Zeitgeist – The Movie is an internet phenomenon that has taken a lot of people in. I know several people who have seen it and have either been convinced by it or it has heavily rocked them. We’ve had commenters on this blog raising issues and asking questions which clearly have their roots in Zeitgeist. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Blogging'
Auckland Bloggers Drinks Tonight – Note New Venue
December 2nd, 2010 7 Comments
The first Thursday of the month means Bloggers Drinks! The event for bloggers, blog trolls, blog groupies (bloupies) and blog readers. So come along tonight and see if you can talk as much nonsense as Peter Cresswell and Cameron Slater can. Past blogging celebrities in attendance include bloggers and blog readers from Annie Fox, Barnsley Bill, […]
Tags: Bloggers · Bloggers Drinks · Cameron Slater · Horse and Trap · Peter Cresswell · Whale Oil
Who’s Visiting?
November 20th, 2010 4 Comments
This is a first! So far today, US visitors outnumber New Zealand ones! I know it is not Matt looking in from Atlanta as he has barely been online since he left. I suspect it is Matt being in Atlanta. Maybe it is a sign that Matt and I reside in the wrong country… we […]
Tags: Blog Traffic
Bovine Faeces and the Sexual Proclivities of Rocks: We are all Selective Literalists
November 8th, 2010 15 Comments
Jónathan Mark Deundian sent us the following correspondence, You addressed the following paragraph to a blogger named RyogaM. This one and actually the one right above it was so common sensible but so completely profound. I read it to my wife and it was as if shutters fell from her eyes. Best thing since Molinism! lol […]
Tags: Canaanites · Hermeneutics · Joshua · Literalism · RyogaM
Submit Now for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival
October 25th, 2010 1 Comment
The final call for posts for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival has gone out. You can submit your nominations by email or by commenting on the original call post at ξἐνος. The September Edition is here in case you want to take squiz and check out what it’s all about. There is apparently still room for […]
Desperately Seeking Sid
October 24th, 2010 11 Comments
Does anyone have a Sid the Sloth toy from the Ice Age movie series? Sid is our son Noah’s favourite character and his McDonalds Sid toy is his favourite toy. Whilst away at Mt Maunganui this weekend, Sid has vanished. He was last seen flying off the top of the 6 storey apartment building we […]
Tags: Announcement · Family · Sid
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.
William Lane Craig, Original Sin and Original Guilt
December 31st, 2010 74 Comments
A lot of people are up in arms at the moment about a paragraph in William Lane Craig’s answer to Question 193 “Overweening Ignorance.” Facebook, blogs, twitter and message boards are abuzz with Christians angrily attacking Craig with the charge that this paragraph shows he either does not hold to the doctrine of original sin or […]
Tags: Original Guilt · Original Sin · Richard Swinburne · Steve Hays · William Lane Craig