So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn't exist before the Big Bang, so there is no time for God to make the universe in. It's like asking for directions to the edge of the earth; the earth is a sphere, it doesn't have an edge, so looking for it is a futile exercise.
Stephen HawkingWe believe human begins have existed for only a small fraction of cosmic history, because human race has been improving so rapidly in knowledge and technology that if people had been around for millions of years, the human race would be much further along in it's mastery.
Stephen HawkingI think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no end.
Stephen HawkingMany people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention.
Stephen Hawking