I don't think this is the case at all and couldn't disagree more. But I think it's great that you've come up with an opinion.
Why we have this topic about Stephen Hawking and his opinion about religion? Because opinion of the known genius has frighten you guys, and whole bunch of sorry ass rednecks has come running to speak on behalf of the god and all of them want to crucify Hawking, because he does not believe in God. Well, give me one prove there is a god, one thing you can't explain by evolution theory or some other scientific theory or proven scientific fact. I know there isn't any, and never will be. They can't prove one single thing, so they say:"we don't need prove anything, all we need is our faith". Pretty easy way out, while world scientist can explain and prove just about every little incident which has happen after big bang. They can even prove there has been big bang, but Christians? NOT EVEN SINGLE THING.
You believe that man is made of dirt of the earth, but there is also skeletons of our ancestors all the way up to these days from the day when we step down from the tree and start walk up straight. You believe that god make world in seven days, but still there is calendars older than the history from the creation. You believe that god was angry and use flood to get rid of unwanted people, and Noah make ark and save two of every kind. At least here you have to smell bullshit.
When you read the bible, you have to understand it is written to be bed time story for adults, nothing more, and people has given it the status which it has these days. It is only a book, nothing more, and every religion has their own version of it. Who decided which is right one? Would it be nice if Muslims has the only original god and holy book? You know, there is only one god, but which one it is? How about Jehovah's Witnesses? Their religion has born 1870, so it is quite young religion, but not youngest. There is thousands of religions and they have one common denominator. None of then can't prove anything.
If you look Mayas or Indians, their religion is older than Christianity, but in your point of view they must be wrong, because Christianity is only true religion, no matter if it has been made up few thousand years after Mayas and Indians start serve their gods. Christians, Muslims etc. doesn't like scientist because scientist know that all religions are based on lies, and they can prove it.
Do you guys think at all? When child is molested, Christians say "that was Gods will". When guilty rapist manage to escape the law by his layer, Christians say, "he will pay afterlife". When he molested another child, they say "unexplored are the ways of the Lord", and when the rapist get his sentence, they say "thank God". So why all this grief and sorrow for the innocent child? If God want to get even with the rapist, why he doesn't just nip the bastard of the face of the earth. Why there is a rapist? Why God put evil thoughts in this mans head, while he has the power to prevent all evil things among the people?
There is no god, but instead of that there is a species of ape called homo sapiens. All evil comes from that, we are animals and constantly fighting for the space for living, money, goods, pussy and food.