MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



The Heretic's Club: Somewhere between Faith and Atheism (Dinner)

Adam Reynolds, Blue Ocean Faith Chaplain

Jan/18 Wed 07:00PM-08:30PM 5-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 20 participants

The Heretic's Club is a new IAP series combining good food and good conversation on spirituality, religion and the big questions of life. As the name would imply, diverse viewpoints and backgrounds are welcome and the doors are wide open to non-traditional and outside-the-box ways of thinking.

Somewhere between Faith and Atheism (Dinner)

These days many people find themselves somewhere in the gray area between having faith in a divine being and being convinced that there is no God. The religious side of things may feel too rigid, dogmatic, intolerant and exclusive while the secular side may feel too closed-off to wonder and spiritual experience and/or perhaps too isolated from positive and supporting community. Not fitting into either category can leave some people feeling “spiritually homeless”—especially those who appreciate having active spiritual engagement and community as a part of their life. What sort of opportunities and possibilities are there for those of us who live in this kind of ambiguity and yet still crave spiritual engagement?

This Heretic’s Club session will provide no definitive answers! Yet we think there will be a lot of value in exploring this topic together and sharing our own stories of embarking on an unscripted spiritual journey.

Includes free dinner!

Please register here.

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Sponsor(s): Blue Ocean Faith
Contact: Adam Reynolds, W11-011, ADAM1@MIT.EDU