New Book "The Grand Design"
Hawking says the Big Bang was the inevitable result of the laws of physics, not something explained by the hand of God or coincidence. “Since there is a law like gravity, the universe can create itself from nothing and it will be,” he said. “This is why we and the universe exist, not voluntary creation.”
“It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.”
Well, that's that. Let's move on to the next big question . . . uhm . . . why did the chicken cross . . . hmm . . . how many licks does it take . . .hoo boy . . .