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Wed 21 Jan, 2015 10:23 pm
Does " to believe what we want" mean " to believe what we want to believe"?
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Hawking declared:
"We are each free to believe what we want and it is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful."[278][279]
In September 2014, Hawking declared himself an atheist.[280]
@oristarA,
Yes, he means 'free to choose one's beliefs.'
@FBM,
FBM wrote:
Yes, he means 'free to choose one's beliefs.'
Thanks.
Does "There is
probably no heaven" mean "there is very likely no heaven"?
@oristarA,
You're welcome.
Yes, that's what it means. It's unlikely that a heaven exists.
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