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Entries from May 19th, 2009
Sunday Study: Sodom and Gomorrah Part II
May 17th, 2009 9 Comments
In my previous Sunday Study post, Sodom and Gomorrah Part I, I argued that it is a mistake to conflate what scriptural narratives describe with what they prescribe. I suggested that often the characters in these narratives do things that The Torah later explicitly condemns and in this context it is plausible to read the [...]
Tags: Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Theology
Trevor Mander on the Moral Cosmological Argument
May 16th, 2009 No Comments
You’re invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland, God, Morality and Society, event: What: Trevor Mander speaking on the Moral Cosmological ArgumentWhen: Tuesday 26 May – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussionCost: Free but donations are appreciated Trevor will argue that God [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Is Abortion Liberal?
May 16th, 2009 22 Comments
A submission to The Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival. Laws permitting abortion on demand are often deemed to be liberal. Political liberals are frequently ardent defenders of such laws. My contention is that support for abortion on the grounds of liberality is mistaken. I argue for this position in a two part series: Is Abortion Liberal? [...]
Tags: Abortion · Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival · Classical Liberalism · Ethics · Feticide · Liberalism · Libertarianism
Guest Post: A Reader Response Theory of Meaning?
May 15th, 2009 6 Comments
The following is authored by Glenn Peoples of Say Hello to my Little Friend: The Beretta Blog and Podcast. Glenn writes:I take some things for granted. People with a background in theology, biblical studies and hermeneutics or literature will be familiar with theories of meaning, but not everyone has (or wants) this background, and not [...]
Tags: Guest Post · Hermeneutics · Theology
Tooley, Plantinga and the Deontological Argument from Evil Part I
May 13th, 2009 2 Comments
This two-part series criticises the deontological argument from evil proposed by Micheal Tooley in The Knowledge of God, the print debate between him and Alvin Plantinga.1 My critique proceeds in four parts. Initially I will sketch Tooley’s distinction between a deontological and an axiological argument from evil and will argue that Tooley rejects the axiological [...]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Atheism · Divine Command Theory · Michael Tooley · Philosophy of Religion · Problem of Evil · Selection · William Alston
Rankling the Families Commission
May 13th, 2009 No Comments
If we must suffer the statist affliction on society that is the Families Commission (FC) then I am utterly stoked at the latest appointments to it of Bruce Pilbrow, my former neighbour at Bible College and Christine Rankin. Christine is of course the major controversy and if you are a kiwi you will be well [...]
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May 11th, 2009 4 Comments
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Tuesday Night: Religion in the Public Square
May 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Don’t forget tomorrow night’s event from the Thinking Matters Auckland series on God, Morality and Society, Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square: Be there or be square!
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Sunday Study: Sodom and Gomorrah Part I
May 10th, 2009 13 Comments
In the comments section of The Inconsistent, Condescending, Paternalism of Left-Wing Feminism, Anna wrote: Something I’ve been deeply disturbed about since childhood is the Sodom & Gomorrah tale – specifically, the offering of the virgin daughters to satisfy the hordes of men outside the house. On the face of it, this looks like a negation [...]
Tags: Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Theology
