Faith and Science: Sheahen and Hawking
Origin of the Universe By Dr. Tom Sheahen Q. In the movie “God is Not Dead,” in one scene it was said that physicist Stephen Hawking proved that the universe just created itself, by the law of gravity. Is that depiction accurate? In one sense I can answer “yes” to your question about accurate depiction: Hawking really did write in his 2010 book “The Grand Design” that the universe created itself. On the other hand, on the matter of whether Hawking is right, I would emphatically say “no.” Stephen Hawking is an eminent physicist who has contributed some very innovated ideas about the behavior of black holes, and our understanding of cosmology is better because of that. Also, Hawking has Lou Gehrig’s Disease (A.L.S.) which makes him a very sympathetic figure. ...