1. Irrational Optimism

Irrational Optimism

Talk 1 of 2 given at Men Meeting The Challenge Conference in 2016. The title for the Conference was ‘Hope For The Hopeless: Responding to the Challenge’

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Talk Outline

1. Hope and Optimism
   • definitions
   • universality
2. Irrational Optimism
   • optimism and hope
     • the benefit of hope and optimism
     • the irrationality of hope
   • immediate vs ultimate
   • pessimism and hopelessness
     • the benefit of reality
     • the reality of fatalistic amoral meaninglessness
3.  The Biblical Reality
   • the fear of death
   • separated, alienated and strangers no hope and without God
   • but now in Christ Jesus