highwaystar101 on 03 September 2010
| Slimebeast said: The universe created itself from nothing because Steve Hawking said so. |
Haha, don't worry its not exactly like that. Stephen Hawking's words have been twisted a bit, he said God wasn't necessary for the origin of the universe, not that he didn't exist. It's slightly different to saying he doesn't exist outright. Personally he doesn't accept a divine origin to the universe though.
It's probably also important to note that when a theoretical physicist talks about "God", they just use it in a poetic sense to describe any generic intelligence determining the initial state of our universe. It's not relating to a personal God of any kind. Just thought I'd clear that up as it usually comes into these threads at some point.
