“Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ.” – Anonymous
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2014/07/we_hold_some_tr087471.html
Isaac Newton wrote about the universe (circa 1677):
“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.â€
Approximately 150 years later, Thomas Jefferson agreed with Newton and thought that there was scientific evidence for design in nature. In 1823, he insisted so in a letter to John Adams:
“I hold (without appeal to revelation) that when we take a view of the Universe, in its parts general or particular, it is impossible for the human mind not to perceive and feel a conviction of design, consummate skill, and indefinite power in every atom of its composition.â€
As a classic renaissance man, Jefferson was a brilliant scholar, skilled in both letters and science. As one of the most gifted “founding fathers,†he was a major contributor in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and US constitution.
Perhaps tragically, Jefferson predicted that if any branch of the US government were to cause the failure of democracy, it would be the judicial branch. He reasoned that, in the end, it may be impossible for the courts to decide one man’s freedom over another man.