How did newton try to explain the workings of the universe?

Answer 1

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He was a christian, but a less ignorant christian than others at his time. (for the record, I am christian)

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He was an Anglican (Church of England) which is Christian sect, but had a falling out over several doctrinal matters. See appended link for a full discussion

Answer 2

He Was a Christian. Isaac newton's religious views influenced his lifetime of work. Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, theologian and alchemist. While Newton's fame came from his work in the field of science, his work on Biblical hermeneutics was the work he most loved. He also wrote many works that would now be classified as occult studies.

Richard Westfall, the leading biographer says: "Well before 1675, Newton had become an Arian in the original sense of the term." Westfall adds, his views "remained unaltered until his death." "Arianism" was an ancient Christian heresy, and was no longer an organized religion with well-established doctrines. Newton kept it secret because heresy would lead to termination of his appointments at Cambridge University and the Mint. Nevertheless, says Westfall, "He identified himself with Arius, both intellectually and emotionally."

Newton wrote a number of religious tracts dealing with the literal interpretation of The Bible, as he considered himself to be one of a select group of individuals who were specially chosen by God for the task of understanding Biblical scripture. Newton's conception of the physical world provided a stable model of the natural world that would reinforce stability and harmony in the civic world. The law of gravity became Newton's best-known discovery, but Newton saw a monotheistic God as the masterful creator whose existence could not be denied in the face of the grandeur of all creation.

Although born into an Anglican family, by his thirties Newton held a Christian faith that, had it been made public, would not have been considered orthodox by mainstream Christianity; in recent times he has been described as heretical to orthodoxy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_religious_views

Answer 3

Possibly. He was born into an Angclican family.

Newton wrote about the Bible and the early Church Fathers. Newton wrote works on textual criticism, most notably 'An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture'. He placed the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at 3 April, AD 33, which agrees with one traditionally accepted date. He also tried unsuccessfully to find hidden messages within the Bible.

But none of this confirms he was or was not a Christian.

Answer 4

Yes, Isaac Newton was a Christian who wrote over a million words on the subject of religion and spent more time on theology than he spent on science.

Answer 5

Newton let mathematical results explain the workings of the Universe.

Mathematics is a more rational explanation.

Answer 6

Im pretty sure he was either a diest or a rationalist

Answer 7

The Man of Gravity did indeed have a religious C.G.- he wrote on theology, was English, so most probably was of the Anglican or Episcopalian faith.

Answer 8

Its obvious that God made all those rules.