You’re invited to the final event in the Thinking Matters Auckland God, Morality and Society series: What: David Lindsey on “Politics, Religion and Morality” When: Tuesday 1 Sept – 7:00pm Where: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West Auckland Format: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion. Cost: Free but donations […]
Entries from August 26th, 2009
David Lindsey on “Politics, Religion and Morality”
August 26th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Events · Thinking Matters
More Evidence of Student Association Delusions of Grandeur
August 25th, 2009 2 Comments
I just got this in my inbox: AN OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN:On Wednesday the 26th of August at the AUSA [Auckland University Students Association] Winter General Meeting there has been an opening to incorporate the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS into the AUSA constitution. WE NEED 200 PEOPLE IN THE QUAD TO VOTE IN FAVOUR AT […]
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Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – July 09
August 25th, 2009 1 Comment
The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for July 09 are as follows: [2.] MandM 13 (5 – 21) [3.] MacDoctor Moments 16 (18 – 14) [1.] NZ Conservative 18.5 (13 – 24 ) [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 25 (17 – 33) [5=] Keeping Stock 26.5 (21 – 32) [6.] Say […]
Christian Blog Ranking Report for July 09 – Tumeke
August 24th, 2009 2 Comments
Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on Tumeke’s NZ blog stats for July; these stats are used in the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for July 09: MandM 21 Being Frank 22 NZ Conservative 24 Keeping Stock 32 Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 33 Say […]
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Dear Cabinet,
August 24th, 2009 7 Comments
I am a mother of 4; I am currently doing the last few papers of my law degree at Auckland Uni, I voted “no” in the referendum, I voted for you to govern at the last election. I am sure you are getting a lot of emails, however, as you deliberate as to how to […]
Tags: Referendum · s59 · Smacking
Sunday Study: Does the Bible Teach that Children Should be Executed for Swearing?
August 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
One command in the Old Testament which is frequently lampooned by sceptical readers is Leviticus 20:9, If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head. Some contend that that this passage commands the courts […]
Tags: Capital Punishment · Hermeneutics · Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Swearing
No
August 21st, 2009 102 Comments
The results of the anti-smacking referendum are in. In answer to the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?” 87.6% of voters said “no.” Fairly resounding. Vote No seem happy. We are too. Now it is time to sit back and see how the government […]
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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.
