It appears a belief in God does not hinder one from understanding the universe better than anyone that came before.
Since Newton explained away discrepancies between his models and the observations as an example of God needing to adjust the clockwork now and then, he missed the opportunity to realize that his equations predicted the existence of previously-unobserved masses. So I wouldn’t be so quick to claim that deistic thinking doesn’t impair understanding.
Since Newton explained away discrepancies between his models and the observations as an example of God needing to adjust the clockwork now and then, he missed the opportunity to realize that his equations predicted the existence of previously-unobserved masses. So I wouldn’t be so quick to claim that deistic thinking doesn’t impair understanding.