>Antony Flew, a legendary British philosopher and atheist, has changed his mind about the existence of God in light of recent scientific evidence. >Flew -- a prolific author who has argued against the existence of God and the claims of Christianity for more than 50 years -- first revealed his change of mind in a video of a discussion with several others at New York University organized by the Institute for Metascientific Research. -------------------------------------- Anthony Flew may be reasonably familiar to some people in the philosophy of religion but he's hardly legendary as a philosopher (except perhaps in the sense that the Sasquatch is legendary). Whether he is a legendary atheist, as the first sentence above might imply I can't say. In any event, that he has recently concluded that there might be some sort of Aristotelian first cause is not evidence that he now accepts 'the claims of Christianity' or those of any other established religion. In fact, he specifically denies that the sort of being he has in mind resembles either the God of Abraham, Zeus, or any other familiar deity. I wonder if the Institute for Metascientific Research has a weight room? Robert Paul Reed College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html