The Catholic Church has excommunicated the mother, who arranged an abortion for her 9 year old daughter, who was pregnant with twins as a result of rape by her stepfather. There is a heap of controversy over this in the blogosphere, the most insane of which is the Hand Mirror claiming this is evidence the […]
Entries from March 10th, 2009
Dr Steve Kumar on Faith and Reason
March 10th, 2009 5 Comments
You are invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland event: What: Dr Steve Kumar speaking on Faith and ReasonWhen: Tuesday 17th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussionCost: Free! Don’t miss hearing New Zealand’s most prominent Christian Apologist. For almost thirty […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Thinking Matters Auckland: Apologetics Seminars
March 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Thinking Matters Auckland: Apologetics Seminars
Following on from the interest Dr William Lane Craig generated when he visited New Zealand last year, Thinking Matters Auckland (TMA) announce the launch of their Apologetics seminars. At the seminars, TMA will showcase New Zealand’s best Apologetic talents and screen DVDs of the world’s top Apologists defending the Christian Faith. Opportunity for analysis, discussion […]
Tags: Announcements · Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Christian Philosophy as Necromancy
March 9th, 2009 Comments Off on Christian Philosophy as Necromancy
I believe my vocation as a Christian Philosopher and Theologian is to provoke people to wrestle with the existential questions they face regarding themselves and God and to challenge them to take Christian answers to these questions seriously. I was thinking about metaphors for the conversation my vocation requires me to engage in and I […]
Tags: Philosophy of Religion · Theology
Twitter Updates on David Bain Trial?
March 8th, 2009 6 Comments
MandM have just one thing to say on the David Bain trial: Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Do not expect any commentary or speculation on the trial at MandM until the verdict is in.
Tags: Justice
Matt Speaking Tonight
March 8th, 2009 Comments Off on Matt Speaking Tonight
Just a reminder that Matt is speaking in Auckland on Apologetics tonight.
Tags: Announcements · Events
Three Strikes: Proportion and Protection
March 6th, 2009 12 Comments
The Attorney General has identified an “apparent inconsistency” with the proposed “3 strikes bill” and the New Zealand Bill of Rights. This inconsistency is around whether the punishment inflicted by the 3rd strike would be “disproportionately severe.” There have been various reactions to this; the most extreme I have heard came from the bill’s proponent […]
Tags: Jurisprudence · Justice
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.
