Hawking co-scientist Roger Penrose debunks M-theory on Christian Radio

Prof Alister McGrath and famed physicist, and atheist, Prof Roger Penrose discuss the following questions: Is Hawking's M-theory good science? Does Hawking's M-theory show that God did not create the universe? Is our fine-tuned universe simply one of many in a multi-verse?
Taken from Unbelievable? radio show with Justin Brierley, Saturday 25th September 2010.
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[Martin Scholtz]

Is Penrose really an atheist? I have read all of his books and many of his papers but I don't have the feeling he is.

[BlueCosmology]

He very clearly is biased very much by his belief. Though I did not at any point say he dos not know what he is talking about, however he does not. Being a theoretical physicist does not in any way mean you are well versed in either the majority of theoretical physics, the subject is much too big for anyone to be an expert in more than a tiny portion of it and most breakthroughs of m-theory have come a long time after Penrose stopped being a good scientist.

[Nick Wilson]

Professor Roger Penrose is not biased and he certainly does know what he is talking about, being arguably one of the reputable theoretical physicists over the past 30 years. But I do agree that this does not debunk M-theory, it just means theoretical physicists should continue to work out the problem and hopefully come up with a way to achieve observational evidence.

[Danny Hicky]

Just as not collecting stamps is a hobby

[BlueCosmology]

I don't see how this is remotely debunking. Someone heavily biased to say it isn't true has just said it's not true with no justification and 2 people that have no idea what they are talking about, who are also incredibly biased, have agreed.

[esraretin]

i totally agree but i believe they will find out that biggest basic structure of universe is just probability. thats just how i feel