Newton's prognostication

Seems the father of modern physics was apparently quite together with his spiritual side. Referencing the book of Daniel, Sir Issac Newton postulated the world wouldn't end any sooner than 2060, something not very popular with the charlatans of his day, one might assume:

Continuing in a decidedly sniffy tone, he wrote: "This I mention not to assert when the time of the end shall be, but to put a stop to the rash conjectures of fanciful men who are frequently predicting the time of the end, and by doing so bring the sacred prophesies into discredit as often as their predictions fail."

He was even more conservative than the late-night TV charlatans of our day using custom versions of the Bible, like Jack Van Impe for instance. At last check Van Impe had moved his end of the world window up to 2018 or thereabouts. It's sort of like altering the hurricane forecast in the middle of the season--useless.

Hopefully Sir Issac will not be treated too harshly by the rabid anti-religionists for his beliefs, although it's doubtful he cares very much at this point. But it's interesting that even in death he's lambasting our modern prophets of doom.