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Entries from July 4th, 2007

Things They Don’t Teach you in Public Schools…

July 4th, 2007 2 Comments

Tonight I watched an ad on TV which has a man congratulating New Zealanders for being the first to give women the vote. This ad reminded me of the following picture which I discovered in Alvin Schmidt’s book “How Christianity Changed the World.” The picture on this page shows women voting at the polls in [...]

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Poisoning peoples minds

July 3rd, 2007 No Comments

I hate the new anti smoking ads. I am not a smoker, I do not advise that anyone smoke nor do I approve of smoking. As I see it we have a duty to respect not only other people but ourselves, as beings made in the image of God. For this reason we should look [...]

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The Meta-Ethical Argument for Christian Theism: A Response to Richard Chappell

July 3rd, 2007 15 Comments

if we ask what God would have commanded in counterfactual situations we will get contradictory answers.

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When Rationalists Implode

July 2nd, 2007 7 Comments

In 2002 I (Matt) publicly debated Dr Bill Cooke from the New Zealand Association of Rationalist Humanists (NZARH). I enjoyed the debate immensely and am confident that I won it. No one whom I know who has watched the debate disagrees with me on this. I was surprised at the time how weakly the arguments [...]

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