Antony Flew the coop

This is a follow-up to my previous post regarding the link between science and faith.

This is perhaps old news, but still worth noting. As of the past few years, Anthony Flew may be considered one of the greatest FORMER-atheists of all time.

http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/
http://www.existence-of-god.com/flew-abandons-atheism.html

Follow the links above to read more about his change of heart.

It's encouraging enough when someone who is generally open to God decides to let Him in, it's quite another event when one of the greatest outspoken enemies of God of the 20th century says he now believes in the existence of God. What could be the reason for such a dramatic shift? His explanation: he apparently “had to go where the evidence leads”, that "the findings of more than fifty years of DNA research have provided materials for a new and enormously powerful argument to design." (Something Darwin would no doubt acknowledge as well)

But, wait?

I thought we just had to accept this all on faith?

Well, that's the point I'm trying to get at. Yes, there is a point where we allow faith to enter in (as in everything), but we should not throw out all of the perfectly good evidence that girds that faith, nor should we fail to educate ourselves about such evidence in order to defend the faith. Faith should follow a diligent study of the facts, then it is not an empty faith. Our faith should be a small step, not a leap. The faith we have is rooted in fact, in cold-hard TRUTH that even the worlds most notorious skeptics cannot obscure.

The study of science was indeed fathered by Christians such as Galileo, Pascal, Copernicus, Newton, etc. Their Christian worldviews are what fed their scientific method, the notion that the universe has a distinct order which can be observed and repeated. All other worldviews, including naturalism are thus incompatible with true science in reality.