Wow — one of the world’s most famous atheists, Anthony Flew, has apparently changed his mind.
Unfortunately, Flew seems to have simply adopted the view that life is too complex to have arisen without some sort of divine spark. Ugh. The Associated Press quotes Flew as writing in an earlier letter,
It has become inordinately difficult even to begin to think about constructing a naturalistic theory of the evolution of that first reproducing organism.
Huh? If anything the case for a completely naturalistic theory of life is far stronger than it was in the 1950s when Flew made his mark in philosophy with his defense of atheism. Perhaps Flew just needs to re-read Dawkins and Dennett.
Source:
Leading Atheist Philosopher Concludes God’s Real. Associated Press, December 9, 2004.
Sorry to Disappoint, but I’m Still an Atheist!. Antony Flew,