On 11 September 2001 Islamic terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Centre, killing thousands of innocent people. Ostensibly they did this because they believed God commanded them to do so. This event has reinvigorated a fear that has been latent in Western psyche since the 17th century when religious wars tore Europe apart. […]
Entries from March 17th, 2011
Is God a Moral Monster? A Review of Paul Copan’s Book
March 17th, 2011 17 Comments
Tags: Book Review · Is God a Moral Monster? · Old Testament Ethics · Paul Copan
On the God Topic: Responding with Reason and Precision
March 16th, 2011 1 Comment
For anyone for whom Houston, Texas is not too much of a trek to get to, Biola University and Reasonable Faith Houston are running an apologetics conference in April. Speakers include: JP Moreland, Craig Hazen, Mary Jo Sharp, Louis Markos, Micah Parker, Scott Swiggard and more. On the God Topic: Responding with Reason and Precision Details: 1 – 2 April […]
Tags: Apologetics · Biola University · Craig Hazen · JP Moreland · Louis Markos · Mary-Jo Sharp · Micah Parker · Reasonable Faith Houston · Scott Swiggard
The End of State Education: Resistance is Futile
March 15th, 2011 29 Comments
The litany of the forces arrayed against quality state education systems is long. We believe these forces make state education’s decline inevitable. Without a thoroughgoing reformation of the fundaments of Western society itself, resistance is futile. The Borg is here. We know that in New Zealand roughly one third of all graduates from state schools […]
Tags: Alex Standish · Education · NCEA · Robert Whelan · State Education · State Schools · Stephen Hawking
Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Ad Hominem
March 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Ad Hominem
Apologetics 315 are producing an audio version of Matt’s Fallacy Friday series. The Fallacy Friday Podcasts are released every Friday on Apologetics 315. You can subscribe using: • RSS Feed • Via iTunes • one-click to your feed-reader The Mp3 of Ad Hominem is here. To navigate the series in print, use the Fallacy Friday tag, to navigate MP3 […]
Tags: Apologetics 315 · Fallacy Friday Podcast · Podcast
Fallacy Friday: The Fallacy of False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
March 11th, 2011 6 Comments
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This week I will look at the fallacy of false cause and in particular the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy. These fallacies occur when one conflates the fact that two things occur at the same time or in close succession with the conclusion that one caused the other. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc This […]
Tags: Fallacy Friday · False Cause · Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc · West Wing
Matthew Flannagan on The Sermon on the Mount Part 1 (MP3)
March 10th, 2011 1 Comment
Matt preached at Takanini Community Church last Sunday and gave the first sermon in his series on the Sermon on the Mount. Download and listen to the MP3 of Matt preaching on The Sermon on the Mount Part 1. Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came […]
Tags: MP3 · Podcast · Preaching · Sermon on the Mount · Takanini Community Church
Religion, Science, 9/11 and the Moon: Dawkins’ Response to Copan
March 9th, 2011 107 Comments
Parchment and Pen, has an audio of a brief exchange between Paul Copan and Richard Dawkins who was speaking in Ft. Lauderdale at Nova Southeastern University on “The Fact of Evolution.” (The following week, Paul Copan spoke on “The Fact of God” at Nova Southeastern and gave a direct response to Dawkins.) This MP3 of Paul Copan and […]
Tags: Atheism · Bad Reasoning · Paul Copan · Richard Dawkins · Science and Religion
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.
