Recently, Patrick left the following comment in response Madeleine’s post on the Role of the State. “[L]ogic and reason are secular, even humanistic processes. Faith is neither ofthose. Logic and faith can be in conflict, I think. From a humanist viewpointthere is nothing particularly logical about believing in an invisible God.” Apologies to Patrick for [...]
Entries from October 19th, 2008
Situation Vacant at Beretta
October 19th, 2008 No Comments
Glenn is advertising for a partner in crime: SITUATION VACANT Are you the straight shooter that I’m looking for? I’m looking for someone to join the Beretta team – a team currently consisting of one. You’ll become an author here at Say Hello to my Little Friend, you’ll be an occasional co-host on the SHTMLF [...]
Tags: Announcements · Glenn Peoples
On the Meta-Euthyphro Objection
October 18th, 2008 8 Comments
According to proponents of the Euthyphro Objection, defenders of a Divine Command Theory of Ethics face a dilemma, actions are morally-required either because: (i) God commands them; or, (ii) God commands them because they are morally-required. The latter (ii) entails that actions are right and wrong independently of God’s commands and as such, a Divine [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · Euthyphro Dilemma · God and Morality · Philosophy of Religion
Cambridge Tornado
October 17th, 2008 1 Comment
Old friends Roger and Donna were woken in the night by the tornado that tore through Cambridge last night and realised that their back fence and two trees were gone. This was their backyard: The tree took out their fence and their neighbour’s roof: When they went outside there was debris everywhere and there was [...]
Tags: Weather
MandM go Private
October 16th, 2008 13 Comments
Two years on from our very first post, In Remembrance of the Religious Right, the MandM blog has come to a place where it is officially grown up enough to warrant its own domain name. Our readership has grown considerably since we started. We now feature on the top 100 New Zealand blogs – we [...]
Tags: Announcements · Blog Upgrades · NZ Blog Rankings
Questions you Would Like to Ask God: Invitation to Matt’s Next Speaking Event
October 16th, 2008 4 Comments
Matt is scheduled to speak for Unitec Salt and Light; here is the text from their advertisement of the event: Questions for God Dr Matthew Flannagan Ph.D, MSocSci (Hons), BSocSci When: Tuesday 21 October Time: 4-5 pm Where: Gold Lecture Theatre (Beside the Hub) – Unitec Mt Albert Campus Cost: Free Event Format: Presentation followed by [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Salt and Light · Unitec
Election Lollies: Labour Vote Buys with Student Allowance
October 16th, 2008 No Comments
Socialism is an easy disease to catch. Labour roll out their election bribe for students and our daughter Sheridan (Sherry) gets excited. She starts Uni in March and at that point will have to quit her part-time job as the hours will conflict with her studies. For a 16 year old she earns a fair [...]
Tags: Elections · Personal Responsibility · Student Debt
Back in the Land of Blogging
October 16th, 2008 No Comments
I missed the ACT and National party launches. I missed the leaders debate and with no TV, radio or internet – save only Tuesday’s herald the old guy in the bed next to mine gave me – I have no clue whats new with the election and current events. Frantically trying to catch up, thank [...]
Tags: Car Accident
Did Not Make It
October 13th, 2008 No Comments
In the last post I noted our intention to attend the ACT party launch on Sunday. We would love to have posted a review of what we saw today, however, unfortunately we never made it. Madeleine has, it appears, had an adverse reaction to the pain meds she has been on since her car accident. [...]
Tags: Car Accident
More Reasons to not Vote Green: Population Control gets a Global Warming Twist
October 18th, 2008 4 Comments
The blogosphere is abuzz with the Greens new Family Policy which “proposes setting a level of population New Zealand could sustain and leaving room within that for climate change refugees from Pacific Islands. They also want parents educated about the impacts of population growth when they are planning their family size and how far apart [...]
Tags: Bad Policy · Bad Reasoning · Eugenics · Greens · Urban Myths