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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
‘This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being. … This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called “Lord God” παντοκρατωρ [pantokratňr], or “Universal Ruler”. … The Supreme God is a Being eternal, infinite, absolutely perfect.’ ‘Opposition to godliness is atheism in profession and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.’
Sir Isaac Newton, Principia Mathematica
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400 years ago, being an athiest would have got you and your family KILLED.
Of course it never had many prfessors back then