Stephen Hawking died last week. May he rest in the peace of having the Lord explain a few things to him, including that we are more than an advanced breed of monkey (his logic requires that that be understood as “an advanced breed of protozoa.” The AP (or should that be the APe ) highlighted his special thoughts about mankind, actually rather ordinary atheist stuff. His passing was dutifully given a half-page spread in the Dispatch-Argus. The APe story referred to him as one who earned Einstein-like status. We think the better genius Albert Einstein who actually helped produce grand workable benefits to mankind. As to Hawking’s alleged profundity that “we can understand the universe,” — no, we can create some working theories about aspects of what we experience, as Einstein did, but thinking our pea-brains can really understand what is going on, that is hubris not genius.
“. . . one of the most highly recognized and revered scientists of the twentieth century believed in religion. The founder of modern physics and Nobel laureate recognized the impossibility of a non-created university, quoted saying “Everyone who is seriously committed to the cultivation of science becomes convinced that in all the laws of the universe is manifest a spirit vastly superior to man, and to which we with our powers must feel humble.” Another famous quote of his was “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
