On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Bran Everseeking <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally suppressed are the million plus word he wrote on religion,
I agree, Bran. Apparently much of it was destroyed by his family. I find his views about the Trinity especially interesting/enlightened. (Particular for living in a time when taking issue with the Church was often hazardous to one's health.) For example, he discovered the addition of the words "and these three are one" to the scriptural text at 1 John 5:7 around the same time that the Nicene Creed was being debated. (Corruptions were easy to discover if you had access to multiple copies of the Bible book to compare over time). http://www.geocentricity.com/ba1/no077/newton-b.html I also find it interesting how those who attempt to defend the trinity doctrine call anyone who does not find evidence for it in scripture "Arian" as if it is THEY that are following a man's idea instead of scripture. Example: http://branemrys.blogspot.com/2006/03/newton-against-trinity.html (The above article considers the book of Revelation. You really have to read no farther than the 1st chapter and 1st verse of Revelation to find problems for the concept of the trinity.) Also on this topic from a relatively recent biography on Newton: http://www.credenda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184:isaac-newton-on-the-trinity-hypothesis&catid=96&Itemid=122 Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
