Quote of the Day by Stephen Hawking: ‘I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by…’

Quote of the Day by Stephen Hawking: ‘I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by…’

Stephen Hawking’s remark that the universe follows scientific laws—possibly “decreed by God,” yet not interrupted by divine intervention—still provokes argument because it sits on a fault line. Believers hear an opening for a creator; skeptics hear a rhetorical nod that changes nothing about a law-governed cosmos. The dispute is less about physics than definitions: what “God” means, whether miracles are required, and whether a first cause is phi…