Sitting down to watch A Theory of Everything I wasn't expecting much. I had actually decided to watch it because one of my favorite theologians/philosophers, William Lane Craig, posted a video analysis of the science and philosophy of the film. I wasn't surprised by Stephen Hawking's atheism or his theoretical analysis of the beginning of the universe using quantum mechanics. What I was surprised about is that his wife, Jane Hawking, was a Christian before marriage, during marriage and even more so today. I was surprised the divorced (spoiler alert, oh I guess too late). I was surprised that Stephens progressive atheism from agnosticism seemed to stem not only from his worldview, his research, but also from his relationship to his wife. I saw it based on his views between A Brief History of Time to The Grand Design. But I didn't know the underlying story. I enjoyed the film. I read that Jane thought there should be more emotion to the story to show their struggle together and Stephen thought there should have been more science, but both seemed to endorse it and show them both with warts and all.
Here is an interesting article on Jane Hawking and her book:
The Theory of Everything and the Faith of Jane Hawking
Finally here is the video and analysis from William Lane Craig:
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