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To: Dimensio
I'd really like to see a citation for this one.

Here is one name I was refering to.

This is a quote from an article by Professor Arthur B. Anderson:

Isaac Newton believed that the Bible is literally true in every respect. Throughout his life, he continually tested Biblical truth against the physical truths of experimental and theoretical science. He never observed a contradiction. In fact, he viewed his own scientific work as a method by which to reinforce belief in Biblical truth.

and

In addition to his scientific work (Newton would have said as a part of his scientific work), he devoted a substantial portion of his enormous energy to the study of the Bible and Biblical texts and history. He read the Bible daily throughout his life and wrote over a million words of notes regarding his study of it.

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451 posted on 05/04/2003 12:39:21 AM PDT by bondserv
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To: bondserv
Isaac Newton believed that the Bible is literally true in every respect.

Actually, he denied the divinity of Christ, insofar as he felt that Christ was subordinate to God the Father, and considered Trinitarianism to be a false doctrine. In fact, he wrote a book about exactly that, entitled "A Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture," but realized it would be too dangerous to publish it in England under his own name. He tried to get John Locke to have it translated and published in France, but Locke wasn't able to make the necessary arrangements, and so it was never published. But it makes a nice Isaac Newton fairy tale to say that he was a strict Christian and Biblical literalist, doesn't it?

459 posted on 05/04/2003 1:15:03 AM PDT by general_re (Ask me about my vow of silence!)
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To: bondserv
Isaac Newton believed that the Bible is literally true in every respect. Throughout his life, he continually tested Biblical truth against the physical truths of experimental and theoretical science. He never observed a contradiction. In fact, he viewed his own scientific work as a method by which to reinforce belief in Biblical truth.

Okay, so Newton believed that gravitational theory was backed up in the Bible. Honestly, I don't see it. Just because he might have claimed that it was the case doesn't mean that it's really spelled ou in the Bible.
468 posted on 05/04/2003 1:46:50 AM PDT by Dimensio (Sometimes I doubt your committment to Sparkle Motion!)
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