Of course, God can create circumstances to make things appear in any way; there is no way to refute the existence of God. Therefore, whether God exists or not is simply not a scientific question.
Why does Hawking have to think so small and limit his parameters? Such thinking is a sign that man views himself as the only God, as if God is beyond comprehension, then God does not exist! Sorry, but Hawking needs to look at the bigger picture!
Every created thing carries with it some residual of its creator. Since God is an uncaused existence, it is no surprise that His primordial creation should, from certain aspects, appear to be uncaused.
The atheist answers, “There is no explanation.”
The theist replies, God.
An intelligent case can be made for either answer.
But to say that the laws of physics alone answer
it is the purest nonsense
Bingo
Science can describe the Universe, but
It cannot, in principle, explain
Where it came from, or
Why it exists
For this, one requires a MetaPhysic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics
?Not a failure...just doing what he likes to do....guess at how the universe works....
he has no idea....
.....he can neither prove or disprove this.
to be fair, neither can believers.
Throughout the history of scientific inquiry, people have used "God" as shorthand for "There is no explanation (yet)."
Hawking is a Lilliputian in the field of Isaac Newton.
Thoughts are only evident when reality appears in front of the originator, know God? Then we can see what is creating by His spoken word..
Hawking figures since he’s mess up, there can’t be a higher power.
I can’t abide “theoretical” “scientists”. Paid so much for doing nothing but sitting around imagining a “Star Trek” future.
Ridiculous.