The lovely Annie Fox has called for Auckland bloggers, and any others who happen to be in Auckland, to mark the first Thursday of every month in their calendars for B3 – (Bloggers Bar Bash). The next B3 will be on 2nd of April (my birthday!) from 6.30pm onwards at Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, […]
Entries from March 20th, 2009
A Bill to Amend the Anti-Smacking Law
March 19th, 2009 5 Comments
Family First have just released that a private members bill is set to go into the ballot to amend the anti-smacking law. Assuming it is well drafted, ACT’s John Boscawen is the MP parents across the country can thank. While we do not buy into the notion that this law should be changed because the […]
Hone’s Inconsistency
March 19th, 2009 2 Comments
Hone Harawira has called for the men who assaulted Prime Minister John Key to be not dealt with by the courts because the assault was minor and understandable. This is the same Member of Parliament who voted to criminalise parents for giving their kids a light smack who now wants adults who (allegedly) lightly assaulted […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Smacking
Dr Matthew Flannagan on Belief without Proof
March 18th, 2009 4 Comments
You are invited to the next Thinking Matters Auckland seminar: What: Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on Belief without ProofWhen: Tuesday 31th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion.Cost: Free! Dr Flannagan will address the objection that Christianity is irrational in […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Any Requests?
March 18th, 2009 10 Comments
We ponder issues to blog on that we hope you might be interested in but we would love to hear from our readers – what issues do you want to hear out thoughts on for future blogs?
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And the 12th Most Popular Blog in New Zealand is…..
March 18th, 2009 9 Comments
Just spotted HalfDone’s Half-March blog stats – check out who is sitting at number 12 !!!! HalfDone ranks “all [New Zealand] blogs that post items interesting to the general public” and ranks more New Zealand blogs than Tumeke does. Of course this is not the official March result, but for MandM to have reached the […]
St Patrick’s Day: A Protestants’ Musings
March 17th, 2009 5 Comments
Today is St Patrick’s day. Many tonight will find themselves dressed in green, possibly slurring slightly, with a handle of green Guinness in one hand and most won’t really be certain as to why. Now one wonders why so many people who are not Catholic or Irish feel the need to celebrate a saint on 17 […]
Tags: Religious History · St Patrick
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.
