was isaac newton a devout christian and a religious man?

Question

i' heard He was an arian, as he himself says "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done" and
"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being. … This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called “Lord God” παντοκρατωρ [pantokratòr], or “Universal Ruler”. … The Supreme God is a Being eternal, infinite, absolutely perfect".

Answer 1

He wrote more about God and the bible than he did about science.

The Catholic Church on several occasions threaten him with death, because he could prove from the bible that Jesus wasn't God. And that the earth wasn't the center of the universe.

Answer 2

Newton saw God as the master creator whose existence could not be denied in the face of the grandeur of all creation. But the unforeseen theological consequence of his conception of God, as Leibniz pointed out, was that God was now entirely removed from the world’s affairs, since the need for intervention would only evidence some imperfection in God’s creation, something impossible for a perfect and omnipotent creator. Leibniz's theodicy cleared God from the responsibility for "l'origine du mal" by making God removed from participation in his creation. The understanding of the world was now brought down to the level of simple human reason, and humans, as Odo Marquard argued, became responsible for the correction and elimination of evil.

On the other hand, latitudinarian and Newtonian ideas taken too far resulted in the millenarians, a religious faction dedicated to the concept of a mechanical universe, but finding in it the same enthusiasm and mysticism that the Enlightenment had fought so hard to extinguish.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yes.

"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the Prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition." - Sir Isaac Newton

He was right! ;-)

Answer 5

thats a tough question...historically you can only define devout as if he attended a congregation and called himself a christian. In that definition yes he was...the rest is between him and god

Answer 6

yes he was. and unlike what the first person wrote, I don't think it was lip service. he actually wrote more about religion than about all his other science put together! clearly he was very into it.

cheerio

Answer 7

About as much as Da Vinci.........most intellectuals in those days paid lip service because it was required.

Answer 8

He was according to this university

http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html