Stephen Hawking: Heaven is a "Fairy Story"

British scientist Stephen Hawking has branded heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark, in his latest dismissal of the concepts underpinning the world's religions.

Yes, that is possible.

Whether it is probable is another question. And whether it is prudent, or productive, to believe that heaven is a fairy story, is yet another matter.

Of course Stephen Hawking has the right to make up his own (rather considerable) mind on this matter. But does his mathematical prowess give him any more insight into these questions than anyone else? Does he have any special knowledge of or information about these issues that is not available to you or I? Which raises another question: what would make one an "expert" on heaven? What would qualify someone to give expert opinion on the existence of God?

Is belief in heaven just personal speculation and opinion? And does what one believes about heaven make any practical difference in how one lives in the here-and-now? I'm currently writing a sequel to Lost in the Pages, that addresses these questions. If life is a story, what happens next?

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[Ed Schief]

Hawkings' statement above strikes me as his own version of whistling past the graveyard.

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