why everybody says Isaac Newton believe the earth was create 4000 BC
i am looking for the references but nothing
newton didn´t say the earth was created 4000 BC
there is no reference for that
>>1205932
No one at the time knew the actual age of the earth and it came down to reilgious speculation and extrapolation. Creationists now are just retarded.
>>1205993
james ussher, he explains the biblical chronology in his book Annales Veteris Testamenti
but newton?
newton didn´t say that
>>1205993
This.
>>1205932
Newton didn't specifically say so, but he did not renounce the Scriputes, and even began a document (treatise, letter, idk) explaining Revelation.
At the time, the simple math of the ages of the patriarchs put creation at 4KBC which most believed. Newton didn't explicitly disagree but he never questioned it.
>>1205932
He believed it on the account that everybody believed it back then. No proofs for it obviously.
>>1208614
Simply add numbers together.
>>1205932
Didn't he say human civilization wouldn't last after 2024? Mark your calendars!