Antony Flew: The Presumption Of Atheism

According to Webster Dictionary, Atheism is a disbelief in the existence of deity or a supreme being. Antony Flew, however, believes that the presumption of atheism is closely related to innocence and that in this day and age, atheism is considered a negative term but Flew wants the word to be considered positively. According to Flew, the “presumption of innocence” is that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven and guilty. Meaning, in order to perceive and to properly debate the existence of God, you should begin the with the “presumption of atheism” as an innocent topic and the proof must lie within the theist.

While defending his “presumption of atheism”, Flew defines a theist as someone who positively asserts that God exists,