>staunch atheist who used his genius for heckin science>gets afflicted with a bizarre disease that mostly gets chalked up to "we don't know why it happened" >also suffered a very long time with it and doctors had no idea how or why>last book he wrote says there is no GodWas this a modern day divine intervention? A biblically poetic punishment to a man destined to notoriety and sway over people, a man who hardened his heart and lived away from God, being forced to live away from everyone as he's trapped inside himself his whole life?
>God personally intervenes to punish a random scientist>Doesn't intervene to stop any of the plagues or famines he caused or to punish any of the dictators or gangsters or serial killersYou are not a serious person.
>>18121592He works in mysterious ways
>>18121589I don't think it was divine intervention, but I am pretty conspiracy-minded about it for sure.
>>18121592>a random scientist >one of the most influential and well known men to ever live
>>18121589He was diagnosed at 21, idiot.
>>18121640He doesn't hold a candle to Newton. And neither does Einstein for that matter.
>>18121640>an ape on a random backwater planet is “important”
>>18121589>diagnosed in 1963>first explicitly publicly identifies as an atheist in 2014 (so says https://sojo.net/articles/culture-news/brief-history-stephen-hawking-s-atheism)Which is more likely, God punishing people with horrible diseases preemptively for daring to say he doesn't exist decades in the future, or people randomly struck by horrible diseases early in life being more likely to conclude that there probably isn't a God overseeing this world?
>>18121592Well let's say for the sake of argument, being serious is of second order importance here. The first order is sending a message. You probably have a 3rd grade reading level so let me interpret it for you.
>>18121659It is more likely that he decided to hate the Lord as a teenager.
>>18121589some people would argue that sometimes those 'very intelligent individuals' end killing themselves, then they come back to this world with defects like this, according to the way they caused the death of their bodies in their previous life
>>18121640He became famous only after he developed his illness. There were scientists with farm more academic achivements than him. He just became a popular media figure, partly because people loved the tragic story of a guy continuing his scientific work despite being crippled.
>>18121709Yahweh is the most despicable fictional character ever. The fact he even has any fans is baffling. I root for that snake in the Garden of Eden, he is the best. A martyr even.
Richard Dawkins looks healthy.
>>18121660>it's more important to send a message to the scientists rather than the dictators and rapists
>>18121640As opposed to all those powerless and humble dictators...
>>18121915Those flames just got hotter.
>>18122291These posts are hilarious
>>18121589Nope. Doesn't work because he became famous *for* his medical affliction. The masses didn't understand his actual scientific work and only knew him as "the wheelchair scientist." If not for his disease, no one would have paid attention to him.
>>18122291Finally. Got some unicorn steaks and dragon eggs to cook, and my imaginary friiends are hungry.
>>18121657blurglsplat this is a human forum!
