Posted on 09/04/2010 12:19:19 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. Hawking says in his book "The Grand Design" that, given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt published Thursday in The Times of London. "Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," he writes in the excerpt. "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper [fuse] and set the universe going," he writes.
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I know hes supposed to be a genius and stuff so I'm afraid of saying something that might make me sound like I'm trying to act more intelligent than THE Steven Hawking...and stuff...but.... Where did the gravity come from? (The black hole in his theory...)
How did absolutely nothing become something?
Did God create gravity? Is there some sort of cosmic loophole that Hawking is desperately trying to find so he can preclude God from eclipsing his own brilliance? What gives?
I didn't come up with this, but even in the bygone (thank God) days when I was less religious (Christian) I lived by the credo "I don't have enough faith to be atheist." As each day passes I do my best to strive toward a life worthy of His glory, and my belief in that line has become inexorably bound to my soul.
I mean no disrespect to Hawking. He is, after all, a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Sir Issac Newton himself. So nothing about his apparent atheism should actually be questioned since he's so freakin' brilliant...
Why do I suddenly feel my blog has been way too hard on Obama?
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Look up ‘Pair Production’, genius, and prepare to apologise:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/438692/pair-production
“Pair production is a direct conversion of radiant energy to matter. It is one of the principal ways in which high-energy gamma rays are absorbed in matter.”
No way will I apologize for something so obvious even an idiot could see. Thanks anyway.
“You are full of shit.” Wow, what are you sitting on that makes your butt so sensitive? BTW, if matter were not an energy condensate you could not convert matter into energy.
—PS, the next time you see energy turned to matter let me know, I would be interested as would most scientist on earth.—
Pair Production
Spontaneous production of electron and positron from photon of energy >1.02 MEV
Many similar examples...
—PS, the next time you see energy turned to matter let me know, I would be interested as would most scientist on earth.—
Pair Production
Spontaneous production of electron and positron from photon of energy >1.02 MEV
Many similar examples...
That is just horseshit. Show me real matter converted from pure energy.
I guess it just depends on your definition of "real". (masters science -Applied Nuclear Science -1978 - Ga. Tech)
There are loads of people who have fantastic intelligence in some areas and are complete idiots about other matters.
Ever read any of Einstein’s musings about God? He writes like a second-grader.
Hawking simply has no clue when it comes to metaphysical thinking. Considering that he’s English, this is no surprise at all. The English have traditionally dismissed metaphysics as something for fanatical Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Irishmen.
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