(posted : Tuesday May 17, 2011)
Yesterday, I posted a link to a Foxnews.com article about Dr. Stephen Hawking definitively stating that there is no heaven (article available here). Dr. Hawking is an incredibly brilliant man. His mind certainly works in ways that my mind cannot even dream about. He truly is an intellectual. Dr. Hawking also has more faith than I do. How so? Dr. Hawking is a man of science, and he has for years talked about the certainty of science and mathematics. He has also discussed religion and God, saying that there is no need for either. In the article referenced above, he says that the idea of heaven is a "fairy story for people afraid of the dark." Dr. Hawking is an evolutionist. He believes that all we see in the universe is a random act of science. There is no afterlife; we are here, and then we die. There is no God, no heaven, no hell, no spiritual forces of any kind. There is no master plan, all is simply chance.
Yesterday, I posted a link to a Foxnews.com article about Dr. Stephen Hawking definitively stating that there is no heaven (article available here). Dr. Hawking is an incredibly brilliant man. His mind certainly works in ways that my mind cannot even dream about. He truly is an intellectual. Dr. Hawking also has more faith than I do. How so? Dr. Hawking is a man of science, and he has for years talked about the certainty of science and mathematics. He has also discussed religion and God, saying that there is no need for either. In the article referenced above, he says that the idea of heaven is a "fairy story for people afraid of the dark." Dr. Hawking is an evolutionist. He believes that all we see in the universe is a random act of science. There is no afterlife; we are here, and then we die. There is no God, no heaven, no hell, no spiritual forces of any kind. There is no master plan, all is simply chance.
I don't have that much faith.
The theory of evolution (and yes, it is still call a theory, because that is what it is), in my opinion, takes more faith to believe than it does that an all-powerful, loving God chose to create all things in six literal days and rested on the seventh. It takes more faith to say, "There is no God" than it does to kneel at His feel in humble adoration. It takes more faith to say, "There is no heaven; no hell" than it does to recognize that all people have an eternal destination of one of those two places.
I've never met Dr. Hawking, and I doubt I ever will. He is an amazing man, for even for all his physical limitations, he has never quit working, never quit thinking, never quit using his God-given abilities to teach the world about science. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.
Psalm 14:
"For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
2 The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.
3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the LORD?
5 There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.
6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the LORD is his refuge.
7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD restores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad."
I pray that Dr. Hawking would turn to Jesus, humble himself, trust in Jesus' death to pay the penalty for his sins, trust in Jesus' resurrection to give him the promise of eternal life in heaven, and follow Him. And I pray that you would, too.
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