The renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has labeled himself as an atheist, clearly stating that he doesn’t believe God exists at all. Hawking reportedly made the announcement in an interview at the start of the Starmus Festival taking place at Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
The renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has labeled himself as an atheist, clearly stating that he doesn’t believe God exists at all.
Hawking reportedly made the announcement in an interview at the start of the Starmus Festival taking place at Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
El Mundo, a Spanish newspaper, was able to get an exclusive interview with Hawking and headlined the story with the scientist’s statement about his beliefs.
Hawking is quoted in the interview saying: "What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God, which there isn't. I'm an atheist."
But this isn’t the first time that Hawking has mentioned his lack of faith in a divine higher power.
In his book entitled The Grand Design, he says that the laws of science are in place and do not require a creator to have started everything.
Hawking has also previously said he doesn’t believe in heaven or an afterlife.
When asked in the interview if he thought space exploration was a good thing to invest billions of dollars in, he said that that colonizing other planets might be humanity’s only hope for insurance of our long term survival.
