[El Gato]

it just shows hte lengths theorists go through to exclude God from the picture

Hawking does not exclude God from the picture, which you would know if you'd listened to any of his lectures. Rather Hawking is trying to understand and appreciate exactly what it was He did do.

[CottShop]

[[Hawking does not exclude God from the picture, which you would know if you’d listened to any of his lectures.]]

I have, and yeah he does- He believes we are accidents of nature- that excludes God from the picture