Isaac Newton and Atheism

"Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance." Sir Isaac Newton

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[fneebster]

@twostepRMX - As you point out, the vastness of the universe is beyond human comprehension. This does not argue against God; on the contrary, it is a deafening declaration FOR God. I don't know anyone, theist or otherwise, who proclaims that Earth is the "one and only." But I do know this: If there are millions, or billions of Earth-like planets, this is no more or less astounding than the idea that there is only one. And we are faced with the awesome mystery of creation...

[MrBiT3z]

Gay

[333Corvus]

Christians believe that it earth was created by "god". No. there is other life on the billions of planets. It had to happen.

[twostepRMX]

Everything is really pretty because GOD.

You know how little sense that makes? There are trillions upon trillions of planets in the universe, with billions of different combinations for distance, size, elemental make-up, etc. it would only make sense that at least ONE of these would fit the standards for life, and the fact that we are alive and observing that, proves it.

[MrNeodarwinian]

Argument from authority. Thus, a fallacy.

[camaro345]

Wow, people arguing in the comments if God exists.... I didn't see that one coming....

[tapelegs]

@tapelegs 4)Newton was also coming from a time when only 6 planets were thought to exist. Based on the assumption of only 6 planets, the random occurrence of a life sustaining planet does seem impossible, but so much when you have the modern knowledge of hundreds of billions of billions of planets

5)Other famous scientists did not believe in a personal god, such as Einstein and Feynman, why not mention them as well, aren't you being one sided in only mentioning scientists that support your view?

[tapelegs]

1) The title of this video is misleading and would imply a video about Newton's views on religion, not a video about Newton's contributions to science, followed by a quote

2) Newton's status as a prolific scientist does not make his religious viewpoints more credible, Newton also believed in alchemy, yet you don't make a video about why alchemy is real because Newton believed it

3) Universal Gravitation isn't even the correct model for describing gravity

[TheSarnaran]

Newton was a smart guy but this quote is pretty easy to dismiss today due to the fact that we know that there are billions of galaxies and solar systems which means that the chances of a planet "randomly" being in the perfect position relative to the sun or any other star is pretty high.