Predictions of the end of the world are becoming more common. They range from mediums to famous scientists, such as Isaac Newton, who explained his theory of the end of time in a letter.
According to the physicist, the end of the world will occur in 2060, that is, in the twenty-first century. If we consider the writing he left in 1704, he only had 37 years to live. Of course, all of these calculations are based on the Bible and religious writings, not on science.
Stephen D. Snobelen, an expert on Newton, explained at the time that it was a great surprise to many to discover that Newton was a believer, relying to the utmost on Bible prophecy.
In fact, Newton is not the only scientist who has dared to make apocalyptic predictions, as Sir Martin Reese, one of today’s most prominent scientists, published a book titled ‘Our Final Hour’ in which he argues that the human race has only a 50% chance of surviving the twenty-first century.
Some people, however, do not take these writings of Isaac Newton seriously: “These documents show a scientist driven by religious passion. By the desire to see God’s work in the world,” the conservative Yemima Ben-Menahemexplained to the media in 2007.
“Newton was convinced that Christ would return around that date and establish a global kingdom of peace,” wrote Stephen D. Snobelenin 2003.
Sir Isaac Newton FRS was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.
Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, “an hour or two after midnight”, at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before.
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