В Иове штате студенты обсудили, можно ли быть хорошим человеком без Бога

On the free speech lawn at Iowa State, Turning Point USA asked, “Can you be a good person without God?” and students marked yes or no on a whiteboard. TPUSA hosted a Christian Apologetics event Tuesday. Isaiah Alexander, president of TPUSA and a senior studying agricultural studies, defined apologetics as the art of defending the concept of God and the arguments of God’s existence. “The whole core purpose of this and the purpose of most of our tables is just to spark conversation,” Alexander said. “We really believe as a club that the number one thing our nation needs is to be able to talk across lines of disagreement with love and charity.” Members of the club said they received mostly positive feedback throughout the event. “We get the occasional person who just kind of walks by, cusses at us, or calls us stupid and doesn’t say anything,” Alexander said. “We’re not worrying about them. The people that we love are the people who agree or disagree; they stop by, they have an opinion and we’re curious to hear it.” The discussion revolved around whether you can be a good person without God, specifically asking if students believe good values stem from Christianity. “I saw the question walking in, and I thought it was a very interesting question, and there is a lot more no than yes,” Quinn Begley, a freshman studying civil engineering, said. “Obviously God sets our morals, but just because you are without God doesn’t mean that you can’t be a God person.” Boris Trkulja, a freshman studying electrical engineering, commented on the nuance of the question. “Whether someone is even a good person or bad person in my mind, it’s relative, usually going to be based on feelings,” Trkulja said. To learn more about Iowa State TPUSA, visit their webpage.