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Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Sound of Trumpet
Date: Sep 2, 2007 02:11

http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2007/08/former-famous-atheist-antony-flew-asked...

Former famous atheist Antony Flew asked for intelligent design to be
taught in British schools.

As the ID controversy grows worldwide, I simply don't and can't keep
up with everything. One thing I hadn't realized - which a friend
mentioned recently - is that one of the 12 prominent academics who
asked at the end of last year for intelligednt design to be explored
in science classes was Antony Flew:

It has emerged that 12 prominent academics wrote to Tony Blair and
Alan Johnson, the education secretary, last month arguing that ID
should be taught as part of science on the national curriculum.

They included Antony Flew, formerly professor of philosophy at Reading
University; Terry Hamblin, professor of immunohaemotology at
Southampton University; and John Walton, professor of chemistry at St
Andrews University.

Flew was best known for being converted from atheism to deism (there
is at least some kind of God) by intelligent design - after about
fifty years of being one of the world's most respected academic
atheists. He commented on DNA that
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Bret Cahill
Date: Sep 2, 2007 02:20

> Former famous atheist Antony Flew

Never heard of him.

Bret Cahill
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Sanity's Little Helper
Date: Sep 2, 2007 03:40

Sound of Trumpet mailcan.com> wrote in
news:1188724296.216025.149560@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com to
alt.atheism:
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> http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2007/08/former-famous-atheist-antony
> -flew-asked.html
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> Former famous atheist Antony Flew

Flew was never a famous atheist. He was a famous reactionary fuckwit and is
directly responsible for a lot of damage to society both in the UK and
globally, through his officialdom in various extreme right wing
organisations. Curiously, the Neocons' economic and social mantras owe as
much of their philosophical underpinnings to him as they do to Milton
Freedman.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Antony_Flew

Follow the ASI and FA links for more info.
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Michael Gray
Date: Sep 2, 2007 04:12

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:20:05 -0700, Bret Cahill aol.com>
wrote:
>> Former famous atheist Antony Flew
>
>Never heard of him.

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Sanity's Little Helper
Date: Sep 2, 2007 04:16

Michael Gray newsguy.com> wrote in
news:5l6ld31ugp8h3b2vacqj72gnok47kah978@4ax.com to alt.atheism:
> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:20:05 -0700, Bret Cahill aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Former famous atheist Antony Flew
>>
>>Never heard of him.
>
> One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
>

Bull Goose Neocon!

--
David Silverman C.B.E.
aa #2208
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Bret Cahill
Date: Sep 2, 2007 04:31

I could never figure out how the "testimonial" ("I once thought like
you until I wised up") was supposed to carry any weight.

My response is, "once wrong, twice wrong . . . hey buddy, you need to
just give up. You are _always_ wrong."

Bret Cahill
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Mark K. Bilbo
Date: Sep 2, 2007 06:39

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:11:36 -0700, Sound of Trumpet wrote:
> Former famous atheist Antony Flew asked for intelligent design to be
> taught in British schools.

So?

--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"Oh Log Cabin, full of taste, my stomach is with thee.
Blessed are three among syrups..."

- Homer
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: TimK
Date: Sep 2, 2007 07:00

"Sound of Trumpet" mailcan.com> wrote in message
news:1188724296.216025.149560@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>
> http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2007/08/former-famous-atheist-antony-flew-asked...
>
>
> Former famous atheist Antony Flew asked for intelligent design to be
> taught in British schools.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Flew
Flew was a graduate student of Gilbert Ryle, prominent in ordinary language
philosophy."

Which, of course, makes him unqualified to say jack shit about biology.

So who cares what he thinks?
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: TimK
Date: Sep 2, 2007 07:00

"Michael Gray" newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:5l6ld31ugp8h3b2vacqj72gnok47kah978@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:20:05 -0700, Bret Cahill aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Former famous atheist Antony Flew
>>
>>Never heard of him.
>
> One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Good one!
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Re: Former Atheist Antony Flew Wants Intelligent Design To Be Taught In British Schools         


Author: Martin
Date: Sep 2, 2007 07:28

Sound of Trumpet wrote:

This entire thing is a crock of lies.

Notice the part where it says

"It has emerged that 12 prominent academics wrote to Tony Blair and
> Alan Johnson, the education secretary, last month arguing that ID
> should be taught as part of science on the national curriculum."

This article was published on 25 Aug, Blair resigned as PM on 27 May,
would anyone care to tell us all how the PM Blair received a lateer last
month - ie. July?
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