Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.

[Angrboda]

I think that the rhetoric is the part that is blowing smoke. That Prof. Hawking was an atheist is an interesting anecdote.  But much like the philosophers, it begs the question of why.  If he doesn’t have some reason or evidence, but it is just opinion; then the question is why is it relevant.  Now it seems that people are shying away, appearing  to indicate that he may not have given it much thought. Which if it’s just an opinion, and a poorly formed one at that; does’nt help it much in the relevance factor.

Professor Hawking developed a cosmological model which eliminated the need for a creator or creation event. Your opinion is based on ignorance of his work.