According to Richard Dawkins, New Zealand apologetics blog, Thinking Matters Talk, “makes for some interesting browsing.” The recommendation of Rob Ward’s blog post, Sarfati reviews Dawkins’ ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, has seen a deluge traffic arrive. (This pleases us because we are part of Thinking Matters and are listed as contributors to Thinking Matters […]
Entries Tagged as 'Blogging'
Richard Dawkins on Thinking Matters
November 13th, 2009 44 Comments
Tags: Richard Dawkins · Thinking Matters
Guest Post: The Common Good – An Emergent Phenomenon
November 12th, 2009 13 Comments
This guest post comes from Nyokodo of And All These Things…. Catholic social teaching stresses that civil government should seek the common good. This post contains some critical commentary as to how to understand and apply the common good. The documents of the Church and the writings of most socially minded scholars are replete with […]
Tags: Common Good · Guest Post · Nyokodo · Public Policy
Philosophy Carnival XCIX
November 11th, 2009 2 Comments
The Philosophy Carnival XCIX is now online. Matt’s and my post Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons is featured. There are a number of other interesting reads also linked to so head on over and check them out.
Tags: Philosophers' Carnival
Wellington Bloggers Drinks
November 6th, 2009 1 Comment
As previously mentioned, we are heading to Wellington soon. We figured, since we’ll be there, we should do a Wellington bloggers drinks: What: Wellington Bloggers Drinks When: Friday 27 November from 7:00pm Where: Backbencher Pub, 34 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington Open to anyone who happens to be in Wellington. You can RSVP via facebook, leave […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks
New Zealand Christian Blog Ranking Policy Change
November 5th, 2009 36 Comments
You may have noticed I have just now caught up all the blog ranking reports I was behind on due to end of year study focus (my final exam is now 6 days away). You may have also noticed we have included a new blog ranking policy in our eligibility criteria. From here on simply […]
Christian Blog Ranking Report for October 09 – HalfDone
November 5th, 2009 Comments Off on Christian Blog Ranking Report for October 09 – HalfDone
Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on HalfDone’s NZ blog stats for October; these stats will make up part of the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for October 09: MandM 3 NZ Conservative 4 Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 8 Something Should Go Here, Maybe […]
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.
The NZ Herald on Cactus Kate and Priorities in Journalism Ethics
November 17th, 2009 8 Comments
There is an interesting story unfolding in the blogosphere. Cactus Kate published extracts of APN News and Media’s guidelines for publication on her blog in, APN Chicken Out, and inserted her own commentary and spin on them based on email correspondence from staff members working for APN’s publications. Where it gets really interesting is that […]
Tags: Cactus Kate · Journalism Ethics · New Zealand Herald