Bad Movie Logo
"A website to the detriment of good film"
Custom Search
HOMEB-MOVIE REVIEWSREADER REVIEWSFORUMINTERVIEWSUPDATESABOUT
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 29, 2024, 07:14:27 AM
713394 Posts in 53059 Topics by 7725 Members
Latest Member: wibwao
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Other Topics  |  Off Topic Discussion  |  Hawking Said There Is No God.... « previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]
Author Topic: Hawking Said There Is No God....  (Read 4378 times)
ER
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 1754
Posts: 13425


The sleep of reasoner breeds monsters. (sic)


« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2018, 11:07:50 AM »

Since two of you PM'd me to ask what I thought of Hawking as a person, how about I lay my input here to rest by answering that and then I'm done?

Hawking was a fine pop culture figure, a man who did a lot after his illness when I'm certain most people would have caved-in, me among them, and I liked his musings on aliens (especially the dangers of inviting them to come find us!!!) and the fluidity of time.

I know a few experimental physicists (okay I know two) and there is a division in physics wherein those in the experimental side see themselves as in the trenches of science, while theoretical physicists like Dr. Hawking are sort of in glass towers thinking all day and taking up on the work of experimental physicists and getting famous by expounding upon their labor.

How much of that is valid and how much is the cross-lab rivalry, I couldn't say since my background is in biology, but I can tell you, most scientists seem to love to savage one another.

I do think there is a certain hypocrisy in Hawking for his saying he boycotted Israel because of Israel's "occupation" of the West Bank (which he referred to as Palestine) when Hawking used Israeli-made technology in his speech program and of course in his tablets, which ran on Intel components of Israeli design. I guess he was selective in exactly what parts of Israel he shunned, huh?

Aside from what I wrote in other posts about his occasional closed-mindedness and his making personal views sound like scientific declarations, I had nothing against the man and was always glad to see him on The Big Bang Theory. When he died, I was sad.

I do get annoyed when people latch onto figures like him and affect a certain "brilliant by association" outlook concerning material they probably don't understand, probably have never read, and almost certainly have never evaluated on their own.

PS: AHD, what was "brave" about Thomas Aquinas? That I did not get. He was the pampered pet of the king of France, who kept him in luxury and fed him gourmet food til Aquinas got so obese he had to have a wedge cut into the feasting table to even reach it? Brilliant, yes, but brave?

PM me with an explanation, if you'd like, and I'll explain my use of the word "Gnostic".  Thumbup
Logged

What does not kill me makes me stranger.
Allhallowsday
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 2280
Posts: 20726


Either he's dead or my watch has stopped!


« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2018, 11:27:13 AM »

...
PS: AHD, what was "brave" about Thomas Aquinas? That I did not get. He was the pampered pet of the king of France, who kept him in luxury and fed him gourmet food til Aquinas got so obese he had to have a wedge cut into the feasting table to even reach it? Brilliant, yes, but brave?

PM me with an explanation, if you'd like, and I'll explain my use of the word "Gnostic".  Thumbup
I think it is always brave to express one's own opinion which does not adhere to the model.  THOMAS AQUINAS, a maverick, has a checkered reputation and was condemned by some in his own lifetime. 

 
Logged

If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!
Svengoolie 3
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: -166
Posts: 5821



« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2018, 01:04:08 AM »

I'd side with hawking over the sadistic scum who take gleeful delight in imagining him suffering in hell.   https://youtu.be/H11G9dcKJQA

https://youtu.be/Ojj7wa8u5GM

https://youtu.be/kCgckvuV7Bk

Honestly when I see how hateful, sadistic and evil a lot of Christians can be I'm sure I don't want to be with these people forever...
Logged

The doctor that circumcised Trump threw away the wrong piece.
indianasmith
Archeologist, Theologian, Elder Scrolls Addict, and a
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 2591
Posts: 15182


A good bad movie is like popcorn for the soul!


« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2018, 06:20:51 AM »

Any group looks bad when you judge it by its worst members.
Logged

"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"
RCMerchant
Bela
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 0
Posts: 30438


"Charlie,we're in HELL!"-"yeah,ain't it groovy?!"


WWW
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2018, 08:56:31 AM »

Any group looks bad when you judge it by its worst members.

I agree- I mean- look at the Manson Family!
Charlie never actually killed anybody! But he  was a nice guy!

(I'm joking-I kid-I Kid!)
Logged

"Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."

Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant
Allhallowsday
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 2280
Posts: 20726


Either he's dead or my watch has stopped!


« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2018, 02:26:52 PM »

Any group looks bad when you judge it by its worst members.

I agree- I mean- look at the Manson Family!
Charlie never actually killed anybody! But he  was a nice guy!

(I'm joking-I kid-I Kid!)
Of course you kid; you know he was a turd rapist murderer. 
Logged

If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!
Pages: 1 [2]
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Other Topics  |  Off Topic Discussion  |  Hawking Said There Is No God.... « previous next »
    Jump to:  


    RSS Feed Subscribe Subscribe by RSS
    Email Subscribe Subscribe by Email


    Popular Articles
    How To Find A Bad Movie

    The Champions of Justice

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    Manos, The Hands of Fate

    Podcast: Todd the Convenience Store Clerk

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Dragonball: The Magic Begins

    Cool As Ice

    The Educational Archives: Driver's Ed

    Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

    Do you have a zombie plan?

    FROM THE BADMOVIES.ORG ARCHIVES
    ImageThe Giant Claw - Slime drop

    Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.

    Lesson Learned:
    • Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.

    Subscribe to Badmovies.org and get updates by email:

    HOME B-Movie Reviews Reader Reviews Forum Interviews TV Shows Advertising Information Sideshows Links Contact

    Badmovies.org is owned and operated by Andrew Borntreger. All original content is © 1998 - 2014 by its respective author(s). Image, video, and audio files are used in accordance with the Fair Use Law, and are property of the film copyright holders. You may freely link to any page (.html or .php) on this website, but reproduction in any other form must be authorized by the copyright holder.