Nominations have now closed in the search for the best blog post from a biblical blogger. Of the 9 final entries, MandM blog posts made up 4 (see entries: 1, 2, 3 and 7). The entries are: Contra Mundum: The Flat-Earth Myth Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I Sunday Study: Joshua and the Genocide […]
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Commonsense Atheism and the Canaanite Massacre
September 23rd, 2010 25 Comments
Luke Muehlauser at Commonsense Atheism has written a review of my argument on the genocide of the Canaanites (Joshua and the Genocide of the Canaanites Part I and Part II). Luke’s comments are largely positive (and I appreciate that a critic of Theism and Christianity sees merit in my position) he does, however, raise a few issues […]
Tags: Canaanites · Commonsense Atheism · Genocide · Luke Muehlhauser · Old Testament Ethics · William Lane Craig
Watch the Video of “The New Atheism, Science & Morality” with Glenn Peoples
September 8th, 2010 62 Comments
http://vimeo.com/moogaloo
The unofficial video of Glenn Peoples’ talk at Auckland Uni “The New Atheism, Science & Morality” is online. Hat Tip: E†B
Tags: Atheism · Glenn Peoples · New Atheists · Sam Harris · Thinking Matters
Nominations Now Open for the Best Blog Post
September 7th, 2010 13 Comments
Nominations are now open for the best blog post on any topic published at any point in time on a blog whose general theme tends towards the biblical. The prize is an Eisenbrauns Gift Certificate for the winner (think what Matt could do with that!) and of course prestige amongst the bibliobloggers and one’s name in […]
Tags: Blogging Contests · Eisenbrauns
Christchurch Earthquake
September 4th, 2010 62 Comments
Matt and I have been getting a lot of emails, facebook messages, etc from our overseas friends in the wake of what appears to be international news that there has been a large 7.1 magnitude (it has been downgraded from the earlier score of 7.4) earthquake in New Zealand – 40 km west of Christchurch […]
Tags: Christchurch Earthquake
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – Thursday 9 Sept
August 30th, 2010 6 Comments
On the first Thursday of every month bloggers who happen to be in Auckland gather for the B3 (Bloggers Bar Bash) but this month we are gathering on the second Thursday so that most of us regulars can attend a quiz night instead. What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 9 September from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks · Events · Galbraiths
Free eBook “Is Christianity True?”
August 28th, 2010 6 Comments
Not so long ago Apologetics 315 ran an essay series on the topic Is Christianity True? Twenty-three apologist bloggers contributed, Matt’s essay “Showing Christianity is True” was selected to be the concluding essay in the series, before Brian Auten’s conclusion. At the time, an audio version of each essay was created and the series was turned into […]
Tags: Aaron Brake · Amy Hall · Anthony Horvath · Apologetics · Apologetics 315 · Bob Perry · Brian Auten · Brian Colon · Chad Gross · Chris Reese · eBook · Glenn Hendrickson · James Patrick Holding · Jim Wallace · Kyle Deming · Like Nix · Marcus McElhaney · Mariano Grinbank · Paul D Adams · Peter Grice · Podcast · Richard Gerhardt · Shelby Cade · Stephen Bedard · Tawa Anderson · Vocab Malone · Wes Widner
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.
