NEW YORK (AP) _ A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of atheism for more than a half-century has changed his mind. He now believes in God -- more or less -- based on scientific evidence, and says so on a video released Thursday.
At age 81, after decades of insisting belief is a mistake, Antony Flew has concluded that some sort of intelligence or first cause must have created the universe. A super-intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature, Flew said in a telephone interview from England.
Flew said he's best labeled a deist like Thomas Jefferson, whose God was not actively involved in people's lives.
"I'm thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian and far and away from the God of Islam.....
"My whole life has been guided by the principle of Plato's Socrates: Follow the evidence, wherever it leads."
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/atheist_philosopher_041210.html
2006-10-26 14:13:43 · 12 answers · asked by Cogito Sum 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Awesome! God has a way of showing himself strong even in the most supposedly free thinking minds.
Great info!
Shalom
2006-10-26 14:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Pashur 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
If any true "atheist" care to put God to the test as a well known "atheist" who was a journalist and a lawyer a very educated man to say the least had set out to disprove the bible and Christianity and found more evidence to believe in God and Christ..his name is Lee Strobal and he wrote " The Case For Christ" A very good book I gave it to my "atheist" cousin and she said that it was convincing but wanted further evidence. Read it for yourself if you care to look for evidence or just interested in what evidence he found. He answers a lot of hard questions to answer. FYI...the reason I put atheist in parenthesis is because I believe that all have at least once believed in God..even the devil believes..it is not to disrespect anyone and their freedom to choose.
2006-10-26 16:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by candi_k7 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Very interesting, I have to wonder if it was hard data that changed his mind, or if it was coming to the age where most of the men in this world die? Only he knows. What ever his reasoning, I feel that his witness will be felt by others.
2006-10-26 14:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Guess he bought the Intelligent Design argument. I don't. There really isn't that big of a jump there and we still have some common ground. At least he still doesn't buy the hypocrisies of organized religion. He is just getting old and is hoping for something more.
2006-10-26 14:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-03 00:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandfather never made much sense at the age of 81 either. Poor fella.
2006-10-26 14:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
ok. When I'm 81 we'll all have a completely different idea of how the universe works.
2006-10-26 14:18:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Maybe it was the Holy Spirit that changed his mind.
2006-10-26 14:20:13 · answer #8 · answered by Olivia 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you truly believe that you should follow the evidence wherever it leads then here is a site with evidence and I,m leading you there.
http://watchtower.org
2006-10-26 14:18:28 · answer #9 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Aged 81, you say? Obviously, he's gone senile.
2006-10-26 14:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋