Newton was also a fervent alchemist and spent virtually his whole career after the Principea seeking the "Philosophik Mercury" and trying to turn lead into gold.
He was also (by all reports) a jerk who kept his mathematical discoveries secret for decades before being forced to publish them when another scientist (Liebniz) was closing in on developing calculus seperately.
The fact that Newton was "in awe of the Creator" is an argument from authority (which Newton actually isn't in this case) and is a logical fallacy.
It's essentially the same argument as those who point to the reports of Darwin recanting on his deathbed as disproving evolution. (he didn't, and even if he did, it wouldn't prove or disprove a thing.)
"Newton was also a fervent alchemist and spent virtually his whole career after the Principea seeking the "Philosophik Mercury" and trying to turn lead into gold."
The way you state this makes it clear that you don't have a clue about how scientific discoveries are made. You sneer at Newton because we know now that lead can't be turned into gold, but Newton was doing the chemical research of his day. No, he wasn't as successful at chemistry as he was at physics, but considering that he is the greatest physicist of all time, I'll give him a break.
As for argument from authority, you missed the point. I never said that anyone should believe in ID because Newton did, but I meant that you should try to understand *why* Newton believed in ID and said so in no uncertain terms. So did Pascal, Pasteur, Maxwell, Henry, Kelvin, and Faraday, by the way, most of whom lived *after* Darwin's theory was well known. Recognize any of those names, genius? I suppose they are all "IDiots," eh?
And when evos can't win an argument any other way, everything becomes a *logical fallacy*.
RussP: Most modern evolutionists don't have a clue about the history of science, and they routinely piss on the legacy they inherited from.
And here we have a prime example.
There are lots of folks that, if you don't give up the gold, will give you lead!!!