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One Love
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| Posted 1/6/2005 11:41 PM (GMT -6) |   | http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/index.cfm
Dr. Antony Flew, Professor of Philosophy and former atheist in an interview with Dr. Gary Habermas, Professor Philosophy and Theology;
Editorial Board for “Philosophia Christi”
Flew's hang-up from Christianity? (emphasis mine)
HABERMAS: C. S. Lewis explained in his autobiography that he moved first from atheism to theism and only later from theism to Christianity. Given your great respect for Christianity, do you think that there is any chance that you might in the end move from theism to Christianity?
FLEW: I think it’s very unlikely, due to the problem of evil. But, if it did happen, I think it would be in some eccentric fit and doubtfully orthodox form: regular religious practice perhaps but without belief. If I wanted any sort of future life I should become a Jehovah’s Witness. But some things I am completely confident about. I would never regard Islam with anything but horror and fear because it is fundamentally committed to conquering the world for Islam. It was because the whole of Palestine was part of the land of Islam that Muslim Arab armies moved in to try to destroy Israel at birth, and why the struggle for the return of the still surviving refugees and their numerous descendents continue to this day.
Yep. Problem of evil.
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CalvinnHobbes
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| Posted 1/8/2005 4:28 PM (GMT -6) | | |
If universalism might provide a solution of sorts to the problem of evil (and I don't know if it does or not), should we encourage Flew to see the defining act of God's love in an apocalyptic triumph by Christ over the world, powers, and all darkness from such a perspective--particularly if we believe the position is incorrect? I don't buy universalism, but I am assuming that one can both embrace the position and be a genuinely redeemed believer.
Curious,
Shane
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bryan mccarthy
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