GOD DIDN'T MAKE THE UNIVERSE, HAWKING SAYS

Fellow travelers:

Here's the text of an article which appeared in the Sept 3, 2010 edition of the Baltimore Sun.

LONDON - God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicst Stephen Hawling argues in a new book.
     In "The Grand Design," co-authored with U.S. physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the Times newspaper, which published excerpts Thursday.
     "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes.
     "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."

Well said Steve-o. Sorry about the ALS and all. Hang in there