No Such Thing As Atheism

In his now famous commencement address to Kenyon College in 2005, the late David Foster Wallace said, “Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship” (David Foster Wallace, “This Is Water,” Kenyon Commencement Address, May 21, 2005, https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/links/culture/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html). You may use this opportunity to engage a group in acknowledging all the things, people, and ideas they worship apart from Jesus.

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