I get so frustrated whether it is in the company of others, on email lists or participating in blog and debate board debates when I see someone present their case, their reasons for holding the position they do, how they think their position defeats objections and then they throw in “its just my opinion.” Its […]
Entries from December 27th, 2006
Don’t Apologise for Your Opinion
December 27th, 2006 Comments Off on Don’t Apologise for Your Opinion
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Little p philosophy
Saddam to be Executed Soon
December 27th, 2006 Comments Off on Saddam to be Executed Soon
Saddam will be executed 25 Jan 2007. While I will not celebrate his execution I am pleased that it is happening.
Tags: Capital Punishment · Saddam Hussein
Christmas stockings and kids who won’t sleep!
December 25th, 2006 1 Comment
Just now Matt brought out youngest child, age 5, down to the office. As they approached I could hear that he was sobbing and hysterical and Matt was laughing which I thought odd until I saw him. Each of the kids have oversized, home made Christmas stockings – a stupid idea I came up with […]
Chistmas Musings
December 25th, 2006 Comments Off on Chistmas Musings
We have been a bit quiet the last few days as like most people we are kinda busy with Christmas preparation. We are going away at some point but not til after New Year so do keep checking in as I am sure we will find something to rant about – its a pretty safe […]
Tags: Announcements
Fireworks Remain Un-Banned
December 24th, 2006 Comments Off on Fireworks Remain Un-Banned
The guy fawkes just past started out rather uneventful for us, we did out fireworks thing then came inside and watched some movie on TV – I forget what now. A bit before 11pm our 11 year old son began shrieking something unintelligible and ran downstairs – we finally worked out he was yelling “Fire!” […]
Tags: Fires · Fireworks · Personal Responsibility
Dear Hell Pizza
December 21st, 2006 5 Comments
My kids get taught about sex when I decide to teach them about it. As their parents I get to decide what and how I tell them about it. No one else gets to infringe my right to educate my kids, not the state, not family planning and not the local pizza company. I used […]
Tags: Advertising · Family · Hell Pizza · Parental Rights
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
What is Fundamentalism?
December 17th, 2006 Comments Off on What is Fundamentalism?
we must first look into the use of this term ‘fundamentalist’. On the most common contemporary academic use of the term, it is a term of abuse or disapprobation, rather like ‘son of a bitch’, more exactly ‘sonovabitch’
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Fundamentalism · Humour