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Differences in the Issue of Atheism… S. Fahs and M.H.H al-askari / (25
Alister McGrath who wrote In the end he had to admit
books to reply to heavy atheist that indeed the universe has an
believers. almighty God and atheism was
The main book off his was an empty theory. He claimed
called: “The Dawkins Delusion” that he was following the trails
where in response to Dawkins leading him to believing in the
he said: existence of a God as he says:
“It is clear that a “Since this is a book
response of some sort is about why I changed my
needed to the God mind about the
Delusion, if only because existence of God”.
the absence of one
might persuade some (Flew, 2007: 27)
that no answer could be He said that when he found
given”. (McGrath and
McGrath, 2007: 11) out about the existence of God,
it shook his foundations at its
The Fate of Atheism core stating that “it was a
Atheist philosophers and journey of the mind and not a
scientists believed that science journey of faith”.
clashed with their faith in God Three years before his
and as they went further down deaths he issued his book
the line, they realized that
religion and science go hand in “There is God” which meant
hand causing their atheistic his past work consisting of
beliefs to fade away. around 30 books about
One example is the English philosophical research all went
philosopher Antony Garrard to waste as he said:
Newton Flew who changed his “I now believe there is
mind after spending more than a God”. (Flew, 2007: 25)
fifty years establishing atheism.
