Anthony Flew''S Deism: Critical Remarks on “My Pilgrimage From Atheism To Theism”

In january 2004, it was reported that anthony flew (1923-) the british atheist philosopher, announced that he has believed in the existence of god. the report was considered to be very astounding in scientific, especially in religious and philosophical, circles, not only because one of the world's foremost atheist has come to believe in the existence of god – an atheist who, according to many, has produced the most important arguments against the existence of god during the past 50 years – but also it was more important in that he pointed out that the theists' arguments for the existence of god – especially “argument from design” in its recent version – is very good and persuasive. in a dialogue with gary habermas, he raised many points concerning the belief in god, revelation, divine religions, and afterlife, that are at once useful and worth deliberating and criticizing but his new approach is still messy and needs some critical remarks in details. considering this dialogue, i will put forward some points concerning the contents of the dialogue.