Hawking is a genious but it doesn't take one to figure this out - Every religion has a different god and believes in different shit, so why should westerners be more right than those of Islam who murder westerners in the name of their god!
Gods were invented when humans didn't understand what caused shit - Now we know about the sun, we don't have a sun god, we don't have a moon god, rain god, etc etc etc ..... We just cling on to this final god because we don't believe that when we are dead THATS IT FOR ETERNITY.
Believers carry on if it makes you happy. I wish I could believe but my feet are firmly on the ground and I believe science and common sense.
You can believe in science and believe in God as well. Just remember, God did it. Whatever you think about- take the creation of the universe- you can delve into the quantum mechanics of it all, just remember GOD DID IT.
If you physics type folks want an interesting point to consider, let's look at gravity shall we? Take a large physical body, a planet for example. Spin the thing and it attracts other bodies toward it. Increase the density or rate of spin and this force-called gravity- becomes stronger.
So, this concept of gravity- where the heck does it come from? A large body could just as easily spin and have no effect on anything else around it.
Think for a second- every principal you see in physics had to come from somewhere. Things do not just create themselves...