Pub Theology 11/19/24 -- What can we learn from atheists?

For more than a decade now, our conversations have for the most part progressed from a perspective that puts belief in God at the center and builds from there. So let's talk about godlessness instead. We first took on this topic all the way back in 2014, and since that time we've had the pleasure of getting to know and having several atheists join us for our discussions from time to time.

Here are some specific questions:

1. Do atheists get respect in our culture? Why or why not?
2. Why don't they "get it" the way that we do? In other words, what the basis for unbelief?
3. If there is no God, no divine, are our lives cosmically irrelevant? In the big picture, does life have a point? Is there a cosmic, transcendent purpose or meaning to our lives, or is this it?
4. How willing are we to believe the unbeliever? Listening is one thing, but believing another. Let's talk about the difference.

Finally, here's the really big question: What can people of faith learn from those who profess none? Join us for the conversation this evening, starting at 7pm, at Casa Real in downtown Oxford.