Anthony Flew, one of the world's best known and most academically serious atheists, became a theist on account of the evidence for intelligent design of the
universe , and he gave an interview to journalist Lee Strobel, who had a similar experience:
It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian – and now biological discoveries have caused the world’s most famous philosophical atheist, Dr. Antony Flew, to declare his belief in a Creator. An account of my rare interview with Flew is below, and you can find free video clips at www.LeeStrobel.com.
. Flew also accepted the
Phillip Johnson award.
Could Flew have discovered a big secret? The ID folk are actually cool and fun to hang out with? Well, it makes sense because cannot imagine wanting to grow old with the
anti-ID folk.
If you like this blog, check out my book on the intelligent design controversy, By Design or by Chance?. You can read excerpts as well.
Are you looking for one of the following stories? My U of Toronto
talk on why there is an intelligent design controversy, or my talk on
media coverage of the controversy att he University of Minnesota.
A summary of tech guru George Gilder's arguments
for ID and against Darwinism
A critical look at why
March of the Penguins was thought to be an ID film.
A summary of recent
opinion columns on the ID controversy
A summary of recent
polls of US public opinion on the ID controversy
A summary of the Catholic Church's
entry into the controversy, essentially on the side of ID.
O'Leary's intro to non-Darwinian agnostic philosopher David Stove’s
critique of Darwinism.
An ID Timeline: The ID folk seem always to
win when they lose.
O’Leary’s comments on Francis Beckwith, a Dembski associate, being
granted tenure at Baylor after a long struggle - even after helping in a small way to
destroy the Baylor Bears' ancient glory - in the opinion of a hyper sportswriter.
Why origin of life is such a difficult problem.
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Labels: atheism, intelligent design, Lee Strobel
