Thursday, April 15th

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Bridgepoint Luncheons presents

“THE GOD DELUSION?”
with Special Guest, Dr. Gregory E. Ganssle, Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

The University Club

1135 Sixteenth Street, NW
(between L & M Streets)
Washington, DC 20036

Cost: $25
(includes lunch, program and free parking)
Bring a friend or coworker for free!

Rsvp by Tuesday, April 13th

to Phil Kratovil at 703-937-1897, to phil.kratovil@viennapres.org
or online at www.bridgepointconnections.org/bpluncheon

Thursday, April 15th

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Bridgepoint Luncheons presents

“THE GOD DELUSION?”
with Special Guest, Dr. Gregory E. Ganssle, Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

The University Club

1135 Sixteenth Street, NW
(between L & M Streets)
Washington, DC 20036

Cost: $25
(includes lunch, program and free parking)
Bring a friend or coworker for free!

Rsvp by Tuesday, April 13th

to Phil Kratovil at 703-937-1897, to phil.kratovil@viennapres.org
or online at www.bridgepointconnections.org/bpluncheon
“Every religion preaches the truth of propositions for which it has no evidence. In fact, every religion preaches the
truth of propositions for which no evidence is even conceivable.” – Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the
Future of Reason

“Faith of that sort—the sort that can stand up at least for a while in confrontation with reason—is now plainly
impossible.” – Christopher Hitchens, God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and other bestselling authors argue that religious faith is incompatible with
reason. In this engaging, evenhanded talk, “The God Delusion?”, Dr. Ganssle examines their arguments and the
questions they raise: Can we prove the existence of God? How can we know anything about him, her, or it?
Are faith and reason mutually exclusive?

Dr. Gregory E. Ganssle is a lecturer in the philosophy department at Yale University and a senior fellow at the
prestigious Rivendell Institute. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he also earned a Masters of Arts in
Philosophy from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Syracuse University, where his
dissertation on God’s Relation to Time won a Syracuse University Dissertation Award.

He has published over thirty academic papers, chapters and reviews and has edited two books, Four Views of God
and Time and God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature. He is also the author of two popular books, Thinking
About God and A Reasonable God.

124 Park St., NE, Vienna, VA 22180

Sponsored by the C.S Lewis Club of The University Club 703-937-1897 | www.bridgepointconnections.org

“Every religion preaches the truth of propositions for which it has no evidence. In fact, every religion preaches the
truth of propositions for which no evidence is even conceivable.” – Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the
Future of Reason

“Faith of that sort—the sort that can stand up at least for a while in confrontation with reason—is now plainly
impossible.” – Christopher Hitchens, God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and other bestselling authors argue that religious faith is incompatible with
reason. In this engaging, evenhanded talk, “The God Delusion?”, Dr. Ganssle examines their arguments and the
questions they raise: Can we prove the existence of God? How can we know anything about him, her, or it?
Are faith and reason mutually exclusive?

Dr. Gregory E. Ganssle is a lecturer in the philosophy department at Yale University and a senior fellow at the
prestigious Rivendell Institute. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he also earned a Masters of Arts in
Philosophy from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Syracuse University, where his
dissertation on God’s Relation to Time won a Syracuse University Dissertation Award.

He has published over thirty academic papers, chapters and reviews and has edited two books, Four Views of God
and Time and God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature. He is also the author of two popular books, Thinking
About God and A Reasonable God.

124 Park St., NE, Vienna, VA 22180

Sponsored by the C.S Lewis Club of The University Club 703-937-1897 | www.bridgepointconnections.org