Debate: Is Christianity Rational - Jeremy Beahan v. Cliff Knecthle (E. Lansing)
Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Michigan State University - Natural Science Building, Room 326, E. Lansing, MI, View Map
Presented by Cliffe Knechtle and Jeremy Beahan
Description
Don't miss this debate on the topic "Is Christianity Rational?" between Jeremy Beahan of Reasonable Doubts and Cliff Knechtle of Give Me An Answer Ministry. The topics to be debated will include Does God Exist, The Inerrancy of the Bible and the Historicity of the Resurrection.
This debate is organized by Epic College Ministry of Riverview Church in Lansing.
About the Speaker
Jeremy Beahan is the Producer & Co-host of the Reasonable Doubts Podcast and radio show which provides a skeptical guide to religion with a focus on counter-apologetics. Jeremy teaches college classes in Philosophy, World Religions, Biblical Literature, Aesthetics, and Critical Thinking at Kendall College of Art and Design/Ferris State University.
Fundamentalist raised and educated, Jeremy graduated from Grace Bible College and Cornerstone University with a dual degree in social studies and religious education. While training for ministry Jeremy underwent a dramatic de-conversion as a culmination to many years of questioning. Today Jeremy works to promote critical thinking and skeptical inquiry in his local community - he has been an active member of the Freethought Association (now CFI Michigan) since 2002.
Cliff Knecthle is the pastor at Grace Community Church which is located in New Canaan, Connecticut. He runs the Give Me An Answer Ministry. He has traveled all over the nation and worked with various churches to discuss his beliefs about “the reasonableness of Christianity."
Following his graduation from Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts he worked with Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship.
Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Beahan, , 616-706-2029
