Why God Did Not Create the Universe

Wall Street Journal by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow | Sep. 4, 2010 (Editorial)

Ignorance of nature's ways led people in ancient times to postulate many myths in an effort to make sense of their world. But eventually, people turned to philosophy, that is, to the use of reason—with a good dose of intuition—to decipher their universe. Today we use reason, mathematics and experimental test—in other words, modern science. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - Sep 3, 2010 - 6:01 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Joey Baker (review), Harry A Farr (review), Greg Kopczynski (review), Randy Morrow (review), Alexis Kunsak (review), Matt K Gelgota (review), Glenn Talaska (review)
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Edited by: Joey Baker - Sep 4, 2010 - 12:18 PM PDT

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Glenn Talaska
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 by Glenn Talaska - Sep. 10, 2010

This is a "teaser" article excerpt from Hawkins new book. In this short article (the book introduction?) he provides the overall arguement for a non-god created universe without providing any of the supporting information on the specific theories of cosmology that support his hypothesis. The flesihing out is important , but that is why I will get and read the book when my local libraary gets it.....it did get my interest

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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Sep. 4, 2010
Joey posted this story.
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Harry A Farr
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 by Harry A Farr - Sep. 4, 2010
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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Sep. 5, 2010

As recent advances in cosmology suggest, the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason ... More »

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Alexis Kunsak
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 by Alexis Kunsak - Sep. 5, 2010

In a country where religion is a loud and constant topic, other opinions need to be equally loud and (much more) well-founded to be heard. This article explains the scientific viewpoint of creation succinctly and without compromises.

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Greg Kopczynski
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 by Greg Kopczynski - Sep. 4, 2010

Stephen Hawking may very well understand why God did not create the universe, but if he does, he did not convey that knowledge in this very brief artcle. He spent most of the article explaining why people throughout history have thought that there was some intelligent designer who created the universe, but then simply asserts that a designer is not necessary because "the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow for universes to appear spontaneously from nothing." Oh, and apparently ... More »

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Matt K Gelgota
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 by Matt K Gelgota - Sep. 5, 2010
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