Another One Down

I finished Antony Flew's new book ("There Is A God...") last week. It was a very interesting case to examine. Dr. Flew had been perhaps the worlds most distinguished Atheist philosopher up until 2004 when he publicly mentioned that he now believed in a divine intelligence (of sorts, a god, if you will). This book which he just published last year (which has a longer subtitle in case you were wondering about the "...") describes how he came to believe that there is a god. I was most intrigued by his critical comments on other atheists. They were not all what one is used to (as critiques usually come from ardent theists, not reluctantly converted atheists). He says of his own journey to a belief in a god, that he merely followed the evidence wherever it went. I was delighted by his honesty and level-headedness. And seriously, some of the critical comments he has received from former fellow atheists has been shamefull- Dawkins has made some particularly unprofessional comments about Flew's age. The book was a very interesting read.