Jónathan Mark Deundian sent us the following correspondence, You addressed the following paragraph to a blogger named RyogaM. This one and actually the one right above it was so common sensible but so completely profound. I read it to my wife and it was as if shutters fell from her eyes. Best thing since Molinism! lol […]
Entries from November 8th, 2010
Bovine Faeces and the Sexual Proclivities of Rocks: We are all Selective Literalists
November 8th, 2010 15 Comments
Tags: Canaanites · Hermeneutics · Joshua · Literalism · RyogaM
Contra Mundum: Pluralism and Being Right
November 5th, 2010 8 Comments
Recently I attended a lecture on science and religion at the University of Auckland. As is normal after such talks students stayed and discussed issues raised by the presentation. One student brought up a fairly common chestnut, he objected to the claim made by some Christians that their religion was true and that other religions […]
Tags: Contra Mundum · Investigate Magazine · Pluralism
“Set Forth Your Case” The Promo Video
October 30th, 2010 5 Comments
Here is the promo video, featuring William Lane Craig, for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s “Set Forth Your Case” conference (one of the two conferences Matt is speaking at in Atlanta Georgia in 3 weeks):
Tags: Atlanta · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Georgia · Set Forth Your Case · William Lane Craig
Submit Now for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival
October 25th, 2010 1 Comment
The final call for posts for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival has gone out. You can submit your nominations by email or by commenting on the original call post at ξἐνος. The September Edition is here in case you want to take squiz and check out what it’s all about. There is apparently still room for […]
Desperately Seeking Sid
October 24th, 2010 11 Comments
Does anyone have a Sid the Sloth toy from the Ice Age movie series? Sid is our son Noah’s favourite character and his McDonalds Sid toy is his favourite toy. Whilst away at Mt Maunganui this weekend, Sid has vanished. He was last seen flying off the top of the 6 storey apartment building we […]
Tags: Announcement · Family · Sid
Moderation
October 19th, 2010 9 Comments
Apologies everyone, it has become necessary to turn comment moderation on. There is a limit to how much time we want to spend removing off-topic, sexually loaded and personally abusive comments left by school-boys each day. We will try to clear and release comments a few times a day. I am working through my Certificate […]
Tags: Announcements
God, Morality and Abhorrent Commands: Part II Robert Adams
October 19th, 2010 7 Comments
In this three-part series I will look at some different ways of adjudicating conflicts between apparent divine commands and moral beliefs. I started with Immanuel Kant, now I will look at Robert Adams’ position. In “God, Morality and Abhorrent Commands: Part I Kant” I mentioned Phillip Quinn’s observation that theists can face a particular dilemma, […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · James Rissler · Kant · Philip Quinn · Raymond Bradley · Religious History · Robert Adams · Selection
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.
