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To: bondserv; Dimensio
As it happens, my father is pretty well educated theologian who knows quite a bit about this. I asked him about Newton's theological writings a number of years ago (because my father knows them), because my impression was that they weren't of much value.

The general conclusion of most theologians for centuries is that the theological work of Newton was almost pure gibberish. A lot of his writing was nonsense and does not work well with traditional Christian doctrine. Or "safely ignored" as he put it. Newton fancied himself a theologian, who dabbled in science and math as an adjunct to his theological studies. As it happens, his science and math work had great value even though the theological context in which they were discovered is widely considered to be garbage within theological circles. I find it fascinating that such a fundamentally influential figure in the math and sciences developed these theories almost as a historical accident that resulted from his "lunatic fringe" obsession with Christian theology. Apparently his mind served him much more poorly in his theological pursuits than in his accidental incursions into math and science, but then there are many that believe Newton wasn't entirely "right in the head". A mad genius perhaps?

519 posted on 05/04/2003 10:30:33 AM PDT by tortoise
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To: tortoise
Pure gibberish placemarker.
521 posted on 05/04/2003 10:51:27 AM PDT by balrog666 (When in doubt, tell the truth. - Mark Twain)
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