So the updated quote is from Stephen Hawking - via the New York Subway - via a New York Public Library Quote.
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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. Stephen Hawking
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I love that quote. It helps to explain "Science" and neither promotes nor rejects a faith in God.
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I bring this up because Stephen Hawking, "courtesy" of the DrugeReport, has been in the middle of a recent firestorm about God. He said - reading his words and paraphrasing here - that the Universe could be explained without God. He did NOT say that the Universe WAS explained without God. NOR did he say the Universe could NOT be explained WITH God.
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He simply said that one was not necessarily dependent on the other. I think this makes a lot of sense.
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The Universe is a beautiful amazing awe-inspiring creation. If you believe in God, it is easy to see the wonder, power and love that God would have in creating this and blessing us with it. If you don't believe in God, it is easy to see the wonder and joy in the Universe and want to protect it.
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If you are Drudge, it is easy to see how to create an artificial argument that will drive viewers to your site and make money from everyone else while whipping up a little anger.