Go figure.
I believe his point is that the superstitious men of the Bible could be correct in some of their writings, but he stands by his theory that matter (at least protons) instantaneously appear and still extrapolates that to the "singularity", therefore no need of a god. I personally, don't believe his theory.
Go figure.
It is a matter of will. Hawking resists any notion of God and he's standing by his decision, no matter that his decision about everything coming from nothing is also a religious statement.