Former Atheist to Receive Award at Biola
29 March 2006
British philosopher Antony Flew, once considered the most prominent defender of atheism in the English-speaking world, will accept the Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth on May 11 from Biola University, a Christian university in Southern California.
Flew, 83, argued in books such as God and Philosophy (1966) and The Presumption of Atheism (1984) that one should presuppose atheism until evidence for God proves otherwise. Then, in 2004, the Oxford-educated philosopher stunned the intellectual world by relinquishing his long-held atheism, claiming that the natural sciences supplied evidence for the existence of a designing intelligence. Flew said that he simply “had to go where the evidence leads.”
The Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth was given to Flew for his lifelong commitment to free and open inquiry and to standing fast against intolerant assaults on freedom of thought and expression. Flew drew scorn from skeptics following his shift in views. When informed that he was this year’s award winner, he remarked, “In light of my work and publications in this area and the criticism I’ve received for changing my position, I appreciate receiving this award.”
http://www.biola.org/news/articles/060327_flew.cfm
Ja jotkut ovat väittäneet, ettei Flew olisi muka vaihtanut positiotaan. Tuossa hän sanoo sen jälleen kerran aivan selvästi.
29 March 2006
British philosopher Antony Flew, once considered the most prominent defender of atheism in the English-speaking world, will accept the Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth on May 11 from Biola University, a Christian university in Southern California.
Flew, 83, argued in books such as God and Philosophy (1966) and The Presumption of Atheism (1984) that one should presuppose atheism until evidence for God proves otherwise. Then, in 2004, the Oxford-educated philosopher stunned the intellectual world by relinquishing his long-held atheism, claiming that the natural sciences supplied evidence for the existence of a designing intelligence. Flew said that he simply “had to go where the evidence leads.”
The Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth was given to Flew for his lifelong commitment to free and open inquiry and to standing fast against intolerant assaults on freedom of thought and expression. Flew drew scorn from skeptics following his shift in views. When informed that he was this year’s award winner, he remarked, “In light of my work and publications in this area and the criticism I’ve received for changing my position, I appreciate receiving this award.”
http://www.biola.org/news/articles/060327_flew.cfm
Ja jotkut ovat väittäneet, ettei Flew olisi muka vaihtanut positiotaan. Tuossa hän sanoo sen jälleen kerran aivan selvästi.
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Vanhimmat
oli ennen kommari ja ateisti, nyt uskovainen. Mikä siis todistaa että kaikki väitteet joita kaikki maailman uskovaiset esittävät ovat automaattisesti oikeassa.
oikeaksi ,silloin kun Sinä ja kaverisi ovat ne hyväksyneet,vai?
Dementia ja muu ajattelukyvyn tylsistyminen kohtaa useimpia riitävän vanhaksi eläviä jossakin vaiheessa.
Ei ole reilua käyttää hömelöityneen vanhuksen puheita muka todisteena jostakin.
kommentti.. dementiasta ja ajattelukyvyn tylsistymisestä ei ole tässä kyse