I respectfully disagree. There are literally thousands of artists, writers, poets, scientists, philanthropists, inventors, composers, doctors etc that have made life better for people on this earth. A lot of these people are not Christians. They are atheist, Buddhist, Hindu and any other religion you can think of.
Bingo. I can never understand why people on here are concerned about his after life. Hawking chose his path in life and I respect that. If Hawking was right or wrong, doesn't concern me at all.
