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::::Mr. Schlafly: Your assertion about Wikipedia's entry on Newton is utterly false. It is located here. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_religious_views] All you have to do is click on the link in the main article titled "Isaac Newton's religious views". Could this reference please be dropped for the sake of accuracy? --[[User:Jimmy|Jimmy]] 21:13, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
::::Mr. Schlafly: Your assertion about Wikipedia's entry on Newton is utterly false. It is located here. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_religious_views] All you have to do is click on the link in the main article titled "Isaac Newton's religious views". Could this reference please be dropped for the sake of accuracy? --[[User:Jimmy|Jimmy]] 21:13, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
:Not "utterly false" - the most you could '''possibly''' say is that our criticism of Wikipedia is overstated. But I just read their Isaac Newton and "religious views" articles.
:The former summarizes the latter by branding Newton a heretic, rather than calling him a fundamentalist. Moreover it conceals Newton's religious motivation for exploring [[physical science]]. At least they might have added this quote:
:*...he was devoutly religious and saw numbers as involved in understanding God's plan for history from the Bible. He did a considerable work on biblical numerology, and, though aspects of his beliefs were not orthodox, he thought theology was very important. In his system of physics, God is essential to the nature and absoluteness of space. In Principia he stated, "The most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion on an intelligent and powerful Being." [http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/sciencefaith.html]
:I suggest you stop debating and start doing some research and writing. Pointing out your error here has been largely a waste of time. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 21:27, 1 July 2008 (EDT)