Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
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Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#2I find it funny how hands-off the article is. CNN tries too hard not to offend anyone, and unlike most articles, it doesn't actually present its own opinion.
Which would be nice to see in everyday reporting, but it seems the risk of offending people is the only way to garner true neutrality.
Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#3Heh, it's actually funny because in the bible it states that 'the Word of God holds the universe together'
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#4it is somewhat more likely that there is a God than that there is not
[citation needed]
Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#5So the reason there is a God, is that there must be a reason everything is created. I have tried to find out why that must be so, but have not come up with it. The only reason I could think of why people are saying this is that it might feel better for us humans that there is a reason.
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#6First the existence of aliens and now the existence of God. What totally unscientific speculation is Stephen Hawking going to make next for the media to latch on to?
Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#7>And, indeed, he argues, any form of intelligent life that evolves anywhere will automatically find that it lives somewhere suitable for it.
Definitely deserves a "well, duh", but so many people seem averse to this line of thought. I can't count the number of times people have argued in my vicinity for God's existence based on how nicely our planet suits us... while in the same breath demonstrating that they understand nothing about what they're arguing against.
That said, the world is trying to kill us. If we didn't fight back with intelligence and reproduction, we'd die off rather quickly. Maybe it's not so suitable for us.
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#8First the existence of aliens and now the existence of God. What totally unscientific speculation is Stephen Hawking going to make next for the media to latch on to?
Read/re-read the article. Or at least the title. He's not speculating that God might exist, he's saying he understands the sentiments that lead people to feel that way, while the book goes on with why he says they're wrong.
Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#9I find it funny how hands-off the article is. CNN tries too hard not to offend anyone, and unlike most articles, it doesn't actually present its own opinion. Which would be nice to see in everyday reporting, but it seems the risk of offending people is the only way to garner true neutrality.
This is just my opinion, but I think big news networks should keep their opinions out of their reporting, supplying us with as much factual information as possible (even if some would find those facts offensive). I find this article to be good reporting because it introduces Hawking's controversial opinion and a few opinion-based reactions without muddling them with its own bias.
Re: Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
#10I find it funny how hands-off the article is. CNN tries too hard not to offend anyone, and unlike most articles, it doesn't actually present its own opinion. Which would be nice to see in everyday reporting, but it seems the risk of offending people is the only way to garner true neutrality.
This is just my opinion, but I think big news networks should keep their opinions out of their reporting, supplying us with as much factual information as possible (even if some would find those facts offensive). I find this article to be good reporting because it introduces Hawking's controversial opinion and a few opinion-based reactions without muddling them with its own bias.
Only if you ignore their bias towards gaining as many readers as possible, even at the cost of more "meat".
That said, I agree, it's not bad. But it is amusing how incredibly non-offensive news networks get when anything religious / anti-religious comes up.