(August 18, 2015 at 4:16 am)Randy Carson Wrote:(August 17, 2015 at 7:57 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Anthony Flew was raised Methodist and converted to deism, not christianity (afaik).
Deism is not atheism.
"For much of his career Flew was known as a strong advocate of atheism, arguing that one should presuppose atheism until empirical evidence of a God surfaces. He also criticised the idea of life after death, the free will defence to the problem of evil, and the meaningfulness of the concept of God. In 2003 he was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. However, in 2004 he stated an allegiance to deism, more specifically a belief in the Aristotelian God. He stated that in keeping his lifelong commitment to go where the evidence leads, he now believed in the existence of a god." [Source.]
Um. Yeah. I'm kind of aware of that.
my point being, Rob was never religious to begin with. He wasn't raised believing in anything, contrary to Flew. And you said Rob would accept christianity, which even Flew didn't. So your example fails.