Posted by rpcman on July 12, 1998 at 02:36:11:
In Reply to: Great Thinkers? posted by Robert O'Brien on July 12, 1998 at 02:12:35:
: Third, if you were to stack all the true atheists that those lists mention (and even the non-atheists mentioned in them) and put them on a scale, and I were to put Isaac Newton by himself on the other end (i.e., the theist side), the scale would clearly tip in his favor. If I were to add everyone else (i.e., all the other great theists) at that point, then your side would fly off the scale.
Who cares? If a trillion people believe a falsehood and one person believes in a truth, I'll go with the latter. Truth isn't a democracy. Isaac Newton believed in many false things. Do you agree with him on every point? I'd also be willing to bet that his ideas would be a bit more correct had he been born after Darwin and Hubble. He predicted that the world would end 50 years ago. Did it?
: I hope you weren't expecting to convert me to your way of thinking. I know you probably get your share of theists that don't know science worth a hill of beans, but I'm not one of them. I will forever believe in God, and you can take that to the bank.
Conversion? Absolutely not. I could care less what you believe. People who have their minds made up don't make for very interesting discussions though. They also don't make very good scientists.