Newton set 2060 for end of world

The Daily Telegraph ^ | February 22, 2003 | Jonathan Petre

[MadIvan]

Sir Isaac Newton, Britain's greatest scientist, predicted the date of the end of the world - and it is only 57 years away.

His theories about Armageddon have been unearthed by academics from little-known handwritten manuscripts in a library in Jerusalem.

The thousands of pages show Newton's attempts to decode the Bible, which he believed contained God's secret laws for the universe.

Newton, who was also a theologian and alchemist, predicted that the Second Coming of Christ would follow plagues and war and would precede a 1,000-year reign by the saints on earth - of which he would be one.

The most definitive date he set for the apocalypse, which he scribbled on a scrap of paper, was 2060.

Newton's fascination with the end of the world, which has been researched by a Canadian academic, Stephen Snobelen, is to be explored in a documentary, Newton: The Dark Heretic, on BBC2 next Saturday.

"What has been coming out over the past 10 years is what an apocalyptic thinker Newton was," Malcolm Neaum, the producer, said.

"He spent something like 50 years and wrote 4,500 pages trying to predict when the end of the world was coming. But until now it was not known that he ever wrote down a final figure. He was very reluctant to do so."

Thousands of Newton's papers, which had lain in a trunk in the house of the Earl of Portsmouth for 250 years, were sold by Sotheby's in the late 1930s.

John Maynard Keynes, the economist, bought many of the texts on alchemy and theology. But much of the material went to an eccentric collector, Abraham Yahuda, and was stored in the Hebrew National Library. It was among these documents that the date was found.

[Mr. Mojo]

2012 (although I said it with tongue in cheek).

Link to more info

[Mr. Mojo]

Here's a Freeper thread on the subject

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Frankly, he only quoted the year

[RLJVet]

OK, whatever.

[Ima Lurker]

A whole bunch of folks say May-June 2003 is the timeframe for Earth to bite the big one.

Say it ain't so!! I'm taking early retirement in May and we're moving to our favorite vacation spot!

[Marysecretary]

Perry Stone, Jr., someone I'm not familiar with, has written a book called "Unleashing the Beast," in which he speaks of the anti-Christ as someone from Iraq (I think) who is a military leader and a Muslim. For years it's been said that the AC would be a Jew but he said that the Muslim nations would never EVER follow a Jew, which makes sense to me. Thanks for the post, quix. Keep me on your end times list.

[Marysecretary]

In time, my dear, in time. In the fullness of time.

[Marysecretary]

I believe prophets and intercessors will know when the time approaches.

[Marysecretary]

I'm interested. Send them along. Maryxxx

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Newton set 2060 for end of world

And here I thought he hadn't done anything important other than inventing those fig cookies.

[scouse]

Please make a note to change the abbreviation; TEOTWAWKI to TEOTWANS.

[spodefly]

In 2060, I'll be 101 years old.

Let it end then ... fine by me.

As one of my psychology professors was fond of saying, "When I die, you will all cease to exist!"

[Nowhere Man]

Dang, there goes my 94th birthday. I want to make it to 110 too, I'd like to be around for the Tri-Centennial. B-P

[Quix]

Agree. OK, Will send. Maybe the next time I'm awake.
Going back to bed.

BTW, do you use a track ball? Better on your hands and wrist. I have mine at lap level. Logitech cordless big ball. Great tool. Praying 4 your hands.
Blessings,

[Grig]

I'll have to add this one to my list of interesting predictions, currently we have :

23 Dec 2012 - end of the world from the Aztec calender
8 Apr 2024 - Total Solar eclipse in North America
24 July 2043 - my death date as predicted by some health website
and 3 dates between 2019 and 2028 where a near-earth asteroid is due

I wouldn't mind seeing a copy of this paper, see what verses he cites and what his arguments are (not that I think he is right or anything, it would just be interesting)

It is interesting that 1260 days (3.5 years by the Jewish calender) comes up again and again in Revelation, sometimes expressed as a number of days, sometimes as a number of months, but always working out to 3.5 years.

[Marysecretary]

No, I have a regular Microsoft/Gateway mouse. Thanks for the prayers. I always covet them.

[dalereed]

"I'll only be 127 in 2060"

I'll only be 123 but I really don't expect to stick around to see if he's right!

[Sam's Army]

"I heard May 5, 2000 or so - When the planets alligned up"

I have it on good authority that it happened on May 5th, 1995. That Mayan calendar-thingie said so.

[rpage3]

Zecharia Sitchin's, "The Twelfth Planet" provides, IMHO, as plausible an explanation of our "creation" as any other out there...

[Quix]

In my experience, a mouse is always going to give your wrist trouble and eventually carpel tunnel.

Having the cordless trackball with the huge ball at lap level, where my hand would normally be--and slanted as my hand would normally slant--has relieved me of all such.

I've used various things to position the track ball--pillows, bean bag type thing, cardboard as I recall. Whatever. I wouldn't trade for mine.

Please take care of yourself, sis.