This week both Matt and I have been featured in some blog carnivals: Matt’s pieces on biblical inerrancy, Inerrancy and Biblical Authority and Two Forms of Inerrancy, were featured in the Christian Carnival CCCXV at Ancient Hebrew Poetry. John FH gives Matt the following write up: Matt writes exceptionally well. He makes one good point […]
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February 23rd, 2010 3 Comments
Tags: Garfield Herrington · Philosophers' Carnival · The Christian Carnival
Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – December 09
February 22nd, 2010 1 Comment
The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for December 09 were as follows: [2.] MandM 12 (3 – 21) [1=] NZ Conservative 17.5 (8 – 27) [N.] Thinking Matters Talk* 21 (18* – 24) [1=] MacDoctor Moments 22 (21 – 23) [1=] Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 22 (5 – 39) [5.] The […]
Freedom, Science and Christianity: A Response to James Valliant Part II
February 18th, 2010 2 Comments
Recently Peter Cresswell published a guest post by James Valliant, which originally appeared on SOLO. In Freedom, Science and Christianity: A Response to James Valliant Part I, I addressed Valliant’s claims that science and freedom of religion were unanimously opposed by Christians and the success of science and freedom of religion in Europe was solely […]
Tags: Aristotle · Christian History · Dark Ages · Enlightenment · Founding Fathers · James Valliant · Libertarianism · Liberty · Mark Murphy · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Peter Cresswell · Regine Pernoud · Rodney Stark · Science and Religion · SOLO · W.E.H. Lecky
Freedom, Science and Christianity: A Response to James Valliant Part I
February 12th, 2010 14 Comments
Recently Peter Cresswell published a guest post by James Valliant, which originally appeared on SOLO. The following series is a critique of this piece. Valliant’s basic thesis is that, Both science and freedom came about among European Christians despite the best efforts of pious Christians to prevent their development, and only on a foundation of […]
Tags: Christian History · Dark Ages · David Lindberg · Enlightenment · Founding Fathers · James Hannam · James Valliant · Libertarianism · Liberty · Peter Cresswell · Regine Pernoud · Science and Religion · SOLO
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday
February 1st, 2010 5 Comments
On the first Thursday of every month, Auckland bloggers gather for the B3 (Bloggers Bar Bash). What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 3 February from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland The B3, as it coined by regulars, is open to anyone who happens to be in Auckland. Past blogging celebrities […]
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Christian Carnival CCCXII
January 28th, 2010 6 Comments
Welcome to MandM, a New Zealand based philosophy of religion, ethics, theology, jurisprudence and social commentary blog and host of the CCCXXII edition of the Christian Carnival. This edition of the carnival features a great selection of Christian blog postings from the past week around the web, so take a look around, peruse what is […]
Tags: Blog Carnival · Christian Carnival II · The Christian Carnival
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.
Guest Post: Tim Wikiriwhi Reviews The Great Waitangi Debate (Uncut)
February 10th, 2010 33 Comments
On Waitangi Day, Saturday 6 Feb, TV One aired “The Great Waitangi Debate” on their Marae Program in which Matt and I were audience members. Panelist Tim Wikiriwhi (who won the MandM award for being the most inflammatory speaker of the day) has submitted his review as a guest post. Other blogs have published bits […]
Tags: Eq · Guest Post · Mare · Tim Wikiriwhi · Treaty of Waitangi · TV One · TVNZ