re: #175 SanFranciscoZionist

That’s the odd part about Newtonmas for me. I mean, I realize it’s because he was born on Christmas, and science and all, but he was such a serious Christian that making him the star of an atheist holiday seems weird.

re: #175 SanFranciscoZionist

That’s the odd part about Newtonmas for me. I mean, I realize it’s because he was born on Christmas, and science and all, but he was such a serious Christian that making him the star of an atheist holiday seems weird.

It would be highly interesting to go through the great scientists and see how many were religious. You’d have to scale them against their times, though. Galileo’s sending his daughter to a convent to become nuns may have been religious, but was more likely a reflection of the times.

Faraday was very religious. Franklin enjoyed religion on his own non-specific terms. No idea about Tesla.