{"id":50,"date":"2025-07-04T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2025-07-04T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:55:02","slug":"stephen-hawking-said-he-had-a-simple-answer-when-asked-whether-he-believed-in-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Hawking said he had a simple answer when asked whether he believed in god"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stephen Hawking, the groundbreaking theoretical physicist, shared his views on God and the afterlife before he died. He believed there was no proof of a higher power and that the universe could be explained through science. In an interview with El Mundo, he stated, \u201cBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.\u201d Hawking considered all religions based on faith without factual evidence, making him an atheist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/52\/126652-050-FD9AD7CF\/gravity-Stephen-W-Hawking-Boeing-727-April-2007.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Hawking | Facts, Biography, Books, &amp; Theories | Britannica\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201cThe Grand Design,\u201d co-authored with Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking argued that the laws of physics, not a divine creator, were responsible for the universe\u2019s creation. He wrote, \u201cBecause there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201cBrief Answers to the Big Questions,\u201d he stated, \u201cNo one created the universe and no one directs our fate\u2026 I think belief in an afterlife is just wishful thinking\u2026 it flies in the face of everything we know in science.\u201d Despite his views, he respected others\u2019 beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawking\u2019s scientific contributions remain influential and celebrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Hawking, the groundbreaking theoretical physicist, shared his views on God and the afterlife before he died. He believed there was no proof of a higher power and that the universe could be explained through science. In an interview with El Mundo, he stated, \u201cBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}