believes in creationism and says a creator created the universe?As did carl sagan,einstein,and new believers who worked on the hubble telscope.
2007-02-11 06:54:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
let me re-phrase this they believed in a creator I did not mean they were christians.
2007-02-11 07:27:23 · update #1
It's "Hawking", and you have taken their statements out of context.
2007-02-11 06:59:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
not really...
I listed to Hawkings and he seemed to get confused between his speculations and what he proved. Brilliant ... definitely...
Carl Sagan most definitely did not believe in either God or creation was probably a depressed man... "if anyone is out there they will probably never know we were here" he said in his book THE PALE BLUE DOT
Einstein... maybe.. he might have been more open to God than the other two.. not sure
the others definitely we not Biblical Creationists by any stretch
2007-02-11 15:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
None of them believe in a personal God or creationism.
They are, if anything, scientific pantheists - they feel reverence and awe for the universe. Einstein even said the only God that he could ever subscribe to would be Spinoza's idea of God (i.e. pantheist God.) They do not believe in any religion, they merely appreciate/d the universe.
Phrases such as 'God does not play dice' are not about the God of the Bible, they are just another way of saying 'things are not random.'
2007-02-11 15:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by serf m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Stephen Hawking and you are wrong. He absolutely does not condone believe in creationism and neither did any of the men whom you cite.
Hawking was paid to speak before a group of Creationists. He spoke for the money but he did not condone creationist theories.
Please be sure of your statements before you make them. This is the blog of someone who was there at Hawking's speech in Seattle:
"... the show begins and some big-wig from KCTS begins the introduction. I thought that Steven Hawking was about to be brought out, but then it is announced that the president of the DI, Bruce Chapman, is going to introduce Steven Hawking! I couldn't believe it! What a joke. He gave a typical schpeil making vague references to an intelligent designer and whatnot, and then Hawking spoke. Hawking gave a good talk, and then came the Q&A session. There were two prepared questions asked and then two kids from the Belleview district were allowed to ask Hawking a question directly. The last question was reserved for Chapman, who asked the following paraphrased. "Scientists from Galileo to Newton believed in some sort of divine intelligence that acted at least as a mathematician. What do you feel that the results from science from the later half of the 20th century have to say about the mind of god?" Hawking said that when he talks of knowing god, that he means what Einstein had meant, knowing the ultimate laws of nature. And he predicted that we would know the mind of god by the end of this century.
I can't believe that the DI would have the audacity to pretend that someone like Hawking would ever agree with their doctrines. They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Creationists drive me nuts! "
2007-02-11 15:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
You wish. Sorry to tell you you are wrong (although to be fair I do not know the views of all the people who work on the Hubble)
But no. Sagan was a confirmed atheist, Einstein was roundly criticised for his atheist views and I doubt Hawking is a believer as well, although I do agree with you on his intellect.
2007-02-11 14:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
God is an unavoidable and necessary truth, concept and cause.
Only the less enlightened don't think so but that is becasue they do not think that much, deep thinkers readily understand this, wether they believe in a personal god or not.It is usually people who are teenagers and who want an appearance of being smart without really being smart who are the nasty over-confident fundamentalist atheists.In the end though , I don't need a Stephen Hawkings , or CNN or anybody else to do my thinking for me, I have my own reason.
2007-02-11 15:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Socinian F 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Damn, Carl Sagan was a dyed in the wool atheist. Hawking does not believe in creationism, have you ever bothered to read any of his work? The same goes for Einstein. None of the scientists you've mentioned believe like you do.
Hehe, maybe you instead of Hawking you ment to say Dawkins. ;-)
I think Richard Dawkins is one of the most brilliant scientists today.
2007-02-11 15:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Sagan and Einstien were atheists for sure. Hawking's email addy is available on the net, so let's just email him and ask him:
S.W.Hawking@damtp.cam.ac.uk
2007-02-14 03:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Hawkins is a brilliant man. I wouldn't mind sitting in on one of his physics classes.
2007-02-11 15:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by dino 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hawking, Sagan and Einstein are/were atheists.
Stephen Hawking is a brilliant physicist, but he is past his glory days of the 60' and 70's and history will judge who is the "most brilliant"....not like it is a competition.
Once again, FoxNews could use people with your credibility and journalistic integrity.
2007-02-11 15:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Sorry, I believe you are misinformed. Carl Sagan went to his death bed saying, "I don't want to believe. I want to Know!". Though he could believe in many things he could not see or prove he was not so willing where God was concerned
2007-02-11 15:04:13 · answer #11 · answered by Steve R 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋