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How can Christians build truth-seeking relationships with Agnostics? What are some common Agnostic beliefs?
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World Religions
The Gospel and Friendship in a Pluralistic Suburb
What Do You Know?
Which of Jesus’ teachings is your favorite?
When did you first consider that Jesus might be your savior?
Do you know any agnostic persons?
What questions do you have about agnosticism?
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Our “Mars Hill” Methodology
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• A basic introduction to the faith’s worldview
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• Areas of agreement between that faith and Orthodox Christian theology and practice
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• Areas of disagreement between that faith and Orthodox Christian theology and practice
GOAL: To equip you to build a truth-seeking relationship with someone of another faith.
Agnosticism
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Religion by Any Other Name…
Belief in God?
Worldview
What’s in a Name?
Theism = God
Atheism = No God
Agnosticism = No Knowledge
Nontheism = Nonissue
Modernizing
Modern
Pre-Modern
Modernizing
Modern
Pre-Modern
God of the Gaps?
Materialism
What’s God For?
No Room for God
Deism
It’s a Small World, After All!
Agnosticism Today
Post-Christian
Spiritual but not
Religious
Nontheists
Seekers
Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism
Key Beliefs: Personal Liberty
Humanism
Key Beliefs: Moralism
Rationalism
Key Beliefs: Therapeutic Universe
Progressivism
Key Beliefs: Deism
Deism
Why Not Christianity?
Why Not Christianity?
Judgmental
Hypocritical
Sheltered
Anti-homosexual
“Get Saved”
Too Political
Building Bridges to Agnosticism
Questions are important
Spirituality is good
Experiences of God
Christianity isn’t perfect
Justice & equality matter
Good Enough?
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
God
?
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
God
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Good Enough?
Human Fulfillment
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Where Christianity and Atheism Disagree
Good Enough?
Human Fulfillment
King of the World
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Mine
God’s
Good Enough?
Human Fulfillment
King of the World
Where’s God?
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Deism
Sustainer
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Good Enough?
Human Fulfillment
King of the World
Where’s God?
Institutions
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
Good Enough?
Human Fulfillment
King of the World
Where’s God?
Institutions
Where Christianity and Agnosticism Disagree
