Why was Newton a theist?

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Why was Newton a theist?

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RE: Why was Newton a theist?

March 24, 2018 at 4:34 am

(March 7, 2018 at 10:20 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: Isaac Newton, who practically invented physics and calculus, is easily one of the most intelligent people to have ever lived. But he was also a theologian and spent decades studying the bible, theology and church history. Why didn't he use his rationality to denounce Christianity and become an atheist? He lived before Darwin; is this sufficient to excuse his belief in the Christian god?

For one thing, he didn't believe in the Christian God. He rejected the idea of a trinity. Also he was a bit of a nut. He spent like, one year inventing calculus and 20 trying to alchemy a philosophers stone and doing numerology on bible code.

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