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The Warren-Flew Debate on the Existence of God, Thomas B. Warren, Ramer, TN, National Christian Press, 2004, 5th ed. 253 pp. The book “The Warren-Flew Debate was written by Thomas B. Warren and the National Christian Press publisher and has an almost word for word account of a well-known debate between two of the most intellectual minds of their times though Flew did not look it at this debate. Flew was known for blowing his debaters out of the water. If one believes in the providence of the Lord then this was a great example of how His will would be done, with an exclamation point by Dr. Flew later on in life becoming a believer in God. This debate occurred in Denton, TX at North Texas State University on September 20 through 23 in 1976. Both Brother Warren and Dr. Flew possessed doctorates and were trained in philosophy and the utilization of logic. Logic and reason which Thomas Warren later used to write his book “Logic and the Bible.” The debate was immense for several reasons, one of utmost importance is that it meets the assertion that Christianity can be reasoned logically and rationally. In this debate, Thomas Warren uses the same tools of logic and rationality employed by atheists and agnostics to respond to and defeat Anthony Flew …show more content…

Dr. Flew affirmed in the debate that “I Know That God Does Not Exist” as oppose to Thomas Warren who affirmed that “I Know That God Does Exist.” This is different than other atheist debates who attempt to shift the burden of proof to those who are theist. The theist is given the burden to prove God exists or the atheists wins by default. In this debate, they both were supposed to argue their points of view in the affirmative and later in the second half of the debate brother Warren affirmed “I Know That God Does Exist” and Dr. Flew denied in the

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