There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne

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There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne Nothing new
I read this book with the idea that Antony Flew really had something new to add to things. I was wrong. And disappointed. The cosmological arguments for a deity - and not even a deity really but just some kind of intelligence that brought the universe into being, some kind of extraterrestrial something about which nothing else specific can really be said, are not, to me, compelling. And Flew's book does not make them any more compelling. I think the Deists were in a much better position in the old days before it was understood that organic chemistry did not involve some "vital essence" and there was really nothing other than some kind of supernatural/spooky basis for life and living things. But with that gone, explaining the fine structure constant and such is an exercise in "what ifs." One might as well believe in Star Trek's "Q" and that such beings made our universe for sheer boredom relief. Flew does OK rehashing the usual cosmological stuff but there's nothing really new here.
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne So a guy can't change his mind?
This is a great little book. Tough going for one not involved the details of the controversy though - Flew hits the high points of the various arguments but I think I'm going to have to read a few of the materials he references to really get a handle on his point of view. In any case, the controversy seems a tad amusing to me from afar. Flew simply changed his mind on the existance of god after many years of thought. This is just his short, interesting and well considered view of matters. The tone of some of the reviews is awfully strident. On the subject of god's existance no one's got a lock; as Randy Newman sang, "there ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy, there's only you and me and we just disagree."
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne Interesting
This was a very interesting book, depicting the journey of a confirmed atheist as he searched for evidence of the existence of God. He doesn't confess to having become a Christian, but finding evidence which he believes proves there is a God. Highly philosophical this book is sometimes a bit hard to understand, but it worth the effort. It is a great book to share with other atheists as they will often take time to consider the musings of a peer.
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne Flew is right.
This book sure stirred things up. I,for myself, really enjoyed the book and thought it was both accurate and clear. So much of what is published as philosophy is sheer obsfucation. This book is easy to read and understand. Maybe that is why the intelligencia don't like it so much. It isn't patronizing nor obscure.
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne A book of oddities
This is an odd book. Here are the three points addressed in the book that are worth addressing: (1) The universe is run by laws which haven't been explained, (2) first cause, first cause, first cause, and (3) evolution is really hard to understand. Flew (or more accurately Varghese) spends many pages debating the origins of the "fine tuned" universe idea verses the "multiverse" idea verses the "self contained universe" idea. Throughout this chapter, he seems to be god-of-the-gaps-ing on the reader. None of the ideas on the origin of the universe presented by the scientific community preclude the existence of God, therefore God exist. The logic falls victim to the fallacy of false dichotomies. The author(s) also spend many pages on the idea of First Cause. There's nothing here that couldn't also be read on the Wikipedia entry for "First Cause". The idea of First Cause is centuries old, so I'm puzzled why this would do anything to convince Flew. It must have meant something or he wouldn't have devoted so much effort to the idea. I kept shaking my head: "First Cause? Really?" Finally, the author(s) fail to grasp basic concepts of evolution. The author(s) take a straw man tactic by which they build up a clumsy definition of evolution and knock it down. It's kinda embarrassing to read that section. The most puzzling aspect of this book is Appendix B, which is an interview with N. T. Wright. The scope of the entire book is about Anthony Flew's philosophical change from "atheism" to "deism". There is no reason to make mention of specific aspects of Christianity, let alone provide a 30 page defense of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the debate between atheism and deism, the individual views of different religions are not relevant. Flew also makes references to Christianity as the religion "to beat," which is a truly idiotic statement to make. Why talk about Christianity as if it is better than all the other religions if you are not going to endorse it? The book will convince some people of God and give all others a good laugh. Look at the marketing that went into the title of the book. World's Most Notorious Atheist? The title makes it sounds like atheists are notoriously bad and Anthony Flew was the worst. Flew likes to leave his shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot and squeezed his toothpaste tube from the middle. Atheism is a philosophical position that does not necessitate one to be "notorious," but it does require that atheists be grouchy for at least 7 hours of the day.
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by HarperOne Product Description
In one of the biggest religion news stories of the new millennium, the Associated Press announced that Professor Antony Flew, the world's leading atheist, now believes in God. Flew is a pioneer for modern atheism. His famous paper, Theology and Falsification, was first presented at a meeting of the Oxford Socratic Club chaired by C. S. Lewis and went on to become the most widely reprinted philosophical publication of the last five decades. Flew earned his fame by arguing that one should presuppose atheism until evidence of a God surfaces. He now believes that such evidence exists, and There Is a God chronicles his journey from staunch atheism to believer. For the first time, this book will present a detailed and fascinating account of Flew's riveting decision to revoke his previous beliefs and argue for the existence of God. Ever since Flew's announcement, there has been great debate among atheists and believers alike about what exactly this "conversion" means. There Is a God will finally put this debate to rest. This is a story of a brilliant mind and reasoned thinker, and where his lifelong intellectual pursuit eventually led him: belief in God as designer.