I just finished reading Anthony Flew’s latest book: There Is A God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. It truly is a must read for any serious Christian apologist. (Never heard of Flew? The subtitle ought to give you a hint. If you’re still not sure, Google him.)
What changed his mind? Three areas of scientific inquiry were especially important.
1. How did the laws of nature come to be?
2. How did life as a phenomenon originate from non-life?
3. How did the universe, by which we mean all that is physical, come into
existence?
So, Christian apologists, do you have answers? (and “God did it” is too easy; that short circuits the process.)
If you don’t, then you really should read this book. Our culture is becoming increasingly attuned to these issues. Are you?
Along the way you can expect Flew to interact with Einstein, Hawking, Dawkins, and Plantinga, Paul Davies, and N.T. Wright, along with numerous others.
One of my personal favorite sections is where Flew discusses the classic “monkey theorem.” Really quite fascinating.
Flew hasn’t yet confessed Christ, but by the looks of this, he’s close: “no other religion enjoys anything like the combination of a charismatic figure like Jesus and a first-class intellectual like St. Paul. If you’re wanting omnipotence to set up a religion, it seems to me that this is the one to beat!”
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