Antony Flew, a British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of
atheism for more than a half-century, has changed his mind. At
age 81, after
decades of lecturing and writing against belief in a Creator, he
has concluded
that some sort of intelligence or first cause must have created
the universe.He still believes in Darwinian evolution but, "It has become inordinately difficult even to begin to think about constructing a naturalistic theory of the evolution of that first reproducing organism." In a video he has produced he says, "[DNA research] has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved."
"I'm thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian... It could be a person in the sense of a being that has intelligence and a purpose, I suppose."
The God whom he refuted all these years has allowed him to change his mind based upon the hard evidence of creation. However, he remains obstinate against his need for a Savior. He believes in a God, just like the demons, but at least they tremble in fear because they know that Jesus is the Holy One of God and will cast them into the lake of fire.
As for Antony and his opinions, we place them with the rest of the opinions of the "experts" out there. God's word places him with other men who change their minds over and over again. The atheist societies who used to use him as their poster child will probably ignore his latest findings.
If he does not come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Lord, Antony is now more culpable for his sins than when he was an atheist. God have mercy.
- Chris Simonson
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