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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-01-17 04:05:56 +0000, StanWeiss said:   
   > On 1/16/2026 11:08 AM, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Newton's Personal Biblical Views   
   >> Sir Isaac Newton was himself a deeply religious man who spent more time   
   >> studying the Bible than science. He believed:   
   >>   
   >> The laws of nature were established by God and reflect His wisdom and power.   
   >>   
   >> He viewed his scientific discoveries as a way to "think God's thoughts   
   >> after Him," revealing the underlying order of the creation.   
   >>   
   >> He wrote extensively on biblical prophecy, particularly the books of   
   >> Daniel and Revelation.   
   >   
   > So what is your definition of an atheist?   
   > 1) Someone who doesn't believe in God   
   > 2) Anyone who doesn't believe in the God you believe in   
   > 3) Something else   
   >   
   > Stan   
      
   Just because Issac Newton believed in some particular set of regligious   
   myths, as many people did in his time, doesn't actually make it   
   sensible or true. The reality is that Newton changed his religious   
   beliefs a few times - he was born an Anglican, became a Protestant   
   Christian, then basically made up his own ideas ("By his thirties   
   Newton held a Christian faith that, had it been made public, would not   
   have been considered orthodox by mainstream Christians."), and is now   
   considered by many "experts" to have been a Nontrinitarian Arian.   
      
   Many, many famous people throughout history have believed in various   
   different silly religions, but all of those mythical beliefs are still   
   just a load of utter bull-poo.   
      
   Go back in time and there were also lots of things people believed that   
   are now known to be idiotic - the Sun going around the Earth, the Earth   
   being flat, weird medical "cures", etc., etc.   
      
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