Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ihlpl!dfm@att.att.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: A Brief History of Time Message-ID: Date: 17 Dec 89 07:10:16 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I have read Mr. Hawkings' book (actually, I've read it twice -- it is fun reading, but not what I would call "light"). It has been a while since then, and I am writing this from memory, so what I say may not be exactly right, but should be pretty close. This book is definitely not a defense of creationism, in the traditional sense. Mr. Hawkings is, in this book, attempting to answer questions about the nature of the universe and how God created it. He makes no bones about his belief that the universe was created by God, but he clearly does not accept the Biblical account. He also, if my memory serves correctly, states that a more important question than how God created the universe is why He did -- Mr. Hawkings states that in trying to answer that question, he is trying to know the mind of God. He is clearly an immensely intelligent human, and may very well be able to come more closely than anyone else now, but I think he is reaching a little too far, here. Dennis F. Meyer att!ihlpl!dfm AT&T Network Systems 708/510-2277