Just in case you are waiting for Hawking to blurt it out

Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven, it's a fairy story'

"A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said."
Ouch!

"In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time."

Ahem. Over to you, Pape.