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Originally Posted by nguirado
Was this thread started by a secular fanatic? In order for this theory to disprove God, you have to believe that something cannot not exist if physical laws exist and that physical laws cannot not exist.
The multiverse does not solve the problem on causality; it merely pushes it back.
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The multiverse is not used to solve the problem of causality, but instead is used to explain the likelihood of a particular set of physical laws being the ones we observe in our universe.
The proposed solution for causality (whether in a single universe or a multiverse) lies in Hawking's observation that our current theories do not prohibit matter from spontaneously 'popping into existence'.
Again, the thread title is misleading, as from the various reviews I've read Hawking's book doesn't say that "Physics indicates that there is no God", it argues that "Physics indicates that there is no need for a God". How you weigh up the statistical likelihood of a deity after accepting Hawking's interpretation of the physics is up to you.
I'm looking forward to reading the book when it's released, although at the moment there doesn't seem to be an eBook version forthcoming. (Hopefully that will also spontaneously pop into existence.)
Graham