Richirich713:



“Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.” “I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily"

Richirich713:

Maybe atheists are going to say this man never used his mind.

Richirich713:

Sir Isaac Newton

Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, and perhaps the greatest and most influential scientist to ever live.


"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of His dominion He is wont to be called Lord God.”

“From His true dominion it follows that the true God is a living, intelligent, and powerful Being; and from His other perfections, that He is supreme, or most perfect. He is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, His duration reaches from eternity to eternity; His presence from infinity to infinity; He governs all things, knows all things that are or can be done.”

“Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.” “I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily"

winner01:
Trying to imagine myself spending so much time refuting the existence of santa because almost every child believes he exists, my kid brother has been anticipating christmas.

Sarassin:


A dissertation by Sir Isaac Newton titled, An Historical Account of Two notable Corruptions of Scripture was published in 1754 posthumously, 27 years after his death. It was not possible to publish during his lifetime for fear of reprisals from the Church. The letter was sent by Newton to his great friend the renowned Philosopher John Locke, it was a review of textual evidence of the biblical texts 1 John 5v7 and 1 Timothy 3v16 in which he concluded that the trinity doctrine and the passage in 1 Timothy were pious frauds and forgeries by the Church. Clearly Newton had his doubts.

Not being an atheist myself, I would say that "if" the Christian God created the world, then definitely he abandoned it, otherwise creationists have to accept that Yahweh is using random processes to achieve a creative outcome. Chaos theory, the study of dynamical systems sensitive to initial changes show this conclusively, we now know that this world could not exist without the prospect of probability.

winner01:
Trying to imagine myself spending so much time refuting the existence of santa because almost every child believes he exists, my kid brother has been anticipating christmas.

Richirich713:


Clearly newton had his doubts?

“I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily"

Sarassin:


Isaac Newton believed in God, no question, but clearly he had issues with the written words, as somebody else pointed out on these pages, Newton knew how to use his mind. Perhaps you should read the dissertation to be better informed.

Richirich713:


I believe bible was written by men who were inspired by God.

Any christian should no this.

And I already read his reasons for believing those verse are corrupted, and not just his but also bible scholars opinions.

And I believe that 1 John 5:7 was added in the text, but 1 Timothy 3:16 is difficult case.

If newton doubted the bible he wud he never have studied it daily.

Sarassin:


You say the bible was written by men inspired by God, but then you go on to admit that there was an insertion, was this insertion at the inspiration of God or man? And how many others are there? And how do you ensure the incorruptibility of the texts?.

It is easy to make a virtue out of scientists claiming belief in God, however, many of these scientists, particularly in the middle ages really had no choice but to affirm belief in God, Church and doctrine. I am sure you are aware what would have happened to Newton had he published his misgivings whilst alive. But, he was sufficiently troubled enough to do the research and he was subsequently proven right.

My point is, even if Newton did not believe in God, given the poisonous religious climate he lived in, he was hardly going to come out and say so.

Sarassin:


My point is, even if Newton did not believe in God, given the poisonous religious climate he lived in, he was hardly going to come out and say so.

Richirich713:


True but Newton did not believe in God cuz of the church, nd he definitely did not accept the bible was from God cuz of fear.

He believe in God cuz of science and astronomy, and maybe other reasons ( personal experiences).

He believe in the Bible due to probably many reasons. Maybe it was bible prophecies or maybe it was jesus or maybe.... Either way he had his reasons why he was obsessed with the bible.

But then again this is just my opinions on Newton beliefs. Only Newton knows his reasons.