Sir Issac Newton was both the father of modern physics and the best theologian in England.
” Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done.”
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That said Issac Newton was a passionate advocate of the arian heresy which all but murdered Christianity in Europe and led to significant Christian decline—especially among mainline protestants— in the USA in the following 200 years.
Newton remained part of the Anglican establishment for the majority of his life.
You are in essence correct.