1- Rav Avigdor Miller ztl said that these people are the greatest evildoers as they give reason for a lawless society.Without G-d,no conscience and a person can do whatever he wants.In that way he destroyed much more than the most infamous of despots.
2- Rav Dovid Gottlieb Shlita explains how Hawking used his name to give a philosophical reason to deny G-d r”l.The philosophical idea has been discussed and rebutted, but since he has clout, the words were listened to, even though he did not give any scientific explanation And went over to a subject that wasn’t at all his forté.
He did give more understanding to “mAh rabu maasecha Hashem, albeit unintentionally, and I would imagine some of his discoveries were helpful either in the medical world or for different inventions that help people.From a human perspective this good is dwarfed by the evil of creating more atheists and continuing to give the world an allowance for all sorts of depravity.That being said, there is only One Judge, and it is He who decides.
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