.
2006-09-29 16:07:15 · answer #9 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they both acknowledged a higher power must exist to create what does exist-go figure.
2006-09-29 16:09:36 · answer #10 · answered by inquisitive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋