Actually, Hawking doesn't refer to God as folks traditionally think of him/her but as a set of universal mathematical and physical principles on which the cosmos is based and operates. www.pbs.org has a nice little bit where they've transcribed an interview with him, clearing up the confusion and seeing Hawking denounced by some other scientists (and theologians) who are upset by the relative loose terminology used by Hawking and others of his ilk.
Whose to say how folk traditionally think of him/her/it - it seems to me there are as many concepts of God as there are people to think them - even if the churches would prefer we pay lip service to their definitions.
To me that faith and reason go hand in hand. It is when you mix in the churches, temples mosques whatevers that reason goes out the window. Faith to me is a personal covenant between God and the individual. All religious organizations are a form of politics - and we all know where that leads.
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Date: 2007-09-24 10:44 am (UTC)To me that faith and reason go hand in hand. It is when you mix in the churches, temples mosques whatevers that reason goes out the window. Faith to me is a personal covenant between God and the individual. All religious organizations are a form of politics - and we all know where that leads.