RIP Stephen Hawking

[BillyVance 34]

SethInMI

***Saw this one yesterday. Apologies in advance to anyone who takes offense.

I get the humor of wheelchair and stairs, but the pedantic part of me says:

1. As an atheist, he is going down not up.
2. As an spirit, he would leave his body behind and just be his "normal" self. People in heaven don't have wheelchairs.

so it is hard to be insulted about something that does not make any sense.

Actually, Atheists don't believe in Heaven OR Hell. They believe when they die, they just cease to exist in any form but a rotting corpse or ashes. But that's an argument for another forum. (apologies)

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[SethInMI 174]

BillyVance

Actually, Atheists don't believe in Heaven OR Hell.

yeah that is what I was trying to say. No one believes Steven is going to heaven. Christians believe non-believers won't be there, non-believers don't believe it exists at all.

It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

SethInMI

***
Actually, Atheists don't believe in Heaven OR Hell.

yeah that is what I was trying to say. No one believes Steven is going to heaven. Christians believe non-believers won't be there, non-believers don't believe it exists at all.

Well, there are other religions than Christianity.

Most of them believe in some sort of afterlife.

And some Christians would accept than non-Christians could get into heaven (Ghandi for example).
Hawking was a brilliant man. And by most accounts, kind and humble too.
Kind of odd that "God" would create such a person, and then throw him into the 'pits of hell' for questioning His existence. Of which there is zero proof. Just belief and faith.

Interesting question.

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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Ok, because it's 'religion', it goes in SC, but I posted a Poll on this.

And because it started here, "boobies" is an option.

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[theonlyski 8]

ryoder

Is this better?

Or this?

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[ryoder 1,590]

Background on Hawking's voice: https://mashable.com/2018/03/14/stephen-hawking-voice-origin-story/

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RMK

In the late 1990’s, I had just landed from a London to Los Angeles flight. I am at the baggage carousel waiting for our bags and one comes by that looks like my wife’s and I check the tag and see the name “Stephen Hawking”. I think to myself “cool; like the physicist”. I go back to staring blankly at the carousel and his caretaker wheels him right next to me.

I would have loved to speak with him, but know how laborious that is with his synthesiser and of course we just got off a 12hour flight. I nod and smile to him, but didn’t try to strike up a conversation. I was standing there with him for about 10-15 minutes and it felt really odd that I was standing next to one of the smartest guys on the planet – and I can’t talk to him.

I don't think he had a problem with his ears....

I had to laugh at a comment I saw on another forum.

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