Steve is probably less disposed to believe in God because his boffin brain is stuck in a crumbling body propped up by science based engineering which is perpetually defying it's 'use before' date.
The fictional Davros however was in a similar situation and he believed in Gods to be set above.
In a way it's a shame that Hawking and Dawkings have both devoted so much time to advocating Atheism.
Neither of them has contributed much to the Science which made them famous enough to be noticed for a long time.
It also creates a false sense of the Atheist/Theist discussion being a Science vs Religion debate.
Plenty of Scientists believe in God to some degree and lots of Atheists are as ignorant of science as the next boo-boo.
According to Genesis all animals can speak, but God just scrambles the message like he did to humans at the tower of Babel.
That's how the serpent got Eve to offer the fruit to Adam.
Donkeys definitely can speak Numbers 22:28.