Fantastic news! Yesterday the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill 75/1 was drawn from the ballot. Sponsored by ACT’s Sir Roger Douglas, the explanatory note states: The purpose of this Bill is to uphold students’ right to freedom of association, by ensuring that no student is compelled to join a students association. Section 17 of […]
Entries from August 21st, 2009
Contra Mundum: A New Column in Investigate Magazine
August 20th, 2009 8 Comments
MandM have officially joined the ranks of New Zealand blogs with print columns; Kiwiblog’s David Farrar writes for the NBR, Cactus Kate writes for The Dominion Post and now MandM write for Investigate Magazine – you can now get your MandM fix both online and at your magazine stand! Pick up this month’s edition of […]
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Philosophy Carnival XCV
August 18th, 2009 1 Comment
The Philosophy Carnival XCV is now online. Matt’s post on Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on God, Morality and Arbitrariness was featured, albeit with a rather questionable introductory write-up; keep an eye on the comments at both links for some interesting debate.
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Sunday Study: 666 The Number of the Beast
August 17th, 2009 7 Comments
On 29 March 1982 Iron Maiden released the album The Number of the Beast; this album’s self-titled song was to become one of the most influential heavy metal songs of all time and stirred up a firestorm of controversy. Apparently Iron Maiden’s bassist, Steve Harris, had been up late one night watching Damian: Omen II, […]
Tags: 616 · 666 · Iron Maiden · Nero · Number of the Beast · Sunday Study
Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – June 09
August 15th, 2009 Comments Off on Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – June 09
The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for June 09 are as follows: 1. [1.] NZ Conservative 16.5 (7 – 26 ) 2. [3.] MandM 17 (5 – 29) 3. [2.] MacDoctor Moments 18 (21 – 15) 4. [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 20 (15 – 25) 5= [5.] Keeping Stock 31 […]
This is Christianity
August 14th, 2009 5 Comments
I saw this quote while Madeleine was Stumbling and thought it was excellent and worthy of sharing: “From the majestic pontifical High Mass in St. Peter’s to the quiet simplicity of a Quaker meeting… from the intellectual sophistication of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the moving simplicity of spirituals such as “Lord, I want to be […]
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Faith and Science Conference Write-Up
August 13th, 2009 13 Comments
The Challenge Weekly has written an article on the recent Faith and Science Conference I participated in. Apart from the unfortunate title, “Conference fuels controversy” which gives a false impression of the largely collegial atmosphere, the mis-characterisation of certain views as deism and the omission of a mention of Dr Jeff Tallon’s memorable talk it […]
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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.
