[wmfights]

Meanwhile, in the United States, scholars at the ministry Reasons To Believe have argued against the idea that God is not necessary because laws such as gravity exist and said even with the laws there is the requirement for something that transcends the universe to bring it into being.

Thought you might find this article interesting.

I'm stunned to the extremes that modern science will go to deny God. M theory, String theory, etc. It all goes back to claiming there was no Creator. I bet they wish they never debunked the steady state theory.

[LiteKeeper]

Reasons to Believe is not a great resource to quote. Hugh Ross believes the universe began with the ever increasingly discredited Big Bang theory.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!

I bet they wish they never debunked the steady state theory.

So very true.

I recently posted a relevant reply but rather than repeating it, here's the link if you're interested.

[mad_as_he$$]

I know many string theory and other physicists that believe in God. They see no reason why their work denies God or creation. They see it as the works of the machine, no different than the things we are just beginning to understand about DNA. Science is not evil. Christian posturing about it rarely moves the discussion forward.

Hawking is just trying to point out that under the current understand of how things work it may not be necessary for God to point a finger and make statements. He may well have built it into the machine of the universe.