Do you know that atheism has been overcome by scientific evidences, such as DNA genetic codes??

Question

"Professor Antony Flew, a prominent British philosopher who is considered the world's best-known atheist, has cited advancements in science as proof of the existence of God" (Insight On the News)

"The most famous atheist in the academic world over the last half century, Professor Antony Flew of England's University of Reading, now accepts the existence of God." (Dallas Morning News)

Answer 1

It happens quite regularly when someone seeks the absolute truth regardless of bias.

Answer 2

Half of the worlds scholars thought the world was flat hundreds of years ago and anyone who thought differently was prosecuted - however that didn't make it true. The people who wrote the bible thought that people who were epileptic were actually possessed by the devil. Just because we don't currently understand something, doesn't not mean we should shut ourselves off to the possibility that we might eventually figure it out. Just like we eventually figured out that the sun was not a ball of light carried in the chariot of a god (as the ancient Roman's and Greek's originally believed).
And to the guy below who takes five pages to explain why DNA means there cannot NOT be a God: just because we don't currently understand it, does not make it so. If, during the black plague, noone tried to understand why homeless people weren't dieing from the plaque and just chalked it up to "the will of God" then we never would have discovered pennicillin. But then again, I am sure you will now just argue that it was God's will that we did discover it.

Answer 3

I know; this is good news. Best wishes to Dr. Flew and all that.

On the other hand, atheism still probably can be supported with some philosophical arguments, and faith in God ultimately remains a gift and a matter of personal relationship.

Incidentally, I must say that you're not really posing a question here but making a statement. In my opinion, that is not really a proper use of this service. Of course a lot of other people misuse it to post statements, but I hope that as a believer you'll please take the high road and not imitate them.

Answer 4

So now, atheism is a condition to be overcome and the scientific proof is a guy named Flew. OK.

Answer 5

Here's an article on this subject from the Answers button @ http://web.express56.com/~bromar/

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DNA Double Helix: A Recent Discovery of Enormous Complexity
The DNA Double Helix is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. First described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, DNA is the famous molecule of genetics that establishes each organism's physical characteristics. It wasn't until mid-2001, that the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics jointly presented the true nature and complexity of the digital code inherent in DNA. We now understand that each human DNA molecule is comprised of chemical bases arranged in approximately 3 billion precise sequences. Even the DNA molecule for the single-celled bacterium, E. coli, contains enough information to fill all the books in any of the world's largest libraries.

DNA Double Helix: The "Basics"
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a double-stranded molecule that is twisted into a helix like a spiral staircase. Each strand is comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and numerous base chemicals attached in pairs. The four bases that make up the stairs in the spiraling staircase are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These stairs act as the "letters" in the genetic alphabet, combining into complex sequences to form the words, sentences and paragraphs that act as instructions to guide the formation and functioning of the host cell. Maybe even more appropriately, the A, T, C and G in the genetic code of the DNA molecule can be compared to the "0" and "1" in the binary code of computer software. Like software to a computer, the DNA code is a genetic language that communicates information to the organic cell.

The DNA code, like a floppy disk of binary code, is quite simple in its basic paired structure. However, it's the sequencing and functioning of that code that's enormously complex. Through recent technologies like x-ray crystallography, we now know that the cell is not a "blob of protoplasm", but rather a microscopic marvel that is more complex than the space shuttle. The cell is very complicated, using vast numbers of phenomenally precise DNA instructions to control its every function.

Although DNA code is remarkably complex, it's the information translation system connected to that code that really baffles science. Like any language, letters and words mean nothing outside the language convention used to give those letters and words meaning. This is modern information theory at its core. A simple binary example of information theory is the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." In that famous story, Mr. Revere asks a friend to put one light in the window of the North Church if the British came by land, and two lights if they came by sea. Without a shared language convention between Paul Revere and his friend, that simple communication effort would mean nothing. Well, take that simple example and multiply by a factor containing many zeros.

We now know that the DNA molecule is an intricate message system. To claim that DNA arose by random material forces is to say that information can arise by random material forces. Many scientists argue that the chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule can be explained by natural evolutionary processes. However, they must realize that the material base of a message is completely independent of the information transmitted. Thus, the chemical building blocks have nothing to do with the origin of the complex message. As a simple illustration, the information content of the clause "nature was designed" has nothing to do with the writing material used, whether ink, paint, chalk or crayon. In fact, the clause can be written in binary code, Morse code or smoke signals, but the message remains the same, independent of the medium. There is obviously no relationship between the information and the material base used to transmit it. Some current theories argue that self-organizing properties within the base chemicals themselves created the information in the first DNA molecule. Others argue that external self-organizing forces created the first DNA molecule. However, all of these theories must hold to the illogical conclusion that the material used to transmit the information also produced the information itself. Contrary to the current theories of evolutionary scientists, the information contained within the genetic code must be entirely independent of the chemical makeup of the DNA molecule.

DNA Double Helix: Its Existence Alone Defeats any Theory of Evolution
The scientific reality of the DNA double helix can single-handedly defeat any theory that assumes life arose from non-life through materialistic forces. Evolution theory has convinced many people that the design in our world is merely "apparent" -- just the result of random, natural processes. However, with the discovery, mapping and sequencing of the DNA molecule, we now understand that organic life is based on vastly complex information code, and such information cannot be created or interpreted without a Master Designer at the cosmic keyboard.

Answer 6

Bully for him! We await with baited breath his 'proof' of the existence of God. Gods are infinite.. and are faith based.

He 'believes' they exist. it isn't logical to base existence on his belief. Scientific proof requires data to back it up, Mon!

Answer 7

do your research: Flew counterclaims the internet assertions about him: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1300630/posts

anyway, you can't "disprove" atheism, as it is a belief and not a condition. that's like you trying to "disprove" that i like chocolate cake... even if there is no such thing as chocolate cake, you certainly can't deny my right to say i like it.

Answer 8

That was back in 2004. Old news.
Still means nothing though.

Answer 9

yes, thats pretty cool

Answer 10

Really?????