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By: Hennessy’s View » Blog Archive » C.S. Lewis Foe Turns to God

Hennessy’s View » Blog Archive » C.S. Lewis Foe Turns to God — Sat, 21 May 2005 20:38:03 +0000

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By: Diggers Realm

Diggers Realm — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:58:15 +0000

Leading Atheist, Antony Flew, Now Believes In God
Well this is quite interesting. After half a century the leading atheism proponent in the world now concludes that there is/was a God. Antony Flew, 81, concludes that DNA evidence show that life was somehow engineered by a higher being....

By: Kenneth Burke

Kenneth Burke — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:51:45 +0000

As an agnostic, I'm interested in the question of where the universe came from. That it was created is, I agree, not a scientifically verifiable proposition. I can only think of two other propositions: that it always existed or that it came into being out of nothing; i.e., that it is an uncaused effect. Is there another possibility I'm overlooking? If not, I wonder which of these latter propositions our host thinks is scientifically verifiable.

By: Pajama Hadin

Pajama Hadin — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:47:32 +0000

Famed atheist concedes: evidence points to God
Antony Flew now believes scientific evidence points to the existence of God. This change in his thinking is prompted by his musings on Intelligent Design arguments. Some may have never heard of Antony Flew even if they are familiar with Intelligent D...

By: JakeV

JakeV — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:26:48 +0000

Bithead, you might want to note that Flew still does not believe in an afterlife.

By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:35:14 +0000

Classic man-bites-dog story (or: the exception proves the rule). How many people, every single day, go from being theists to atheists (or agnostics)? No major news headlines about them. Go figure.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:21:03 +0000

Losely translated, this whole story can be expressed in one line from Marshall Foche: "There are no atheists in foxholes."

At 81, Flew recognizes the foxhole of his own mortality.

By: Hennessy's View

Hennessy's View — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:52:49 +0000

C.S. Lewis Foe Turns to God
The 20th Century's two giant defenders of Christian faith--C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton--both turned to Christianity from atheism. Chesterton fought G. B. Shaw over God's existence. C.S. Lewis fought, among others, Antony Flew.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:33:35 +0000

The article is kinda misleading about Flew. He's fairly well known in the freethought community, and his position isn't even as certain as the rather uncertain position described in the article. He's more thinking along the lines of, "you know, I think that maybe, possibly, there's something to this whole creator business. Maybe."