Isaac Newton (1 Viewer)

[ThisGuy]

 

[NCCommish]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

 

[On The Rocks]

So?

I don't know why...but...

 

[NCCommish]

So?

I don't know why...but...

Always glad to brighten your day my friend.

 

[Rayderr]

In one manuscript from the early 1700s, Newton used the cryptic Book of Daniel to calculate the date for the apocalypse, reaching the conclusion that the world would end no earlier than 2060.

I'll be 87. That's fine by me.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Newton paid his dart league fees so he's ok in my book.

 

[Godsbrother]

In one manuscript from the early 1700s, Newton used the cryptic Book of Daniel to calculate the date for the apocalypse, reaching the conclusion that the world would end no earlier than 2060.

I'll be 87. That's fine by me.

I'll be 101, whippersnapper...

 

[ThisGuy]

Newton paid his dart league fees so he's ok in my book.

:smiliewheretheguyispumpinghisfistupanddowninanonviolentmanner:

 

[ThisGuy]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

 

[Doctor Detroit]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Euclid down?

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Euclid down?

Pretty much.

 

[NCCommish]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Albert Einstein

 

[Sammy3469]

He also believed in alchemy

 

[NCCommish]

He also believed in alchemy

True

 

[Doctor Detroit]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Euclid down?

Pretty much.

No wonder I no longer get a Rhombus shaped Christmas card from him.

 

[ThisGuy]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Euclid down?

I thought he was the father of Math?

 

[ThisGuy]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

 

[ThisGuy]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Albert Einstein

If it weren't for Newton, Einstein would have been a lawyer or a jewler.

 

[On The Rocks]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Albert Einstein

If it weren't for Newton, Einstein would have been a lawyer or a jewler.

...or a Rock Star.

 

[NCCommish]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

If it weren't for Newton, Einstein would have been a lawyer or a jewler.

Sure, because he adhered to so many other jewish stereotypes.

 

[NCCommish]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Albert Einstein

If it weren't for Newton, Einstein would have been a lawyer or a jewler.

Based on what? It's unlikely we would have gotten to the 1900's without finding the underlying principals Newton discovered. He wasn't the only brilliant guy out there until Einstein came along. And my point was Einstein believed as well not that he was the father of science.

 

[ThisGuy]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

 

[ThisGuy]

So? Just goes to show that one can be a scientist and be a man of faith. Lots of them out there right now.

But I mean, Sir Isaac Newton, father of Science!!!

Albert Einstein

If it weren't for Newton, Einstein would have been a lawyer or a jewler.

Based on what? It's unlikely we would have gotten to the 1900's without finding the underlying principals Newton discovered. He wasn't the only brilliant guy out there until Einstein came along. And my point was Einstein believed as well not that he was the father of science.

Well I didn't know that's what you meant...so...continue.

 

[NCCommish]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

Once again he also believed in turning lead to gold. Smarter doesn't always mean right. Einstein didn't believe in quantum physics. He was a lot smarter than you or me. He was wrong.

 

[PatsWillWin]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

You're using Newton's support of religion as a way to make belief in religion more credible. How is it not relevant to bring up that he also believed in turning lead into gold?

 

[Hoh]

[Leibniz]

Newton was a coat-tail riding punk.

[/Leibniz]

 

[RedRaiders]

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

A compelling case.

I'm sold, I mean the guy only lived a couple hundred years ago.

 

[ThisGuy]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

Once again he also believed in turning lead to gold. Smarter doesn't always mean right. Einstein didn't believe in quantum physics. He was a lot smarter than you or me. He was wrong.

No one said he was perfect.

 

[ThisGuy]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

You're using Newton's support of religion as a way to make belief in religion more credible. How is it not relevant to bring up that he also believed in turning lead into gold?

Comprehension down?

 

[ThisGuy]

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

A compelling case.

 

[PatsWillWin]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

You're using Newton's support of religion as a way to make belief in religion more credible. How is it not relevant to bring up that he also believed in turning lead into gold?

Comprehension down?

Evidently.

 

[jonessed]

Turning lead into gold is possible. It's just outageously expensive.

 

[NCCommish]

Turning lead into gold is possible. It's just outageously expensive.

True but not chemically.

 

[CrossEyed]

And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

No argument there.

 

[dickey moe]

He also believed in alchemy

Who doesn't?

 

[NCCommish]

And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

No argument there.

You don't know that for sure. All the easy stuff has been discovered, that's not my fault.

 

[Hoh]

And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

No argument there.

You don't know that for sure. All the easy stuff has been discovered, that's not my fault.

Plus, you have the internet to distract you. If it had been around in Newton's time, it's very likely that a post titled "Just got hit in the head with an apple....WTF??!!?" would have been the end of it.

 

[Running with scissors]

It was a lot more sensible, maybe even more rational, to be religious almost 300 years ago when the information that we had was so much more limited.

Besides, gravity is just a theory, not like Intelligent Falling which is from God.

 

[(HULK)]

He also believed in alchemy

True

Just because you're an awesome scientist doesn't mean you can't be a sucky theologist.Peyton Manning may be a top QB in the league and a great student of football, but I'm pretty certain that he'd be terrible at DT.

 

[(HULK)]

He also believed in alchemy

So? He believed.

Well it kind of undermines the idea that his belief may confer some kind of stamp of legitimacy on religion. Or that his belief undermines anyone elses disbelief. Yes he believed. But in the big picture he also believed in turning lead to gold.

But we're not talking about legitimacy in religion (there are so many, who knows who is right), it's about whether God exists or not and he believed he did. And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

This is poor logic. By this faulty rationale you must also believe attempting to turn lead into gold is a worthwhile venture.

 

[(HULK)]

It was a lot more sensible, maybe even more rational, to be religious almost 300 years ago when the information that we had was so much more limited.

Besides, gravity is just a theory, not like Intelligent Falling which is from God.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Pay your league fees, jerk.

 

[saintfool]

now, if you had said that darwn kept up his religious faith after "origin of species" then i might see it as interesting. newton's faith, however, isn't contradicting anything...

 

[Running with scissors]

now, if you had said that darwn kept up his religious faith after "origin of species" then i might see it as interesting. newton's faith, however, isn't contradicting anything...

There were lots of scientists that kept their faith after "Origin of Species" was published. It wasn't until early in the 20th century that his theory became widely accepted in the scientific community.

 

[TommyGilmore]

Einstein's faith was a roadblock in his scientific pursuits.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

So . . . there's just as good a reason to believe in God as there is to believe in alchemy?

 

[ThisGuy]

So . . . there's just as good a reason to believe in God as there is to believe in alchemy?

I believe the answer is: What is pie?

 

[NCCommish]

And that guy was a hell of a lot smarter than you and I.

No argument there.

You don't know that for sure. All the easy stuff has been discovered, that's not my fault.

Plus, you have the internet to distract you. If it had been around in Newton's time, it's very likely that a post titled "Just got hit in the head with an apple....WTF??!!?" would have been the end of it.

 

[Ozymandias]

How can you talk that way about the guy that invented the fig?