Hawking Says Earth Doomed, Humans Must Colonize Space

Stephen Hawking, “British physics superstar,” says that it is a near certainty that the earth will be wiped out by some disaster and that it is imperative that humans colonize space. In reply to questions at the BBC Reith Lecture in January, the author of A Brief History of Time said, “Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand years. By that time we should have spread out into space, and to other stars, so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race. However, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period” (“Hawking: Humans at risk of lethal ‘own goal,’” BBC News, Jan. 19, 2016). Since Hawking is a self-declared atheist and evolutionist, none of what he is saying about the importance of human survival makes sense. If man is an accident of evolution, human existence has no meaning. None. Zero. Nothing matters. It is divine Creation that gives true meaning to human life. We pray for Mr. Hawking, that God would open his eyes to the beauty of the Creator and of the gracious salvation that He has purchased at great cost. Twice the Bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good” (Psalm 14:1; 53:1).

(Friday Church News Notes, February 19, 2016, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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