dynavert2012
Active Member
Just a question for atheists, in your opinion why did Antony Flew become a theist?
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questions for atheists
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dynavert2012
Active Member
i Just want to know how they see it? many people were convinced by his opinions about No god, now he changed his opinion and said "there's a god" are they convinced too or not? Just a question
this.:clap
dynavert2012
Active Member
i agree with you, but when you found one of people who inspired you changed his thoughts, surly it represents many things for you, isn't it?
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
No, not really. But then I never put that much faith in any human.
It's an odd question to ask me, though. Are you under the impression that I'm an atheist?
dynavert2012
Active Member
NO, i know you are believing in god
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
OK, just wondering.
mycorrhiza
Well-Known Member
Some people convert, others lose faith. It says nothing about what is true and what isn't.
To be honest, I had never heard about Antony Flew until I saw someone use his conversion as "evidence" against atheism. From what I gather on wikipedia, he "converted" to deism because he couldn't grasp how the complexity of the Universe and life could arise without a God. To me, that's not a very good argument.
To be honest, I had never heard about Antony Flew until I saw someone use his conversion as "evidence" against atheism. From what I gather on wikipedia, he "converted" to deism because he couldn't grasp how the complexity of the Universe and life could arise without a God. To me, that's not a very good argument.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
I barely remembered his name, so I went to Wiki to brush up. Apparently he (or perhaps his publisher) considers himself "the world's most notorious atheist," which... wow. >snickers<
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
I have no idea. Who are they?
Anthony Flew came to the conclusion that an intelligence was required to explain the complexity of biological life.
Personally I find this argument quite weak, and the fact that Flew bought into it does not make it any stronger.
Sometimes atheists become theists, sometimes theists become atheists. Not a big deal.
outhouse
Atheistically
he turned after his mental faculties left, the other author imposed his theism more then anything.
and of course, there are debates. I couldnt care less. I have noticed a serious pattern in the older religious debaters, of having such profound and stubborn view, they are not worth debating at all. I have noticed reality matters less to them.
In all, i'll chock it up to old age and senility
Idk, but this is the first time I have heard of him
.Considered
. He died in 2010.When I read that part I wondered if I have missed someone I am supposed to know about. That has happened before
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Photonic
Ad astra!
A deathbed conversion of someone who knew they were dying. Old age coupled with inability to cope with the fear of death is what I would chalk it up to.