DESIGN
PERSUADES ATHEIST

Topics: Arguments; Atheism; Beliefs; Change; Creation; Faith; Nature; Perfection; Results; Unbelief; Word of God

References: Psalm 19:1–6; 102:25; Isaiah 45:9–12

Legendary British philosopher Antony Flew gave up atheism at the age of eighty-one. A noted critic of God’s existence for several decades, Flew wrote books such as The Presumption of Atheism.

When asked in 2004 what arguments for God’s existence he found most persuasive, Flew answered: “The most impressive arguments for God’s existence are those that are supported by recent scientific discoveries.… I think the argument to Intelligent Design is enormously stronger than when I first met it.”

—“My Pilgrimage from Atheism to Theism: A Discussion between Antony Flew and Gary R. Habermas,” in Philosophia Christi (Winter 2005)