Pub Theology 3/19/24 — What does it mean to be free?
Sometimes inspiration comes from unexpected places. This week it comes from one of my favorite webcomics, Existential Comics, which describes itself as “A philosophy comic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief in an absurd world. Also jokes.” This week’s comic addresses an age-old question, which is the topic of our conversation this week. What does it mean to be free?
If you search that question online, these are some of the answers that you get:
- To be free means you are free from boundaries.
- To be free means the ability to choose.
- Freedom means letting go.
- We don’t know true freedom “until we come into a relationship with Jesus.”
- Freedom means you have the ability to attempt a desire.
I don’t know if any of those are terribly satisfying. So we’ll start where we often do when we have a topic like this, with definitions. So what does the word “free” mean to you? But, more importantly, do you consider yourself to be free, and if so, in what way or ways? If you don’t consider yourself free, what stands in the way? Is freedom something you can achieve, or not?
Join us for the conversation this Tuesday, March 19, starting at 7pm at Casa Real in downtown Oxford.
