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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm a tad confused but I also think this comment is unfortunate.
Surely you as a believer wouldn't find it sad if Hawking was wrong about heaven; you must be confident he was. So I can only assume that you're implying that Hawking must be in hell because of his atheism, "sad loss to the world" notwithstanding.
I think that's unnecessary, inappropriate and offensive.
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I'm not sure I can respond to this without crossing into P&R territory. But I think if he'd been one of those that would be hateful and gloat "Now he'll learn", or something like that, it would be offensive. But I can understand feeling sad if he truly is a believer.
Given this is a site visited by folks of many beliefs/world views, you're probably right it's inappropriate, though. But for what my two cents are worth, I truly don't think he meant it to be offensive in any way.