You’re invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland, God, Morality and Society, event: What: Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on “In Defence of Divine Commands”When: Tuesday 4th August – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion.Cost: Free but donations are appreciated Are God’s commands […]
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Hear Dr Matthew Flannagan speak on “In Defence of Divine Commands”
July 25th, 2009 Comments Off on Hear Dr Matthew Flannagan speak on “In Defence of Divine Commands”
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Taking a Break
July 20th, 2009 6 Comments
My grandfather died last night from complications following the flu. We are not in the headspace to post just now, our focus is on family but don’t feel like you have to stop commenting or anything. Back soon 🙂
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Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – May 09
July 18th, 2009 7 Comments
The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for May 09 are as follows: [1.] NZ Conservative 14.5 (7 – 22 ) [3.] MacDoctor Moments 19.5 (22 – 17) [2.] MandM 20 (5 – 35) [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 25.5 (20 – 31) [5.] Keeping Stock 32.5 (29 – 36) [6.] Say […]
No Defences Permitted for the Accused
June 19th, 2009 36 Comments
In, The referendum campaign is underway, No Right Turn’s Idiot/Savant gives an excellent example of an argument we see coming up a lot in the debate around the upcoming referendum on smacking. In addition to trotting out the standard ad hominem, that everyone who supports the reinstatement of the old section 59 of the Crimes […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Crimes Act · Defences · Idiot/Savant · Referendum · s59 · Smacking · Sue Bradford · William Blackstone
How to Find the Reported Judicial Decision on the David Bain Re-Trial
June 3rd, 2009 3 Comments
The blogosphere has featured many posts on many blogs regarding David Bain’s guilt or innocence regarding the homicide of his family. We have refused to participate in this speculation and have made our opinions on speculating on the Bain case before the court has ruled clear. I do not intend to break this self-imposed rule […]
Tags: David Bain · Justice
How to Insert StumbleUpon into your Blogger Footer
May 30th, 2009 6 Comments
If someone Stumbles your blog it can bring a lot of traffic to your site so it is a good idea to make it easier for visitors to your site to Stumble it. But have you ever tried to add a StumbleUpon button to your Blogger template only to find that the instructions are impossible […]
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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.
(dis)Honest to God: How Not to Argue about the Smacking Referendum
July 28th, 2009 73 Comments
Given that yesterday we advertised Dr Glenn Peoples’ upcoming public lectures and because the smacking referendum begins on Saturday, I thought we’d share this article critiquing bad anti-smacking reasoning by Glenn. (dis)Honest to God: How Not to Argue about the Smacking Referendum Ian Harris tells us (“Honest to God,” Dominion Post, [Dominion Post. Saturday July […]
Tags: Glenn Peoples · Ian Harris · Referendum · s59 · Smacking