Re: great creationists of the past

I do have familiarity with Newton -- having read his MSS at Cambridge,
Oxford, Jerusalem, Boston, and Palo Alto. I would not call him an Arian nor would
I call him a Unitarian. As I read his MSS, I tried repeatedly to fit him
into some mold and I could never do it. His views were more complex than any of
the categories that we commonly use today. He did believe in creation.

The funny thing about this ASA discussion is a conversation which I had with
a high school science teacher about this very topic in an elevator in Chicago
in the 1980s. I had just given a presentation on Newton and his unpublished
MSS at the Annual NSTA meeting. She asked if Newton believed in Darwin's
theory of evolution. The sad thing was that she had no idea that Newton
(1642-1727) predated Darwin (1809-1882).

For what it is worth, those are my thoughts,
Helen Martin
Received on Sat Apr 15 16:27:45 2006