STEPHEN HAWKING’S DEIST POSITION ON THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. A CRITICAL APPROACH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY
STEPHEN HAWKING’S DEIST POSITION ON THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. A CRITICAL APPROACH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The question of the meaning of human existence is an object of research of the human spirit in an ontological and ineffable way, rather than of science and art. This is a question both old and new, precisely because man, diverting from the Origin, has also lost the Target, being in a constant search. The great weakness of the evolutionary theory, along with its precarious origin, is that it cannot provide the certainty of the goal towards which a man must run. However, the human spirit cannot accept death as the absolute finality of such a beautiful and harmonious creature. Nowadays, the answer to the meaning of human existence is more uncertain than ever, not because of the denial of meaning, but because of the multitude of meanings and paths that are proposed. Paradoxial, plurality of principles means absence of principle, just as polytheism is the same as atheism. As such, with regard to the meaning of human existence, Stephen Hawking promotes the deistic view, which denies by affirming. He cannot give a certain image of the human target, because he cannot explain the origin of creation either. Hawking believes that the universe will end suddenly, but the Divine Revelation speaks not of the end but of transfiguration. However, the real and correct meaning can be discovered in those who have reached the measure of human fulfillment. An honest selfinquiry brings to our attention the saint, conqueror of death and full of the beauty of virtues, like his Model, Christ, the God-Man.

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