Article in Think criticizes Dawkins, defends design

Think: Philosophy for Everyman (Spring, 2009; pages 71-81) has published a paper by Douglas Groothuis, a philosophy prof at Denver Seminary: "Who Designed the Designer? A Dialogue on Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion."

That's interesting, because Think is a secular British journal - and the article criticizes Dawkins and defends intelligent design.

My view: The question Dawkins likes to ask, "Who designed the designer?", is meant to distract people from noticing the design of life, which is far beyond the powers of the Darwinian evolution he defends. If the designer is God, as traditional theists hold, he is eternally self-existent.

What if one is not a theist? A moment's thought shows that a designer is not equivalent to a design. To use an ancient image, the potter is not on the same plane of exisstence as the pot. And it is not necessary to know how the potter came to exist to realize that the pot is designed.

Richard Dawkins would solve the problem by claiming that the pot designed itself.

Find out why there is an intelligent design controversy:

Former atheist Antony Flew to author book on God as designer

Antony Flew, who became a deist on account of intelligent design, will apparently be authoring a book with HarperCollins (There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, October 23, 2007), his co-author being Roy Varghese
. This from the publisher:

For the first time, this book will present a detailed and fascinating account of Flew's riveting decision to revoke his previous beliefs and argue for the existence of God. Ever since Flew's announcement, there has been great debate among atheists and believers alike about what exactly this "conversion" means. There Is a God will finally put this debate to rest.
This is a story of a brilliant mind and reasoned thinker, and where his lifelong intellectual pursuit eventually led him: belief in God as designer.