Does the writer mean that there could be nothing in between the gravity of Stephen Hawking and religion of humans?
MUMBAI: This is with reference to Farzana Versey’s piece of September 7. To quote her: “He may choose gravity over God to rationalise the creation of the universe, but how does one explain away religion?” Does the writer mean that there could be nothing in between the gravity of Stephen Hawking and religion of humans? Most people lack the imagination to understand that both the laws of physics and the tenets of religions are human conceptions. The truth could be more fantastic beyond conception of both gatekeepers of both. When Hawking talks about universe created from nothing or Dawkin pontificates on how humans have evolved from amoebas, they are taking bigger leaps of faith than most theists who are at least humble enough to attribute their lack of understanding of origin of universe and life to some infinitely powerful intelligence rather than arrogantly state without concrete evidence that gravity can explain not just the physical structure of the universe but also millions of abstract ideas and emotions that we generate.
Why does everyone think that all people can be divided into two neat categories — the sheep-like believers and the non-conformist disapprovers?
Ravi Ghoplay
Published in The Express Tribune, September 8th, 2010.
