Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

“Books of the Times - Many Universes in Stephen Hawking's Grand Design.”

The article “Books of the Times- Many Universes in Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design.” by Dwight Garner, talks about Scientist Stephen Hawking’s most recent book “The Grand Design”. Dwight Garner (2010) gives you some background on Hawking’s previous work noting that it was a best seller and explaining what the book is about. Dwight Garner (2010) explains how during his long career Hawking has never shown any type of religious preference affecting his work and writing. Even his former wife described him to be atheist.

This is nothing strange, human beings always have the same questions. Where they came from? How the world came to exist? If whether a divine supernatural

force aided the creation of everything as we know? Religion helps humans understand the origin of existence with their creation stories from the Book of Genesis to the Qur’an. Steven Hawking isn’t the only person with an explanation for our origin, which is why the different views collide.
Someone like Hawking will not settle for something that isn’t proven. He relies on the fact and mathematical proof. Things like the “Evolution Theory and the “Big Bang Theory” actually do make sense to a person like him because it is backed up by research and facts. Things like how it took God 7 days to create the world out of nothing do not seem to add up to someone like him. He can not settle for something that cannot be shown or demonstrated by some sort of evidence.
In his first book “Brief History of Time” Hawking ends it on a very positive vibe. He explains how with a better understanding and a more unified knowledge of physics, it could aid to learn more about some like God. With this statement people believe that maybe he may have some sort of religious sway or even a sarcastic remark that he put in there to start talk and speculation. What people definitely can get from this statement is that with the greater understand and knowledge of the origin of life, the simpler it can be laid out and observed.
With his second book “The Gand Design”, Hawking goes on to explain how the universe does not need the intervention of a supernatural or divine being.

“The Grand Design” talks about an extension of the String Theory called the M-Theory and how the theory explains how there a more than one universe existing, all unique, and how they all were created. With this statement it is a good way to reflect on the different religions out there and how these creation stories came to be. With or without a divine intervention to create many numerous universes, did more than one god create these universe, or did one create all of them? There so many explanations that each religion gives us that any could be right about the creation of everything, or they can all be wrong. But people do not pay attention to the “what if not’s” when it comes to this subject, in a world where some much negative is around us; more than positive. Today’s world, humans need something to believe in and that keeps everyone unified. Religion is something that can do that, it gives you an explanation for the negative and all the uncertainties that the world provides us to wonder

about.
With all these uncertainties humans have, religion is something they are able to turn to in order to receive answers for their questions.

Each religion is different and pretty much has a blueprint that the followers follow in order to live “their ideal lives”. Religion explains the right from wrong of the issues in this world, and how one must respond if presented with these situations explained; each religion having different views on things. With out these blueprints and guidelines to go by people would not know what is right from wrong. It is from things such as the bible that people go to in order to see what they must do in order to achieve that perfect state of heaven or nirvana that there belief explains and emphasizes so much

about.
As said before, people tend to to pay attention to the “what if not’s”, because they do not provide an answer to the question we deeply wonder about. It is only human nature to wonder where we came from and finding an answer to that question. Even if one creation story is more accurate than the other religions explanation of creation, it’s believers will believe the answer given because one always looks for an answer even if there may not even be one at the moment. Religions may have the correct explanation of the creation, or Hawking’s explanation may be more accurate than the religions’ . The beliefs of people will not be affected even if hardcore facts are given about these theories, religions explanation will tell explain how divine intervention of even these theories is present. Since the beginning of time religion has been a part of the human race and will continue to be, even if the stories are accurate or not. What a Muslim believes is morally correct may not be the case for a Christian. These differences that are taught is what helps set the standards on how one should act. It essentially shapes one and their perception to creation and the universe.