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‘Fairy story’ religion under fire again

He's studied the deepest mysteries of space, and the very beginnings of time. Now, Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound scientist who became famous for his book A Brief History of Time, has sparked controversy by giving his views on religion. Belief in the existence of the soul after death, he says, is a superstitious myth, for "people who are afraid of the dark".

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