Nothing. Issac Newton is dead.
2007-02-09 16:05:54
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answer #1
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answered by coutterhill 5
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An analysis of all that Newton wrote reveals that out of some 3,600,000 words only 1,000,000 were devoted to the sciences, whereas some 1,400,000 were on religious topics.
Newton’s principal reason for rejecting the Trinity was that when he sought to verify the statements of the creeds and the councils he found no support in Scripture for the doctrine.
Newton firmly held that reasoning should be used. He argued that nothing created by God was without purpose and reason, and Bible teachings would be sustained by similar application of logic and reason. Speaking of the apostle John’s writings, Newton said: “I have that honour for him as to believe that he wrote good sense; and therefore take that sense to be his which is the best.”11 So, as a second reason for rejecting the Trinity teaching, Newton declared: “Homoousion [the doctrine that the Son is of the same substance as the Father] is unintelligible. ’Twas not understood in the Council of Nice, nor ever since. What cannot be understood is no object of belief.”
a Newton manuscript entitled “Queries Regarding the Word Homoousios.” It reveals a third reason for his denial of the Trinity. This teaching was not part of early Christianity. Queries twelve to fourteen all highlight the doctrine’s lack of original first-century character:
“Query 12. Whether the opinion of the equality of the three substances was not first set on foot in the reign of Julian the Apostate [361-363 C.E.], by Athanasius, Hilary, etc.?
Query 13. Whether the worship of the Holy Ghost was not first set on foot presently after the Council of Sardica? [343 C.E.]
Query 14. Whether the Council of Sardica was not the first Council which declared for the doctrine of the Consubstantial Trinity?”
So on the basis of Scripture, reason and the authentic teaching of early Christianity, Newton found that he could not accept the doctrine of the Trinity. He believed strongly in the supreme sovereignty of Jehovah God, and the proper position of Jesus Christ, neither derogating him as the Son of God nor elevating him to the position occupied by his Father.
He wrote, “Whence are you certain that ye Ancient of Days is Christ? Does Christ anywhere sit upon ye Throne?” His own conclusion here is obvious, and the clarity of his thought regarding the relationship of the Father with the Son is always evident in Newton’s writings. So elsewhere he makes the point that prayer can be made to “God in the name of the Lamb, but not to the Lamb in the name of God.”
Perhaps the best summary of Isaac Newton’s Scriptural arguments for his repudiation of the Trinity is found in fourteen ‘Argumenta,’ written in Latin, giving Bible citations for many of them. Numbers four to seven are particularly interesting:
“4. Because God begot the Son at some time, he had not existence from eternity. Proverbs 8:23, 25.
5. Because the Father is greater than the Son. John 14:28.
6. Because the Son did not know his last hour. Mark 13:32, Matt. 24:36,
7. Because the Son received all things from the Father.”
2007-02-10 01:08:58
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answered by BJ 7
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Isaac Newton assumed room temperature a long time ago. Now he does absolutely nothing.
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2007-02-10 00:25:57
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answered by Weird Darryl 6
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Invent telescopes. Explain the spectrum. Create new higher math for explaining odd shaped volumes of objects. Explained gravity to a degree. Gave laws of motion, action and reaction.
And I think he did most of that before he was 30!
2007-02-10 00:23:23
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answered by Anonymous
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he doesnt do anything because he is dead but his laws are probably the 3 most important laws known to man, pretty much why everything in this world happens. it is why you are able to walk without sinking into the earth. its why we dont fall off the face of the earth when we jump its everything
2007-02-10 00:06:54
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answer #5
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answered by sphsgolfer 1
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Mr. Newton is no longer an active participant in the human drama.
2007-02-10 00:07:33
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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He talks to God mostly. On Tuesdays he plays golf with Moses. He was, among 'other' things, an Alchemist when he was down here.
2007-02-10 00:11:59
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answered by tonks_op 7
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right now?
Nothing. He's been dead for quite some time now.
2007-02-10 00:07:44
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answer #8
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answered by Born of a Broken Man 5
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Go to sleep!
2007-02-10 00:05:43
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answer #9
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answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7
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Learn to talk to dead and then ask him yourself
2007-02-10 00:08:13
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answer #10
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answered by dogpatch USA 7
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