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A 'God' has always been invoked when human understanding was found wanting. This is known as a god of the gaps in our knowledge.
All Hawking is saying is that we do not need a 'god' to kickstart the Universe.
I am an atheist only because I do not believe in any man made religion. To put it simply I just do not believe in one god less than the rest of the multitude of gods people believe in!
I personally think we are all linked forever to the Universe that spawned us. We are inexorably linked through space and time through the very particles that make up our being.
We are all children of the stars and that includes super novae.
Bert
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