A boycott has been launched of Tumeke’s blog stats. Prominent kiwi-bloggers Whaleoil, HalfDone and Keeping Stock have each set out their cases; charges range from holocaust denier to holocaust promoter. “the state of Israel was created ‘on the pretext of Jewish suffering’ from the second world war”The authors at Tumeke are politically hard-left activists; most [...]
Entries from April 23rd, 2009
Ahmadinejad, Tumeke, Boycotts, Blog Stats and Holocaust Denial
April 23rd, 2009 16 Comments
Tags: Iran · NZ Blog Rankings · NZ Christian Blog Rankings
Response to Richard Chappell’s "Pro-Life Pro Zombie"
April 22nd, 2009 5 Comments
Thialias has asked me to respond to “Pro-Life Pro Zombie” written by kiwi ex-pat philosopher Richard Chappell, the author of Philosophy et cetera. In this post Richard, as I understand it, set up a thought experiment where he asked readers to imagine a world where beings exist that are physically identical to us in every [...]
Published: Abortion and Capital Punishment UPDATED
April 21st, 2009 13 Comments
Heh! I just discovered on Cambridge Journals that my publication for the Spring 2009 edition of Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute for Philosophy is online. You can download the pdf here, Abortion and Capital Punishment: A Response to Beverly Harrison. UPDATE: As some people are having trouble with the direct link to the [...]
Tags: Abortion · Christian History · Ethics · Published
Coming Events Reminder: JP Moreland on Faith and Reason
April 20th, 2009 2 Comments
I trust those of you who started back at Uni today survived the shock. Now that you have your thinking caps back on, make sure next week’s event is in your diary. Next Tuesday come to our Thinking Matters Auckland DVD screening: What: Dr JP Moreland on Faith and ReasonWhen: Tuesday 28 April – 7:00pmWhere: [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, William Lane Craig and the Argument from Harm Part II
April 20th, 2009 7 Comments
In my last post, I discussed Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s argument from harm. I concluded by suggesting that his conclusion missed the point and failed to address the conditional, defended by William Lane Craig that, if theism is true then there exists a sound foundation for moral duties. In this post I will argue that the same [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · God and Morality · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong · William Lane Craig
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, William Lane Craig and the Argument from Harm Part I
April 18th, 2009 1 Comment
This is the first of a two-part series where I examine a recent argument criticising religious ethics by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. In many of his publications and debates William Lane Craig has defended the contention that if theism is true then there exists a sound foundation for moral duties. In a recent article, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong has [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · God and Morality · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong · William Alston · William Lane Craig
Guest Post: The Virtue of Christian Dogma
April 17th, 2009 24 Comments
The following is authored by Dominic Bnonn Tennant, of the blog Dominic Bnonn Tennant – Developing the Mind of Christ. Please support Bnonn by clicking through to his site. Bnonn writes: Damian over at ‘And Slaters Go Plop’ has recently written on Dogma, arguing against its intellectual legitimacy, and asking how we can avoid it. [...]
Tags: Atheism · Faith and Reason · Guest Post
The Foundations of the Alexandrian Argument against Feticide Part VI
April 16th, 2009 3 Comments
This post marks the conclusion in my series on The Alexandrian Argument. Having addressed whether Exodus 21:22-25 deals with a miscarriage or premature birth, whether the harm mentioned in verses 22 and 23 refers to the woman or the fetus and whether the punishments in the relevant clauses are qualitatively different, I will return to [...]
Tags: Abortion · Ethics · Feticide · Philosophy of Religion · The Alexandrian Argument · Theology
The Foundations of the Alexandrian Argument against Feticide Part V
April 15th, 2009 7 Comments
Having previously addressed whether causing the death of a woman is a capital offence, I will now examine how Exodus 21:22-25 views feticide. Is Feticide Condemned as a Minor OffenceHarrison argues that the reference to a fine in v 22 suggests that the law considers feticide did “not constitute a major crime at that time”.[1] [...]
Tags: Abortion · Ethics · Feticide · Philosophy of Religion · The Alexandrian Argument · Theology
Half April HalfDone Stats: MandM 6th Most Read Blog in New Zealand
April 15th, 2009 6 Comments
These rankings are not the official results for April, just an indication of the lay of the land and how the month is progressing for everyone. The top 10 New Zealand blogs on public discourse are shown below, the other 250 or so that made the rankings are over here. We have climbed 1 spot [...]
