Stephen Hawking: Heaven is Just a Myth

The majority of religious people in Indonesia believe that humans are promised eternal life and heaven in the hereafter if they can do good in his life. However, in an interview with The Guardian, physicist Stephen Hawking has denied it. He said that the concept of eternal life and heaven is just fairy tales.

Hawking said the deaths occurred when the brain stops working. "I regard the brain as the computer will stop working when the components are damaged. There is no life after death or heaven for that broken computer. It's all just a fairy tale for those who fear the darkness," explained Hawking.

In the interview, Hawking also suggested that quantum fluctuations in the early universe created galaxies, stars and life, including humans. "Scientists predict that there are a lot of the universe that is created spontaneously. It is the only chance we have problems in it," said Hawking.

The statement also confirmed the contents of his book The Grand Design, published in 2010. The book states that the creation of the universe and its existence does not need the participation of God. Hawking's controversial idea sparked debate with religious leaders.

The question then, when eternal life and heaven did not exist, what man must do in life? Hawking argued that the nature of life is to find the meaning of the action taken. "We have to find the highest value of our actions," said Hawking.

Hawking himself has said that he was not afraid to die. "I have lived with the prediction of early death for the past 49 years. I'm not afraid to die, but I also do not hurry to die. I still have a lot of things I need to do," said physicist who also writes best-selling book A Brief History of this time in 1988.

In a chance interview, Hawking stated, "The Universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can not solve the equation directly. We need to use Darwin's theory of natural selection for survival. We will give them the highest value."

Hawking also said the most interesting side of science for themselves. "Science becomes attractive when it is able to explain in simple phenomena or relationships any different observations. For example, related the structure of DNA double helix in biological sciences and the basic equations of physics," said Hawking.

Hawking is known to have motor neuron disease since the age of 21 years. Doctors would not predict a long life, but it turns out he lived up to five decades after the diagnosis of the disease. Opportunity to live more it makes Hawking feels he has a value of more life.