Stephen Hawking says afterlife is a fairy story

[Sentinel King]

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking recently explained his belief that there is no God and that humans should therefore seek to live the most valuable lives they can while on Earth.

Guardian writer Ian Sample asked Hawking if he feared death in a story published yesterday. This was his response:

I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Hawking's 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" sold 9 million copies, and in it Hawking referenced God metaphorically as the force that could fully explain the creation of the universe.

But in 2010, Hawking told Diane Sawyer that "science will win" in a battle with religion "because it works."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110516/us_yblog_thelookout/stephen-hawking-says-afterlife-is-a-fairy-story#mwpphu-container

I have nothing to say...I'm speechless....:redface2:

 

[Senshi]

A science vs religion debate?

Oh right!

 

[NateRiver]

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[Undrave]

What now SK? you think you know better than Stephen FREAKIN' Hawking? Is that it?

 

[CPS]

Oh how I will enjoy this. *pulls up chair*

 

[Ikusa]

Stephen Hawking says a lot of things.

 

[MetalSymphony]

I'm sure once he's residing in the First Circle of Hell, his tune will change.

 

[CPS]

I'm sure once he's residing in the First Circle of Hell, his tune will change.

Why? First circle is where all the cool philosophers were. Just Heaven without God.

Also completely non-Biblical, like that matters...

 

[Undrave]

Dante's Inferno is total fanfiction man!

 

[CPS]

And another article saying why what he said won't mean a damn thing to the general public:

http://www.livescience.com/14183-hawking-afterlife-fairy-story.html?kw=FB_Space