Sir Isaac Newton, who is credited with discovering the laws of motion (remember the story of the apple falling on his head?), had a more important law in mind:
"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."
At least in the "old days" not all men of science were afraid to combine their religious ideals with science. I personally remember that in elementary school I was taught it was a LAW of science that light ALWAYS travels in a straight line. But, oops - now we know that isn't true. Science is wonderful, but it is always changing its mind about things and can not answer all of life's questions.
Monday, February 11, 2008
The Very First Law of Motion, according to Sir Isaac Newton
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"I personally remember that in elementary school I was taught it was a LAW of science that light ALWAYS travels in a straight line."
Bad elementary teacher. It has long been known that light doesn't travel in a straight line.
That is true, but I'm old enough that is was probably still in the books then.
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