Comments on: Ten Strange Facts About Newton

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By: Nivi

Nivi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:38:35 +0000

Was he really the Grand Master of the Priory de Sion?
Did it really exist? And one book says he was a homosexual… Is that true?

By: Abhilash Kolekar

Abhilash Kolekar — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:09:57 +0000

Well…wat about the book ‘the Da Vinci Code…………….it says he was the GRANDMASTER of the group PRIORI OF SION??? Is it TRUE!!!!????

By: conner

conner — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:27:33 +0000

you guys dont know diddly squat about newton

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:33:40 +0000

Does anyone know what he died of? Was it just old age?

By: onur

onur — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:06:17 +0000

amazing sciencist

By: Unagriot

Unagriot — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:17:58 +0000

Check out this piece called It was Newton’s Head that rushed up to meet the apple.

By: Pziko

Pziko — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:22:01 +0000

Don’t forget his major invention: the cat-flap.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:37:32 +0000

A human life is always full of complexity. And no doubt Newton is also considered to be a human being, and I am sure there are more secrets which are yet to be documented.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:51:13 +0000

Mike, what do you mean true Christians don’t believe in the trinity? The Bible doesn’t mention the word ‘trinity’ specifically, consider Matthew 28:19: “therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” and 2Corinthians 13:14: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.” Together, the three mentioned in these verses form the holy trinity.

‘True Christians consider it blasphemous’ is an extreme–and false–blanket statement. Far from considering the trinity blasphemous, a great many Christian denominations–such as baptists–have the idea at the heart of their core beliefs.

By: pokemaul2k4

pokemaul2k4 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:55:00 +0000

Another fun fact was that Newton went insane and died cause he didn’t get laid until he was thirty! True fact, look it up!

By: subcorpus

subcorpus — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:46:21 +0000

i didnt know most of the facts here …
thanks for sharing …

By: leke

leke — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:56:20 +0000

Newton would have been a member of Jackass

By: mike

mike — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:59:34 +0000

Anyone that is learned in the Bible will not believe in the trinity. It wasn’t until the council of nicea in around 325 that it was made cannon and was never mentioned in the Bible. True Christians consider it blasphemous.

By: Alex Freeman

Alex Freeman — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:57:04 +0000

Some of the comments above are demonstrative of why it would be a good idea to cite sources other than Wikipedia. Especially since several of these things about Newton are fairly well-known, and should be relatively easy to research.

By: BuÄŸra

BuÄŸra — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:34:55 +0000

It’s strange that Newton predicted an armageddon date which is close to a date that is claimed to happen a meteor crash.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:17:40 +0000

Isaac Newton was also Chuck Norris’ great-grandfather.

By: Padraig

Padraig — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:15:25 +0000

Not to mention medicine. Without an alchemist’s medical revision, we might still be eating lead soup to heal a cold. Just in case anyone is wondering: the alchemist’s name was Paracelsus.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:57:21 +0000

Newton didn’t predict that the Jews would return to Israel. That is prophesied in the Bible (in Isaiah if I am correct). He just believed the Bible was accurate, except for the Devil and the Holy Trinity…that he was wrong about but very interesting read…thanks!

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:26:06 +0000

Gert is right about Newton and alchemy. Alchemy was once as much a part of the discipline of physical science as astrology was once a part of the study of astronomy. Some of history’s greatest cosmological thinkers could also cast a horoscope and provided both services to their patrons.

By: Dingy

Dingy — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:34:23 +0000

It wasn’t and apple falling from a tree. He was taking a dump.

By: Fig Newtons

Fig Newtons — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:10:57 +0000

The truth about the tree is this. One evening, Newton removed his clothes and tied one end of a rope to a tree, and the other to his penis. He then proceded to run away from the tree at full speed. He never tried that again.

By: Padraig

Padraig — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:35:54 +0000

@Tubag Bohol: Ties to the Catholic church during Newton’s time were already severed in England. The Catholic church was against Newton’s theories but it didn’t matter, seeing as the English Church supported quite a few of them (and the rest was distributed through befriended “courier” scientists and journalists).

By: tav

tav — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:20:37 +0000

well you start by saying that he was the greatest scientist who ever lived then you go on showing that he spent most of his life trying to get philosophers stoned.
he also invented trial and error.

By: Powers

Powers — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:52:49 +0000

Newton actually had the idea for DIGG.com too!

By: melmo

melmo — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:45:00 +0000

Apparently Newton only played with girls when he was a kid. I am not sure where I read this though.

By: Tubag Bohol

Tubag Bohol — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:43:11 +0000

Was Newton hated by the Catholic Church? What did the Catholic Church say about Newton?

By: bubb

bubb — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:11:23 +0000

And took the blood of virgins to make his daily soup!

By: michangelo

michangelo — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:53:28 +0000

And he was GAY!

By: doug

doug — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:14:55 +0000

You forgot that Newton actually died of a stroke in 1714, but was resurrected by a potion made from the Philosopher’s Stone.

It has to be true, I read it in a book…