Presumably, Hawking's metaphysical perspective would see the "laws of physics" as some sort of "inevitable," self-generating, self-sustaining, perhaps eternal, principles of the universe. The biblical perspective would see them as something metaphysically much simpler; contingent minute-by-minute on God, their consistency a direct consequence of God's consistent character.
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In what possible sense is supposing a superbeing exists behind the scenes proding the universe to make it work metaphysically simpler than supposing the mechanistic laws of the universe exist?
... and more importantly: does it add a shred of knowledge to our
understanding and
insight, which is the whole point of
asking the question in the first place?
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