Well, I don't know about this...

Stephen Hawking


I am, by no means, discrediting Stephen Hawking as a genius.  He is.  I believe he is one of the smartest people to EVER exist and not just in our time.  His book, "A Brief History of Time" is a difficult read.  It divulges into string theory, which is mind-boggling.  I only took up to Inorganic Chemistry in college (I didn't have to take Organic by the time I had switched majors) and I LOVED quantum physics.  I GOT it.  It made sense.  (Basically, it's the study of the amount of energy needed for an electron to jump to the next ring in the atom.)  His book, though while understanding quantum physics, was hard to understand.  I still don't think I truly knew what I read.


ANYWAY - Hawking is now saying that, with the discovery of new theories in physics, it makes the idea of a creator redundant.  "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.  In my opinion (as a Christian), I do believe in the Creation theory, but I also believe in evolution.  I believe they coexist.  However, this statement does not make sense to me.  If anything, that would almost PROVE that there is a Creator.  I don't know the method behind the statement and I would  like to read it.  But, by stating there is a Law of Gravity...how does that disprove the idea of a Creator?  Why couldn't God have created the Law of Gravity?


I think this is the definition of faith.  I don't BLINDLY believe, but I know there are mysteries that we will never know.  If you, as a Christian, try to wrap your head around how God has ALWAYS existed or how the universe truly has no end...well...it becomes surreal after a moment.  To the deeply scientific, who strive for a concrete explanation of everything, perhaps this is a hindrance to this thought?  Perhaps because there is no proof or no theory to explain it all, it becomes harder and harder to believe.  To some (myself included), it makes it easier to believe because I can't logically explain it.  In my mind, I think to myself it HAS to be an Act of God.


Anyway, there are some heavy thoughts on this rainy Thursday morning.  :)