The world famous physicist Stephen Hawking did not believe in God and called paradise a fairy tale.
Hawking, who died at the age of 76 on March 14, 2018, wrote in his book Brief Answers to Big Questions, published posthumously, that there is no God. Also, in his opinion, no one controls the universe. This was not the first time Hawking had rejected the idea of a higher power. He challenged the existence of God for many years before his death.
“The question is whether the way the universe originated was chosen by God for reasons we do not understand, or was it determined by the law of science? I think the latter,”Hawking said during the Genius of Britain TV show. "If you like, you can call the laws of science God, but it will not be a personal God that you can meet and ask questions."
In the 2010 book Higher Design, Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinov attribute the reason for existence to “spontaneous creation,” noting that it is not necessary to cry out to God for the universe to begin.
As for life after death, in an interview with The Guardian, the scientist noted that the brain is like a computer, which in the end simply turns off.
“There is no heaven or life after death for broken computers; it's just a children's fairy tale for people who are afraid of the dark,”he said in that interview.
At the age of 21, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (LHC), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He lived with this disease until the end of his life, most of which he spent in a wheelchair.
Hawking was known for his discoveries related to black holes - in particular, the phenomenon that was named after him Hawking radiation, the bestseller A Brief History of Time, and wit. In addition, he openly spoke about his hypotheses regarding the future on Earth, noting that the planet could become a "ball of fire" in the next few hundred years, and artificial intelligence will destroy the human race.
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