There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind

There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind is a book cowritten by philosopher Antony Flew and Roy Abraham Varghese. Flew, a prominent defender of atheism, later declared himself a deist, believing in a God who created the world but does not intervene in it. This shift was influenced by his review of scientific evidence, which he felt pointed to an intelligent designer, similar to Aristotle's concept of an unmoved mover.1

The book's premise aligns with the theory of intelligent design, which posits that life and the universe were created by a designing intelligence rather than evolving through natural processes. Flew's change of mind, detailed in the book, generated controversy among atheists, with some questioning his cognitive state due to his age and aphasia.231