Bill Zuersher will present on July 3

HUMANIST ASSOCIATION

The Leisure World Humanist Association will meet on Sunday, July 3, at 10:30 a.m., in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Author and religious scholar Bill Zuersher will be the guest speaker at the meeting. Zuersher spoke to the Leisure World Humanists in November 2019 on the Transcendental Argument for God (TAG). The presentation is available on YouTube. The title for Zuersher’s presentation is “Are the Laws of Logic Proof of God?” He will discuss whether everyday use of logic prove that God exists. A popular theistic argument for the existence of God is that atheists cannot provide a coherent account of logic. What is logic? And how do we know it? Join The Humanist Association for a fun presentation and discussion comparing some theistic and non-theistic perspectives on logic.

Zuersher is an activist for the separation of church and state and the author of “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 public policy debate about multiple disparate issues, he decided to focus on the root cause of all of them, namely religion and Christianity in particular.

Zuersher’s book “Seeing Through Christianity” is a critique of Christian doctrines and evidential claims. The author goes on a tour of the religion’s roots, philosophy and history. He encounters each component of belief in logical order, beginning with the universal religious problems of suffering and death, and culminating in the cosmic drama by which Christianity claims to resolve them. He argues that Christian dependence upon faith results in beliefs that are arbitrary.

Humanism attempts to address society’s important problems, in order to build a better world. Residents do not have to be Humanists to attend the meetings.