'Notorious' atheist discovers God
ReligionAndSpirituality.com
November 2, 2007 Philosopher Antony Flew published a new book, "There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind," to explain his switch from one of the world's leading exponents of materialist Darwinian philosophy to belief in the existence of a personal deity who created the universe. Flew, an Oxford educated philosopher described by some as "legendary," was a leading proponent of the pure atheistic Darwinian doctrines that categorically reject any possibility of a creative divine being. His ideas paved the way for thinkers like Richard Dawkins, the UK's most virulent opponent of religious belief, LifeSiteNews reported Friday.
"It was empirical evidence" that changed his mind, he told an inverviewer, "the evidence uncovered by the sciences. He told Dr. Benjamin Wiker two factors in particular "were decisive."
"One was my growing empathy with the insight of Einstein and other noted scientists that there had to be an Intelligence behind the integrated complexity of the physical Universe. The second was my own insight that the integrated complexity of life itself - which is far more complex than the physical Universe - can only be explained in terms of an Intelligent Source."
Flew described the deity he believes in as "the god of Aristotle," not quite the personal God of Christianity and Judaism, "a person but not the sort of person with whom you can have a talk. It is the ultimate being, the Creator of the Universe." He said he does not "accept any claim of divine revelation" but is continuing to study them, particularly those of Christianity.
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