Quote Originally Posted by Rhabbi View Post
For those who have trouble believing that men of faith can be scientists. I received this from a Christian Group I am a member of.



By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | July 22, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/education...reason?mode=PF

Isn't it interesting that the same people who would point to the conflict between faith and science would hold Newton up as a great scientist?
1) Physics is not a very controversial subject any longer. The pope bent over and took it in the ass a looooong time ago.

2) Maybe he is a great teacher and has understood to keep his personal convictions separate from actually doing his job.

3) When Newton was alive the evolution of science was at a radically different place. It was way before Shopenhaur, Nietzsche and Thomas Khun. In the age of Newton a supernatural god was still the scientifically best way to explain the nature of the world. Science evolves.

4) Maybe it's not true. It sounds a bit strange that a guy with those kinds of beliefs could be hired to a position like that. Being a fundamentalist of any sort should discount him from any kind of scholarly position anywhere. I'm guessing the journalist had a go at creativity.