"The Question of God" Discussion Group

No matter what your faith or what you believe, how we understand the meaning of life often comes down to how we answer one ultimate question: Does God really exist?

The “Question of God” explores two diametrically opposed views of human existence through the lives of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. Both wrote passionately on the subject of God’s existence, rigorously and relentlessly pursuing truth, and both displayed courage of conviction in the ways they lived their lives. Their intellectual work strives to answer not only what we should believe, but also how we should live. 

This 4-session series, based on the book The Question of God by Harvard professor Armand Nicholi raises several fundamental questions: Does God exist? How does one decide what is moral? What does it mean to love your neighbor? How are we to understand suffering and death? Through dramatic storytelling and compelling re-creations, Freud and Lewis debate the answers to these questions, and a panel of seven men and women, from diverse walks of life, confront these issues in their own lives. During our sessions, we will build on the panel discussion and explore our own views on these existential questions.

Reading of Nicholi's book is not required to participate. Each session the group will watch 20-30 minutes of the PBS documentary based on the book to begin the discussion.

The discussions will be moderated by Don Liebich, who has been involved with economic development, citizen diplomacy, and human rights projects and is an author and an international consultant.