Comments on: Former Atheists: A. N. Wilson

By: Robin Lionheart

Robin Lionheart — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:23:27 +0000

Also, if you actually regard Gandhi as an incomparable genius and your intellectual superior, then why don't you become a Hindu?

By: Robin Lionheart

Robin Lionheart — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:20:13 +0000

And why stop at Ghandi, Bach and Beethoven? … Newton, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, it's endless. Do atheists actually regard these incomparable geniuses as their intellectual inferiors?
Argument from the authority of playwrights and artists?
Isaac Newton was also one of the last alchemists, and sought to produce the philosopher's stone (a material that could transform lead into gold). He also looked for a Bible Code, and thought himself chosen by God for the task of understanding Biblical scripture. Newton was wrong about many things.
A modern high school student is more knowledgeable than Isaac Newton about the universe, thanks in part to the work of Newton centuries ago.
Michaelangelo is certainly a greater sculptor than I. But why should I regard him as a great intellectual? Can you name one of Michelangelo's great ideas? Bach's? Beethoven's? Shakespeare wrote great plays and poems, but what would make him an authority on metaphysics?

By: Robin Lionheart

Robin Lionheart — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:59:20 +0000

By: Zack R

Zack R — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:06:35 +0000

Always great to read of the coming to enlightenment (or re-enlightenment) of men like A. N. Wilson, so formerly hallowed by atheists and their like. And why stop at Ghandi, Bach and Beethoven? Nearly ALL great men were believers; the exceptions are relatively scarce. Newton, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, it's endless. Do atheists actually regard these incomparable geniuses as their intellectual inferiors? Really, it is laughable. Nor is the time factor relevant. Shakespeare's plays (to cite but one example) remain timeless, matchless, up to and beyond the 21st century: his mind, though of the Elizabethan Age, cannot be seen as antique or quaint– likewise his faith and that of all the other giants of human history who maintained a belief in God.