No, not a call to give up Christianity – we just listened to Dr Glenn Peoples’ latest podcast, it is worth hearing. Excellent commentary on Christian sub-culture and our willingness to accept sub-standard music, scholarship, etc just because those offering it to us are part of our club. Glenn calls us to critically assess whatever […]
Entries from March 16th, 2009
Stop Being a Christian and Start Being a Person
March 16th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Religion in Public Life
What a Night! Hear Dr Steve Kumar, Meet MandM …
March 16th, 2009 2 Comments
Just a reminder for tomorrow night’s event: What: Dr Steve Kumar speaking on Faith and ReasonWhen: Tuesday 17th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussionCost: Free! Hosted by Thinking Matters Auckland (TMA). We will both be there … so see […]
Tags: Announcements · Apologetics · Events
Bill Clinton on "Un-fertilised" Human Embryos [UPDATED]
March 13th, 2009 10 Comments
See this clip for yet another President of the United States who supports human embryonic stem-cell research but has no clue what he is talking about. Bill Clinton says he thinks the issue has become “too politicised” and we should be like him and “hand it back to science.” He says this despite having repeatedly […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Embryocide
Some Thoughts on Human Embryonic Stem-cell Research
March 12th, 2009 51 Comments
Given Barack Obama’s reversal of the ban on federal funding for research on new lines of human embryonic stem-cells, I thought I might add my own thoughts on the issues around stem-cell research. My thoughts are somewhat tentative; largely because, unlike many in the media, I don’t see the issues as clear cut or as […]
Tags: Abortion · Embryocide · Ethics · Feticide · Science and Religion
The Catholic Church, Excommunication and Abortion for Child Rape
March 10th, 2009 53 Comments
The Catholic Church has excommunicated the mother, who arranged an abortion for her 9 year old daughter, who was pregnant with twins as a result of rape by her stepfather. There is a heap of controversy over this in the blogosphere, the most insane of which is the Hand Mirror claiming this is evidence the […]
Dr Steve Kumar on Faith and Reason
March 10th, 2009 5 Comments
You are invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland event: What: Dr Steve Kumar speaking on Faith and ReasonWhen: Tuesday 17th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussionCost: Free! Don’t miss hearing New Zealand’s most prominent Christian Apologist. For almost thirty […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Thinking Matters Auckland: Apologetics Seminars
March 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Thinking Matters Auckland: Apologetics Seminars
Following on from the interest Dr William Lane Craig generated when he visited New Zealand last year, Thinking Matters Auckland (TMA) announce the launch of their Apologetics seminars. At the seminars, TMA will showcase New Zealand’s best Apologetic talents and screen DVDs of the world’s top Apologists defending the Christian Faith. Opportunity for analysis, discussion […]
Tags: Announcements · Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
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.
