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Why was Newton a theist?
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RE: Why was Newton a theist?
March 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm
(March 24, 2018 at 11:41 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(March 24, 2018 at 9:17 am)Jehanne Wrote:

No, I am saying that Lemaitre was a product of his own day and time, and that, he may have been a closet atheist.

Then anyone "might be a closet atheist", if you look at it that way. There's nothing distinctive about him that would make you doubt what he claims his beliefs are, except his intelligence.

Well, if it's the IQ of (now dead) cosmologists that you are appealing to, you might as well become an atheist;

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Why was Newton a theist? - by Alexmahone - March 7, 2018 at 10:20 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Grandizer - March 7, 2018 at 10:29 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Cecelia - March 7, 2018 at 10:32 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Alexmahone - March 7, 2018 at 11:03 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Anomalocaris - March 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by brewer - March 7, 2018 at 11:05 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vorlon13 - March 7, 2018 at 11:11 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Fireball - March 7, 2018 at 11:24 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2018 at 1:53 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Fake Messiah - March 8, 2018 at 2:02 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Grandizer - March 8, 2018 at 2:04 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Succubus - March 8, 2018 at 2:39 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2018 at 2:43 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Succubus - March 8, 2018 at 2:50 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2018 at 3:13 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Minimalist - March 7, 2018 at 11:30 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by robvalue - March 8, 2018 at 2:42 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Minimalist - March 8, 2018 at 11:31 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 8, 2018 at 2:59 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by chimp3 - March 8, 2018 at 5:02 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 8, 2018 at 5:13 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by chimp3 - March 8, 2018 at 5:19 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Grandizer - March 8, 2018 at 5:21 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Amarok - March 8, 2018 at 11:35 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 8, 2018 at 8:32 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Anomalocaris - March 8, 2018 at 1:17 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Edwardo Piet - March 23, 2018 at 2:04 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by polymath257 - March 23, 2018 at 2:53 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by robvalue - March 8, 2018 at 5:48 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Fireball - March 8, 2018 at 11:18 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Minimalist - March 8, 2018 at 11:37 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by downbeatplumb - March 8, 2018 at 2:05 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Edwardo Piet - March 8, 2018 at 2:46 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Succubus - March 8, 2018 at 3:45 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2018 at 3:54 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Amarok - March 8, 2018 at 4:34 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Succubus - March 8, 2018 at 4:12 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2018 at 4:28 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by polymath257 - March 8, 2018 at 4:26 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by notimportant1234 - March 8, 2018 at 8:33 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Jehanne - March 8, 2018 at 11:57 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Fake Messiah - March 23, 2018 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 23, 2018 at 2:22 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Jehanne - March 23, 2018 at 3:58 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 23, 2018 at 4:06 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Anomalocaris - March 23, 2018 at 4:19 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 23, 2018 at 4:33 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Jehanne - March 24, 2018 at 9:17 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 24, 2018 at 11:41 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Jehanne - March 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 2:26 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Minimalist - March 24, 2018 at 12:33 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Brian37 - March 23, 2018 at 3:02 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 4:39 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Angrboda - March 23, 2018 at 4:45 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by The Grand Nudger - March 23, 2018 at 4:42 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Brian37 - March 23, 2018 at 5:26 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 4:48 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Brian37 - March 23, 2018 at 5:00 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 5:04 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Catholic_Lady - March 23, 2018 at 5:35 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Amarok - March 23, 2018 at 10:43 pm
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Mr.wizard - March 24, 2018 at 12:16 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by CapnAwesome - March 24, 2018 at 4:34 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by vulcanlogician - March 24, 2018 at 8:49 am
RE: Why was Newton a theist? - by Grandizer - March 24, 2018 at 9:06 am

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