Godless Atheist Hawking Invited To Speak At the Vatican
Stephen Hawking speaks on the origin of the universe at the Vatican
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“When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the big bang, so there is no time for god to make the universe in. It’s like asking directions to the edge of the earth; The Earth is a sphere; it doesn’t have an edge; so looking for it is a futile exercise. We are each free to believe what we want, and it’s my view that the simplest explanation is; there is no god. No one created our universe,and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization; There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.”
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences convened at the Vatican for a plenary session on Science and Sustainability, among those present was Stephen Hawking.
STEPHEN HAWKING
Physicist
"With
James Hartle from the University of California, I worked out what
physical conditions the early universe must have, if space time had no
boundaries in the past. Our model became known as the No-Boundary
Proposal. It says that when we go back toward the beginning of our
universe, space and time become fuzzy and cap off, somewhat like the
south pole and the surface of the Earth. Asking about came before the
Big Bang is meaningless according to the No-Boundary proposal, because
there is no notion of time available to refer to. It would be like
asking what lies south of the South Pole.”
Hawking gave a 20-minute general explanation on his theory about the origin of the universe, the No-Boundary Proposal. He explained how he believes everything started and what remains from that start.
DR. VANDERLEI S. BAGNATO
Physicist, University of Sao Paolo (Brazil)
"He
was very clear in saying that some few things are missing. We still
need to prove a few things to somehow close his ideas about the origin
of the universe.” "I think it
was a very nice lecture and he made a big effort to transmit to us,
physicist and non-physicists, this idea of importance. Of building up
the blocks of knowledge to understand how everything starts.”
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is the oldest scientific academy in the world,
including even Galileo as a member. It thus has a reputation as a
prestigious academy, combining different view points to come to
conclusions on human issues and mankind.
The Academy will meet with Pope Francis on Monday in a private audience in the Apostolic Palace.
