When I would start my class on Religion and Politics, my first lecture would always be on Feuerbach. He would give students a new way to think. We could focus on the God Idea- which we humans generate. This had nothing to do with God but rather with human thinking. We could analyze "outside of the circle" of believers as I would call it.
This is a bit of an intellectual discussion, but I have tried to make it accessible.
If you think this might upset you, then skip it. If you want your thinking challenged, then Carry On (as the British would say).
The students liked it.
Happy studenting.