Spiritual Conversations for the Non-Religious
This video series will foster respectful conversation, where we can speak our minds, pursue the truth, and in doing so, find answers to our deepest questions.
Spiritual Conversations for the Non-Religious
This video series will foster respectful conversation and find answers to our deepest questions.
Discussion Topics
Introduction
Were We Made for Time?
- Why do we measure time? Why are we aware of it at all?
- Why does death shock us?
- What happens after we die?
- Every country, culture, and tribe throughout history has believed in an afterlife. Why do you think this is?
Do You Believe In Ghosts?
- Do you believe in ghosts? And the supernatural?
- Do you believe there is a God?
- Most people are open to the idea of talking about ghosts but are more hesitant to discuss the existence of God. Why do you think that is?
- Discuss what it would mean if ghosts were real. What about God? Are the consequences of believing in God different or the same?
Are You Tired of Running? Part 1
Are You Tired of Running? Part 2
- What’s the purpose of life? Why are we here?
- Do you feel fulfilled? Are you happy?
- Consider the following quote from author C.S. Lewis:
“Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. ...If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” - What Do You Make Of This Quote?
- Do you feel like you have a hunger this world cannot satisfy? Why or why not?
Can Something Come From Nothing?
- Do you agree with the statement, “All things have a beginning”?
- Where did the universe come from? What about our planet?
- If the Big Bang caused the universe, what caused the Big Bang?
- What would change if God did indeed create the universe?
Are We More Than Animals? Part 1
Are We More Than Animals? Part 2
- Are human beings just highly evolved animals or something more? Why or why not?
- People will choose not to eat so they can afford to go to a concert. What does this say about us? Why do we care so much about art?
- When animals kill each other, we don’t call that murder, but when we kill each other, we do. Why?
- Is a human life worth more than an animal’s life? Why or why not?
Is There Such a Thing as Right and Wrong? Part 1
Is There Such a Thing as Right and Wrong? Part 2
- What are things you see in society that are not just? What makes you angry?
- Are there things that are right and wrong for all of us, regardless of popularity or opinion?
- If right and wrong are based on consensus or popular opinion, then was slavery or the actions of Nazi Germany wrong? Discuss your thoughts.
- A moral judgment assumes a moral standard, but since we are all imperfect, no one person’s opinion can possibly be the moral standard. Either we need a perfect, external standard or we can’t say anything is objectively right or wrong.
Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Why or why not? - Christians point to God as their external standard. By measuring themselves against Him, they can arbitrate between human opinions. What do you make of this? What’s the alternative?
Can We Fix Ourselves?
- Given enough time, can a person, culture, or even a country solve all of its problems? Why or why not?
- Why are we drawn to the self-sacrificing, superhero narrative Hollywood repeatedly depicts?
- Whether they realize it or not, Hollywood has been retelling the Christian story for decades. Jesus came to our world and sacrificed himself to fix a problem we couldn’t fix ourselves. What do you make of this?
You Can Be Set Free!
- What is your experience with Christianity?
- Is there a difference between Christianity and religion? Why or why not?
- Who do you think Jesus was?
- What would it mean for us if we believed that Jesus really did come, die, and rise from the dead? Have you considered if this is true?