I finally found a Tweet This add-on for blogger that does everything I want it to including automatically shortening the page URL. I had looked all over and tried several options but they either required tweeters to log in even if they were already logged in or they did not include any text or they […]
Entries from March 21st, 2009
“Tweet This” for Blogger with no Log In and Shortened URL!
March 21st, 2009 5 Comments
Tags: Tech-Tips
Alexander Pruss on Marquis’s Transitivity of Identity Argument
March 20th, 2009 5 Comments
Matt gave an overview of his scepticism here that moral status is attained at conception, citing Don Marquis’ transitivity of identity argument placing moral status beginning at segmentation (14-21 days post-conception). Matt is agnostic as to whether moral status is acquired at conception but argues that unless there are good reasons for thinking the pre-segmentation […]
Tags: Abortion · Embryocide · Ethics · Feticide · Science and Religion
Auckland Bloggers Bash
March 20th, 2009 2 Comments
The lovely Annie Fox has called for Auckland bloggers, and any others who happen to be in Auckland, to mark the first Thursday of every month in their calendars for B3 – (Bloggers Bar Bash). The next B3 will be on 2nd of April (my birthday!) from 6.30pm onwards at Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, […]
Tags: Events
A Bill to Amend the Anti-Smacking Law
March 19th, 2009 5 Comments
Family First have just released that a private members bill is set to go into the ballot to amend the anti-smacking law. Assuming it is well drafted, ACT’s John Boscawen is the MP parents across the country can thank. While we do not buy into the notion that this law should be changed because the […]
Hone’s Inconsistency
March 19th, 2009 2 Comments
Hone Harawira has called for the men who assaulted Prime Minister John Key to be not dealt with by the courts because the assault was minor and understandable. This is the same Member of Parliament who voted to criminalise parents for giving their kids a light smack who now wants adults who (allegedly) lightly assaulted […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Smacking
Dr Matthew Flannagan on Belief without Proof
March 18th, 2009 4 Comments
You are invited to the next Thinking Matters Auckland seminar: What: Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on Belief without ProofWhen: Tuesday 31th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion.Cost: Free! Dr Flannagan will address the objection that Christianity is irrational in […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
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.
Baby Abandoned in Airport Rubbish Bin, Sexist Responses Already Underway
March 20th, 2009 8 Comments
Imagine if someone uttered the following statement “Women are irrational creatures. Due to their propensity to be emotional, they are not responsible for their actions.” I suspect people would think I was quoting from a popular elizabethan or medieval discussion of women and most would write this statement off as sexist, misogynist and old fashioned. […]
Tags: Feminism · Infanticide