Caledonian- I agree that Newton missed opportunities to improve his models. That was not what I said, only that his belief in God didn’t hinder him from doing better than those that came before.
Here’s an odd question—If we took Newton as an example-
Which is currently a greater hinderance to scientific understanding-
A belief in God, or a belief in a materialistic/mechanistic description of the universe?
Caledonian- I agree that Newton missed opportunities to improve his models. That was not what I said, only that his belief in God didn’t hinder him from doing better than those that came before.
Here’s an odd question—If we took Newton as an example-
Which is currently a greater hinderance to scientific understanding-
A belief in God, or a belief in a materialistic/mechanistic description of the universe?