Humanist Association

The LW Humanist Association will meet Sunday, Nov. 3, in Clubhouse 3, Room 1, at 10:30 a.m. Guest speaker and author Bill Zuersher will speak on Christian presuppositionalism.

Presuppositionalism is the view that the Christian revelation is the starting point for all knowledge and that all other belief systems can be shown to be inconsistent and incoherent. The group will discuss the background to this apologetic method and critique some of the claims commonly made on its behalf. Zuersher will conclude that while presuppositionalism is defective, it kicks up legitimate issues about evolution and human knowledge.

Zuersher is an activist for the separation of religion and government and the author of the book “Seeing Through Christianity: A Critique of Beliefs and Evidence.” His interest in religion derives from a concern about the role of faith-based beliefs in American politics. Rather than engage in policy debate about multiple disparate issues, he decided to focus on the root cause of all of them, namely religion. “Seeing Through Christianity” is a critique of Christian doctrines and evidential claims. The author visits the religion’s roots, philosophically and historically. Readers encounter each component belief in a logical order, beginning with the universal religious problems, suffering and death, and culminating in the cosmic drama by which Christianity claims to resolve them.