"Flew the Coop of Fools" (poem)
Octogenarian philosopher, teacher and eminent, world-renown atheist, Dr. Antony
Flew recently announced that he had joined the camp of Deist believers
(Read interview here)
....
Dr. Flew was convinced by recent scientific evidence that a transcendent,
purposeful Creator (ie., an Intelligent Designer) must be responsible for the
universe. Flew came to the conclusion that the universe... and life in the
universe... were created and designed. In coming to this conclusion, Flew
abandoned his previously-held atheistic belief that the universe and life are
the by-products of Chance, random happenstance and "natural selection" as the
Darwinist paradigm doggedly implies and imposes.
Dr. Flew once stated that: "My whole life has been guided by the
principle of Plato's Socrates: Follow the evidence wherever it leads."
Human reason and an honest, inquisitive intellect have led Dr. Flew to the
waters of Theism....And now, let us pray, that he will be drawn to and swim...
with all his heart...toward the Rock of Ages to receive the eternal,
Living Water of Truth.
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"Nature points us to God but does not help us with the nature of God....
Nature is a clue...not a manifesto: a puzzle not a solution....If nature proved
God clearly, we would not have to search for Him with all our heart." --Peter
Kreeft
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"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith
is: God perceived by the heart, not by reason."--Blaise Pascal
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"The discoveries of the pure sciences are forcing them to return to the ancient
thesis that the structure of the world forms a kind of writing...
"Indeed, because God created all things by His Word, it is not unknown for
Christians to think of the created world as a sort of 'first edition" of Holy
Scripture."
-Patrick Henry Reardon
"Mr. Flew the Coop of
Fools"
or
("Hen-Pecked by Evidence")
They feathered their nest
And,... By Darwin! ...were blessed,
By the Pope of Natural Selection!
On the roost they are parked,
Laying eggs in the dark,
Self-assured in lofty reflection.
Cock -A- Doodle-do!
Brother Antony Flew!
Hens aghast! Feathers ruffled and bent!
Well, who woulda guessed!?
Flew abandoned The Nest...
(Don't you wonder where Antony went?)
Flew the Coop for the Light!
Good Lord, what a sight!
What a flap Mr. Flew left behind!
Now the hens are all crowing,
Laying eggs without knowing
The Clue that Flew knew:
..........God's Design.
When they saw "Phoenix Flew"
The Chicken Coop knew
The Hen House would have to regroup!
All a-cackle and stirred,
They remain undeterred.
Proud Birds of The Atheist Coop.
So, flightless they stew,
Ignoring Flew's Clue,
Just molting a bit in the heat.
Designer Denying,
These Fryers aren't buying
The evidence laid at their feet.
* * * *
The Answer's disclosed....
And the Rooster still crows
At the Light that appears with the Sun.
Mother nature's a path,
And if you'll do the math,
Truth emerges:
Psalm Fourteen...
Verse One.
Evidence? There is plenty!
Romans One in verse Twenty,
There's a warning we chickens all need.
But cooped up as we are,
By sin near and far,
It's a warning too few of us heed.
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So, if you hear the crowing
At the break of dawn's glowing,
Just remember St. Peter, my friend.
He struggled to see,
But held on to The Key*..
Light of Truth will endure to the end.
"The fool says in his heart,
'There is no God.'......(Psalm 14 :1a)
* * * * *
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his
eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from
what has been made, so that men are without excuse." --(Romans 1: 20)
* * * * *
"The world bears ample witness, bewildering in its complexity and wealth, to
a coded but clear intentionality at the very core of things." -Patrick Henry
Reardon
* * * * *
"How bankrupt is the heart that views a sunset, understands something of
the intricacies and balance of nature, is trained in the laws of science, or
comprehends the wondrous working of the human body, and then proclaims that
there is no intelligent, powerful, personal Creator----all the while believing
they are more enlightened; that they have thrown off the shackles which bind the
less sophisticated." --Marvin Rosenthal
*Matthew 16: 13-20
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