Isaac Newton: God in a Scientific Universe

Isaac Newton : God in a Scientific Universe

HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Sir_Isaac_Newton " \o "Sir Isaac Newton " Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727 ) was an HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /England " \o "England " English HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Physics " \o "Physics " physicist , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Mathematician " \o "Mathematician " mathematician , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Astronomy " \o "Astronomy " astronomer HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Natural_philosophy " \o "Natural philosophy " natural philosopher , and alchemist . While he was primarily regarded as the father of modern physics , Newton 's greatest passion was

br theology . In fact he spent more time on biblical studies than on science , as he said "I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God , written by those who were inspired . I study the Bible daily (Tina , 1975

Newton devoted his whole life to the search for God , the Creator of heaven and earth in the fields of science and theology which he saw as closely interrelated . From the document Newton suggested that God created two things to form the universe : primitive particles and rules

Many ancient philosophers concluded that the universe is formed by several (or one ) fundamental element . For example , in Chinese philosophy , the whole universe is made up of five elements (water , wood fire , earth , and metal , which all originate from qi (literally means air . In Newton 's point of view , these particles are so hard and impenetrable that they never wear of break in pieces no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation . Newton further stated that together with these primitive particles , God dictated rules to guide the interactions and movements of them . Under these rules , the particles form the entire universe and move accordingly . We can sense these rules from natural phenomena , but the causes of them have not yet been discovered

So we can conclude that in Newton 's thought the universe is quite mechanistic : it consists of particles which move and interact according to some basic laws . However , to Newton , the existence of God can be seen everywhere in this mechanistic world because both particles and laws were created by God . Newton thought God uses principles to guide both the spiritual and physical world . That is to say , God created a perfect universe in his first creation : both the primitive particles and the guiding principles are perfect . After the creation of the universe , God himself seldom intervenes directly because his laws can put things in br

Generally speaking , the rise of science and the decline of religion have been the trend since Isaac Newton 's time . Even though most modern scientists remain religious but they are much less enthusiastic than Newton and his contemporaries . Modern scientists are strongly divided on some fundamental issues , such as the beginning of the universe ' and the divine cause ' which Newton took for granted (Hilgevoord , 1994

Many scientists still believe in God 's universe . Like Newton , they come to this conclusion because...