Well, as ones life becomes more and more mortal, one usually finds themself spending more mental energy on the subject.
Amazing how some atheists come around the closer they get to meeting their Creator...
Perhaps he's hedging his bets?
At 81, he's reached an age at which sexual license probably does not seem so all-important. I've come to think that's about 95% of the motivation behind the modernist revolt against religion, of which atheism is but one strand. The high theorizing is rooted mainly in the desire to reject any authority outside oneself, and this in turn is motivated very largely by the desire to misbehave sexually.
Flew believes there is nothing after death which makes his statements even more meaningful.
To Flew there is no eternal spiritual benefit for his belief change. He was just being intellectually honest
Amazing how some atheists come around the closer they get to meeting their Creator...
Amazing how many devoted athiests manage to muster the strength to breathlessly say "oh God" on their death beds.
While atheism may make more sense to them it doesnt offer them any hope of something after death. A lot of people prefer to have that hope than to think they are just going to rot in the dirt.
You stoled my thunder.Did he see the light because of the question of his own mortallity or because age comes with wisdom? I think these two are the same thing.