 | ||
 | | |
 | ||||
Berkeley Meeting Sunday, May 18, 1:30 - 3:30 PM Berkeley Main Library, 3rd Floor Meeting Room 2090 Kittredge St. One Block From Downtown Berkeley BART
This month we watch Part One of The Four Horsemen, a roundtable discussion between Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett on issues of religion and the criticism of their best-selling Atheist books.
Are the Four Horsemen obnoxiously rude in their criticism of religion, or is the criticism of religion simply off limits in the minds of Theists? Are peak human experiences enhanced or belittled by the need to identify them with the spirit world and God(s)? Is science arrogant in its rejection of conclusions lacking evidence? Would the supposed nobility of faith in religious doctrine be destroyed if God(s) revealed their existence with plenty of evidence? Why can’t Christians see that the transcendent experiences they claim to experience in the name of Jesus are the same experiences others claim validate their belief in other God(s)? Doesn’t this make the experience human, rather than emanating from a specific God? Or is this Deity so mysterious that He/She simply reveals Himself/Herself in radically different ways in different cultures? Then why does each religion claim that only their God(s) are true, and the other God(s) are false? Why does every other religion represent evil except your own? How does our trusting the expertise of scientists differ from Theists trusting the expertise of the clergy and Holy Books? Is the mystery of Quantum Theory similar to the mystery of religious dogmas? How can Theists argue that fundamental questions about Life are unknowable and mysterious, and then claim they posses the certainty of God’s revelation on these questions? When Theists claim that their positions can only be understood in terms of faith, doesn’t that disqualify them from arguing for their positions?
Join us for a discussion on these issues after listening to these brilliant thinkers’ ideas.
Information: Larry Hicok: 510-222-7580 Ski Grabowski: 510-652-8350 | ||||
| | | | |
