Stephen Hawking should be having this discussion with all the liberal elites who've suddenly become so concerned with religious freedom as it pertains to the mosque debate.
And that makes it so? I mean I know he's a smart guy and all. But how the fuck does he know this for an indisputable fact?
Likely the media taking something out of context (shock me). I'm willing to bet that in the book he doesn't explain it as so black and white. Comments such as these also help sell a book pretty well. That being said, they are powerful words from a very smart man.