(July 31, 2015 at 10:13 am)lkingpinl Wrote: Even Hawking's proposal that at the Big Bang in the singularity the laws of nature would necessarily be broken down shows the universe's existence needs to violate the known laws of nature or is outside the laws of nature, or if you will, "supernatural".
IMHO, a lot of Hawking's latest theories are, shall we say, loose? It is almost as though he is creating his own 'god-of-the-gaps'. He has gained a position of authority and now, it would seem, he could say there really is a teapot belonging to the Spaghetti monster that is orbiting Jupiter and everyone would bow their heads in admiration of his genius. Not me.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
