02/09/2010
London: British physicist Stephen Hawking has said that the creation of the universe was a result of the inevitable laws of physics and it did not need God's help.
In his latest book titled "The Grand Design", Hawking writes: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist."
He rejects Isaac Newton's theory that the universe did not spontaneously begin to form but was set in motion by God. He wrote in the 1988 book: "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going," the Daily Telegraph quoted Hawking as writing in his current book.
Hawking argues that the Big Bang which resulted in the creation of the Solar System and planets, including the earth, was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and God was nowhere in the picture. Earlier, a few scientists, including Hawking himself, had said that the sparkplug that kickstarted the universe through the Big Bang was probably provided by God.
Extracts of The Grand Design was published in Eureka magazine in The Times. And in that Hawking is quoted as saying: "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going."
Hawking had been putting forward the `no-God' theory for quite some time. In June, he had told a Channel 4 series that a "personal" God did not exist.
"The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions."
However, there are unexplained phenomena in astrophysics. For example, researchers are yet to identify the `dark matter' that comprise over 75 per cent of the universe. Black holes, dark energy and God's particle -- phenomena that resulted either in the formation of the universe or in its death, have not been conclusively explained by science.
The Grand Design, co-written by American physicist Leonard Mlodinow, is published on September 9.
Source: IANS, India Syndicate
K.Venugopal
#3
Friday, 03 September 2010 11:50:25
Hawking is both right and wrong. Right because there is no personal God sitting out there, having created the universe and now running it and later on to judge its inhabitants. Wrong because God is none other than life or the enlivener in us and is therefore the subject vis-a-vis the living and is therefore very much a personal God as only the subject can be. What Hawking is actually discrediting is the belief in God as the creator, eternally separate from His creation. This is purely a concoction of Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam. Hinduism does not believe in a creator that is separate from creation. Hinduism believes all existence is one, which existence displays its creative and destructive powers. God is therefore inherent in existence according to Hinduism and any separation is only maya or illusion. This is the conclusion Hawking is heading towards.
http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4332342&page=0
London: British physicist Stephen Hawking has said that the creation of the universe was a result of the inevitable laws of physics and it did not need God's help.
In his latest book titled "The Grand Design", Hawking writes: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist."
He rejects Isaac Newton's theory that the universe did not spontaneously begin to form but was set in motion by God. He wrote in the 1988 book: "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going," the Daily Telegraph quoted Hawking as writing in his current book.
Hawking argues that the Big Bang which resulted in the creation of the Solar System and planets, including the earth, was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and God was nowhere in the picture. Earlier, a few scientists, including Hawking himself, had said that the sparkplug that kickstarted the universe through the Big Bang was probably provided by God.
Extracts of The Grand Design was published in Eureka magazine in The Times. And in that Hawking is quoted as saying: "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going."
Hawking had been putting forward the `no-God' theory for quite some time. In June, he had told a Channel 4 series that a "personal" God did not exist.
"The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions."
However, there are unexplained phenomena in astrophysics. For example, researchers are yet to identify the `dark matter' that comprise over 75 per cent of the universe. Black holes, dark energy and God's particle -- phenomena that resulted either in the formation of the universe or in its death, have not been conclusively explained by science.
The Grand Design, co-written by American physicist Leonard Mlodinow, is published on September 9.
Source: IANS, India Syndicate
K.Venugopal
#3
Friday, 03 September 2010 11:50:25
Hawking is both right and wrong. Right because there is no personal God sitting out there, having created the universe and now running it and later on to judge its inhabitants. Wrong because God is none other than life or the enlivener in us and is therefore the subject vis-a-vis the living and is therefore very much a personal God as only the subject can be. What Hawking is actually discrediting is the belief in God as the creator, eternally separate from His creation. This is purely a concoction of Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam. Hinduism does not believe in a creator that is separate from creation. Hinduism believes all existence is one, which existence displays its creative and destructive powers. God is therefore inherent in existence according to Hinduism and any separation is only maya or illusion. This is the conclusion Hawking is heading towards.
http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4332342&page=0
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