Sir Isaac Newton predicted the end of the world no sooner than 2060. I flipped on Fox News this morning while sipping my coffee and saw a quick story about some of Newton's papers now on display in Jerusalem. Apparently he was quite the religious scholar, as well as being what some consider "history's greatest scientist."

Newton decided to use mathematical calculations and intense study of the book of Daniel to come up with a possible date for the Apocalypse:

"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."

Well shoot, I had almost decided to follow Tim LaHaye and Joel Rosenberg's suggestions that the world might end in the next 25 years. If it goes til 2060 I may have to plan for retirement after all. ;)