(August 23, 2010 at 1:22 pm)NoGodaloud ? Wrote: And secondly, its not wrong to cite authorities, when they are specialists in their fiels. What Hawking undoubtly is.
It wouldn't be wrong if he were talking about physics. His views on God, however, are irrelevant, for two people can have the same scientific facts and come to a different conclusion. God's existence still requires philosophical demonstration based on the scientific facts.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
