Last September 2, 2010, Yahoo News pressed a feature on Stephen Hawking's upcoming book, The Grand Design and quoted Hawking in saying "God Did Not Create the Universe." (Read it here.)
What caused the universe has been a classic philosophical conundrum in the same way as trying to prove whether God, or a God, exists or not. Many physicalists subscribe to the idea that God does not exist, for He does not manifest himself in the material universe. Isn't it funny how we try to prove the existence of God, when we can't even figure out absolutely why we exist? I hope Hawking delves on that too.
I'll let those people debate on God if they like. Anything to keep boredom at bay. Anything to talk about at all.
Here's my word on it though.
It does not mean that if we cannot reason out the existence of something, it no longer exists. It does not mean that if we cannot prove a thing as true, it is ultimately false.
We always envision God as perfect, but God may not turn out to be the perfect we define. As my professor, Arthus Muega asked, "How can we define something as perfect as God, with something as imperfect as human language?" This is to say therefore, that God may not be what or who we perceive Him to be.
Faith and reason - many think that they just mix like oil and water.
But here's what my Theology professor told us, if you are sure about something, you don't call it faith; you call it common sense. God, for now, is not realizable through common sense, God is revealed through faith. Faith complements reason.
If all facets of life relied on logic, we have reduced our lives to something mechanical. We become no different from the computers which rely on algorithms.
Animals are proven to have intelligence too. I'm not sure if they have faith if to begin with, they are not conscious of their own existence. Faith therefore, is what sets us apart and above animals.
I did not create the universe, I only form conceptions of it - and I wont blame Stephen Hawking if he makes his own. If it were indeed gravity that caused the universe to exist, it is still of question what caused gravity.
I believe God created the universe. If not the universe itself, then he designed a system capable to evoke itself into existence.
What intrigues me most is if God indeed created the universe, why did He design the human mind to be capable of doubting His existence?
