This new book (to be released tomorrow) by world-renown physicist Stephen Hawking is sure to make waves. It seems to expound a complete "theory of everything", answering queries such as: "Why is there a universe--why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why are the laws of nature what they are? Did the universe need a designer and creator?" Apparently, Hawking settles on a negative answer for the latter, taking the following (seemingly absurd) position: Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is … [Read more...] about Stephen Hawking on the Universe and God