The only thing he says to support this is quoting the well-known "If God does not exist, then everything is permitted" line from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (it's really "if there is no immortality, then everything is permitted", but gets commonly misquoted). Josh also does this with his moral argument for God's existence. Odd behavior for a professor of philosophy, particularly since Hawking is not a philosopher (he's even said "philosophy is dead", as Josh points out) and many rebuttals to the Cosmological Argument exist that you'd think he would know about. Appeal to Authority: All Radisson does to challenge the Cosmological Argument is to name-drop Steven Hawking, and makes no attempt to dispute any part of the actual argument.It seems like the film tried to portray her as this because she was trying to get him to stop advocating for God in the debate, but her warning that Radisson would destroy his future was later revealed to be 100% true until averted by the ending. He dated his girlfriend for six years, she gave up going to two other colleges just to stay with him, but he coldly dumps her when she gave him the opportunity and she was telling him to do something, then never mentions her again or shows any signs that he misses her. Most likely completely unintentional, but Josh as well.Ayisha's father, while ultimately one for Disproportionate Retribution, clearly loves his daughter and, it's implied, goes through something of a My God, What Have I Done? in the end.Then in the second debate, Josh does the same thing, since Stephen Hawking feels philosophy is "dead" (Tu Quoque).
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