Light the blue touch paper and stand well back...

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by TarJak

That's no worse than the Norse creation myth.

Then the Christian creation myth. First there's just god, he blinks his eye and POOF there's the universe

At least Germanic Paganism does not have some bible "explaining" how exactly everything is created. Germanic Paganism at least acknowledges we do not know everything.

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

frankly, I applaud that Stephen Hawking is pushing aside the possibility he could go to hell for saying what he's saying. takes guts.

Pah. If you don't believe in god/hell there's no need to be afraid of it. Personally I hate god/christ so there's no way I'm possibly going to end up in "heaven".

Ah well as the Frisian king Radbod once said, I rather spend eternity in hell with my friends than in heaven with my enemies.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Then the Christian creation myth. First there's just god, he blinks his eye and POOF there's the universe

At least Germanic Paganism does not have some bible "explaining" how exactly everything is created. Germanic Paganism at least acknowledges we do not know everything.

Actually, the Genesis account of creation implies that there is much about the workings of the universe that is beyond the comprehension of man. The heavily symbolic and metaphoric language is as a presentation of creation to pre-technologic man; hence the use of 'days' and 'nights' in reference. It also introduces the concept of Sabbath; a day to which reflect and give thanks to The Creator for, well, Creation. All in all, it's a very logical foundation for a voluminous religious text.