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Gospel Debate – Portland, OR
March 10, 2015
FreeDennis Marcellino and Bernie Dehler face off in a debate to answer the question, “Does the Christian gospel make sense?”
Where: Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) Room 238.
For a map, go to https://www.meetup.com/
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
7:30-9:30 PM – “Does the Christian gospel make sense?”
Participants:
Christian: Dennis Marcellino, author of many books, including “THE PROOF that God exists and the Bible is true”
Atheist: Bernie Dehler, author of “Modern Science and Philosophy Destroy Christian Theology”
Abstract:
According to the Christian gospel, people are sinners and deserve Hell. Jesus came to save us from Hell and offer eternal life in Heaven (an eternal Paradise). Is this reasonable to believe? Let’s talk. Listen to each side make their short presentations, confront each other, then engage with the audience in extensive Q&A time. The event will be videotaped and shown on this youtube channel: https://tinyurl.com/pcz2ak5 .
Moderator: Marko Balogh, a leader of the PSU Freethinker’s student group
Format:
Presenter 1 (20 min.)
Presenter 2 (20 min.)
Interrogation of Presenter 1 by Presenter 2 (10 min.)
Interrogation of Presenter 2 by Presenter 1 (10 min.)
Audience Q&A (28 min.)
Presenter 1 summary (1 min.)
Presenter 2 summary (1 min.)
Parking Details:
Parking is free at many of the PSU parking lots and structures after 7 pm. Please see this website for more parking details: https://tinyurl.com/csjn9uq . The best suggestion is to park at the structure called “Parking Structure 1 – Lvl 1 (shown below).” You can click on that link to get the Google map. It is also here: https://tinyurl.com/lm2esfx .