“Stephen Hawking thinks he can know everything.”
Well, he vacillates back and forth in his belief of God. He said in an earlier time that he believed in a higher being because science couldn’t explain the other side of the Big Bang.
Neither can Science (”Peace Be Upon It”) explain the astonishing fine tuning of the basic physical conditions which make life in the Universe possible. These are collectively called “the Anthropic Principle”. Science (PBUH) has to resort to Multiverse theory for its “explanation”.
e.g. “If there are billions & billions of universes out there, then one of them was bound to have all these physical constants at the correct values to permit life. And we (obviously) won the Lottery and ended up in that universe! See, “now science offers a more convincing explanation.”
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/designun.html
“Evidence shows that the constants of physics have been finely tuned to a degree not possible through human engineering. Five of the more finely tuned numbers are included in the table below. For comments about what scientists think about these numbers, see the page Quotes from Scientists Regarding Design of the Universe.
Fine Tuning of the Physical Constants of the Universe
Parameter —————————— Max. Deviation
Ratio of Electrons:Protons -—— 1:10 to the 37th power
Ratio of Electromagnetic Force:Gravity -—— 1:10 to the 40th power
Expansion Rate of Universe -—— 1:10 to the 55th power
Mass Density of Universe1 -—— 1:10 to the 59th power
Cosmological Constant -—— 1:10 to the 120th power
These numbers represent the maximum deviation from the accepted values, that would either prevent the universe from existing now, not having matter, or be unsuitable for any form of life.
The degree of fine-tuning is difficult to imagine. Dr. Hugh Ross gives an example of the least fine-tuned of the above four examples in his book, The Creator and the Cosmos, which is reproduced here:
One part in 10 to the 37th power is such an incredibly sensitive balance that it is hard to visualize. The following analogy might help:
Cover the entire North American continent in dimes all the way up to the moon, a height of about 239,000 miles (In comparison, the money to pay for the U.S. federal government debt would cover one square mile less than two feet deep with dimes.). Next, pile dimes from here to the moon on a billion other continents the same size as North America. Paint one dime red and mix it into the billions of piles of dimes. Blindfold a friend and ask him to pick out one dime. The odds that he will pick the red dime are one in 10 to the 37th power.”
“...now science offers a more convincing explanation.” Stephen Hawking
Riiiiiight!