Here is the exact quote I referred to:
"Since events before the Big Bang have no observational consequences...."
Stephen Hawking interview by Guardian: There is no Heaven
by behemot 19 Replies latest jw friends
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OUTLAW
I would have expected a much different statement from Hawking..Like..
"I don`t know if there is a Heaven"..
If you can`t prove something either way..The truth is..
You don`t know..
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PSacramento
Life after death is a fairy tale?
Stephen must have read some F'ed up fairytales, because for MANY ( according to some the majority) will NOT be in a fairytale like existence.
That said, since Stephen believes in the multi-universe hyposthese ( I think he does anyways), how does he know "heaven" isn't one of those universes?
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possible-san
You will hope that she (Reverie) can go to Heaven, when you play this game, even if you are a person who does not believe Heaven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbGDmYEIx80
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Heaven
Perhaps I need to send Mr. Hawking a letter.
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garyneal
Well, hey now. Kirk Cameron would disagree.
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bohm
Some points:
- statements need not be falsifiable to be extremely likely to be true. see the celestial teapot as a good example.
- Hawkins discuss theories which is not explicitly experimentally verified. However they are good models (in basically any sence of the word), and made in agreement with what we have observed the past 50-100 years. God is a very poor model for anything (in basically any sence of the word). This alone make Hawkins ideas better than a God-caused-it idea.
- "Where did gravity come from" yes indeed. but if this is a valid objection to reject the idea outright, why is: "where did god come from" not a valid objection?
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Anony Mous
Hawkins didn't respond to that particular question because it's just feeding the troll. Gravity does not 'come' from anywhere, it just is a property of all celestial bodies caused by their mass.
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Anony Mous
Hawkins didn't respond to that particular question because it's just feeding the troll. Gravity does not 'come' from anywhere, it just is a property of all celestial bodies caused by their mass.
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EntirelyPossible
I guess he's not looking forward to the rapture...
Oh, Hawking can rap.
