MACS wrote:Sad day for scientists. The man was undoubtedly the lord of theoretical physicists.
He's now finding out whether or not his theories were accurate. He's either off into nothingness, or burning in eternal hell.
Rest in peace, Mr. Hawking. Hopefully.
I glossed over this earlier... but now that gummy quoted it... it makes no sense.
You start by posting a false binary choice (either there is no god and he's off to nothingness, or the god is specifically the type which believes nonbelievers will burn in eternal hell). The binary choice is obviously false, as the existence of a god can be the existence of ANY god. This isn't an "either macs or stephen hawking is right about the nature of the universe". You both could conceptually be wrong.
But then, you state that you hope he rests in peace. Which is weird, as you are presumably of the religion in which nonbelievers burn in hell (otherwise you wouldn't have offered that option up in the binary choice)... so hoping he rests in peace is disingenuous, as it would require you be wrong about your religion, something which is built solely on faith.
I really have never understood people.