Book Review
God and Stephen Hawking
by Professor John Lennox
May I offer one of the most amazing quotations you will ever come across? It was written by one of that small, but vociferous, group of modern atheistic scientists: the amazing Professor Stephen Hawking.
“Our universe and its laws appear to have a design that both is tailor-made to support us and, if we are to exist, leaves little room for alteration. That is not easily explained and raises the natural question of why it is that way ... The discovery relatively recently of the extreme fine-tuning of so many of the laws of nature could lead at least some of us back to the old idea that this grand design is the work of some grand designer ... That is not the answer of modern science ... our universe seems to be one of many, each with different laws.”
Here is an admission of blatant dishonesty: refusing the obvious witness of his own scientific observation. Science gives a clear signal: but a personal Worldview makes it impossible for him to accept it!
The book I am recommending is: “God and Stephen Hawking”, by Professor John Lennox, Oxford University, the quotation is found on page 47. Professor Lennox holds three doctorates, occupies the Chair of Mathematics at Oxford University, and is to be found on Sundays, preaching and teaching the Scriptures. Here an eminent Christian, who has debated publicly with Richard Dawkins, and the late Christopher Hitchens, writes:
“I have written this short book in the hope that it will assist my readers to understand some of the most important issues that lie at the heart of the contemporary debate about God and science. For that reason, I have tried to avoid technicality where possible, and concentrate on the logic of the argument. I believe that those of us who have been educated in mathematics and the natural sciences have a responsibility for the public understanding of science. In particular, we have a duty to point out that not all statements by scientists are statements of science, and so do not carry the authority of authentic science even though such authority is often erroneously ascribed to them.”
The book costs five pounds, and is confined to 96 pages;
2010, Lion Hudson plc, Oxford ISBN 978 0 7459 5549 o