Most Rev Justin Welby praised the renowned physicist, who described himself as an atheist, for a contribution to science which was “as limitless as the universe he devoted his life to understanding”.
Dr Ard Louis who attended Cambridge University with Stephen Hawking said he helped believers better understand the complexity of God’s creation.
The professor of theoretical physics told Premier: “Professor Hawking did us, as Christians, a favour because he pointed out some of the amazing beauty and intricacy of the world.”
According to his family, the British scientist died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Stephen Hawking was initially given only a couple of years to live after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in his early 20s.
Responding to the news of Hawking’s death, cosmology expert and Christian Dr Rodney Holder expressed hope his views on God changed at the end of his life.
The author of the book God, Time, & Stephen Hawking told Premier: “We are seeing the passing of a great man.
“I hope that perhaps in his dying moments he maybe saw the light that this great universe that he was exploring was actually a creation of a most wonderful God.”
Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday,…
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