Monday, January 8, 2018

Newton faith

True science has been a  part of modern life for hundreds of years, actually about 400+ according to the concept of the "Scientific Revolution" (1543-1687 AD). For thousands of years before that, humanity stumbled & struggled to understand how the natural world works.

Great advances in that struggle came about through individuals like Galileo, Kepler, Bacon, Newton. Today the scientific community largely assumes a materialist worldview but those giants of progress did not. They didn't break from their faith in God to make history.

Isaac Newton's famous 1687 work, "Principia Mathematica," revealed laws of classical mechanics. His quotes reveal the foundation of his non-materialist worldview:

"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."

"I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily."


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