Posted on 12/11/2004 6:24:20 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
Is this the guy who is in his 80s? This article doesn't say - if so, maybe the fact that death will be knocking on his door sometime in the near future convinced him to change his mind. Better late than never, I suppose.
Bump!
Antony Flew, 81, now believes scientific evidence supports the theory that some sort of intelligence created the universe. But he continues to reject traditional religious ideas of God and especially the idea of salvation after death.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1371635,00.html
Yes, but you have to feel a bit sad for all of Flew's Followers, who have passed away without Faith in God.
I guess after a lifetime of beating his chest he's finally realized he is but a man
"But he continues to reject traditional religious ideas of God and especially the idea of salvation after death."
Yeah, give him a little more time (if he has that luxury) - and watch him "come around" some more... fully accepting our own mortality can be quite sobering. I watched that very thing happen with several relatives and friends who died from cancer.
"Yes, but you have to feel a bit sad for all of Flew's Followers, who have passed away without Faith in God."
Indeed I do! Without going too much into my personal beliefs (too early in the am for me to get flamed), I believe he'll have to "answer" (be held accountable) for all the people he led astray with his nonsense.
The Wonder of the World: A Journey from Modern Science to the Mind of God is an inquiry into those every day experiences and "facts of life" that are as mystifying as they are obvious and ordinary. From commonplace phenomena like language and reproduction to such enigmas as energy, life, consciousness, mind and the laws of nature. Science brings us face to face with magic and mystery. The world is nothing less than a wonderland. This book is a dialogue between an atheist scientist and a theist where we see that in contrast to the often assumed conflict between religion and science, "the womb of modern science" converged in a fascinating and historical way through the 4 greatest thinkers of the Hindu, Jewish, Christian and Moslem religions.
One "Flew" for the cuckoo's nest
The "intelligent design" was created by mother nature and evolution.
Who created God? When was she born?
Let me be the first to say..."Already posted here..."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1298548/posts
I can not help but think that the book that converted a harden philospher of Atheisism for so many years, must be worth a read.
I was surprised to see this on page three of Friday's "Bangor Deadly News".
Truthfully, I think that's it, in a nutshell. Only his massive ego prevented him from acknowledging the Creator long ago, and now that he's finally broken down and done it, the same ego forces him to qualify his belief in scientific jargon.
Wow, and he is not even in a foxhole or death row.
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