who cares what he thinks? Things will or will not happen, no matter what any of us thinks about it. You can contemplate the universe and your place in it until your brain hurts, but it won't actually change where you go or don't go when you pass on. Think whatever satisfies you while you can, no use in stressing over something the rest of your life that you have no control over anyway.

Hawking's just stirring up controversy trying to sell a book