Questions of right, wrong, good, and evil are some of the most profound. For many people, God plays the central role of Moral Lawgiver. With this comes the concern that unless God exists, ethics is in serious trouble. As Nietzsche once put it, morality “has truth only if God is the truth—it stands or falls with faith in God”. Could this fear be overblown? Do we really need God for morality?

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About the Speakers

Dr. John D. Ferrer is an educator and former associate pastor hailing from South Carolina. He has earned his PhD in Philosophy of Religion from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently a teaching fellow at the Equal Rights Institute and runs the Intelligent Christian Faith blog.

Matt Dillahunty is an American public speaker, avid gamer, magician and internet personality, and was the president of the Atheist Community of Austin from 2006 to 2013. In seeking to become a minister his investigation of his religious views led him to reject supernatural claims. He now identifies as a skeptic, humanist and atheist, engaging in formal debates and speaking to secular organizations, churches and university groups on religion, philosophy, skepticism, atheism, humanism and magic. He is a founder and contributor of the counter-apologetics encyclopedia “Iron Chariots” as well as the “Atheist Debates Patreon Project,” which are dedicated to providing the understanding and tools for more effective discussions between theists and atheists.