With the apparent rapture coming this weekend, what better time to investigate the growing feud between Stephen Hawking and born-again sitcom star Kirk Cameron. Because, of course.
Speaking with the Guardian over the weekend, Hawking revealed that he doesn't believe in an afterlife. "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail," said Hawking. "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
That made Cameron, the former Growing Pains star who now stars in things like Left Behind, a bit upset. "To say anything negative about Stephen Hawking is like bullying a blind man," he told E! Online. "He has an unfair disadvantage, and that gives him a free pass on some of his absurd ideas. Professor Hawking is heralded as 'the genius of Britain,' yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that life sprang from non-life. Why should anyone believe Mr. Hawking's writings if he cannot provide evidence for his unscientific belief that out of nothing, everything came?
Stephen Hawking didn't respond, likely because he was busy adding Growing Pains to his Netflix queue in preparation for Armageddon.
[via E!]
ScottO May 18th, 2011 at 05:23 PM
If we should not believe Hawking(scientist) because of his "unscientific belief" that there is no God because he cannot provide evidence, why should we believe crazies like Cameron(Actor) that can't provide evidence for God. Obviously Cameron knows more about the creation of the Universe than Hawking. He doesn't need facts, he has the Bible. The Bible has all the facts you need. All that other science stuff is nonsense.
HeatherT May 19th, 2011 at 12:11 AM
There is evidence of God every where you go. Just look outside your window. Look out into the night sky and see the stars. The existence of God is everywhere. This Earth is and the nature and animals is a proclamation of his existence!
drevlan May 22nd, 2011 at 01:05 PM
The existence of the sky and of nature point to the fact that something greater than humanity was and is at work in the development of the world we live in. But this has nothing to do with the very human, petty, and unjust drek that makes up the Bible.
Anonymous June 9th, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Lately, I've seen people bashing other people for their beliefs. Different religious backgrounds bashing Atheists and Atheists bashing others for their religious beliefs. Let's face it. We all believe in something and no one knows who is right. Getting rid of religion is not the answer for everyone to get along. A famous celebrity made a video suggesting this. Atheist or not, everyone has negative and positive feelings. We need to work on controlling those feelings and religion helps many to accomplish this. Atheist also have to work on those feelings. Greed, fear, anger, hate, jealousy, etc. are the reasons why we have wars. People use religion as an excuse to act on those negative feelings, but religion in itself is not the culprit. For the most part, religions' main message is to love one another.