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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See William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens debate: Does God Exist?
July 14th, 2009 3 Comments
You are invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland, God, Morality and Society, DVD screening: What: William Lane Craig v Christopher Hitchens debating Does God Exist? When: Tuesday 21 July – 7:00pm Where: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West Auckland Format: DVD followed by discussion. Cost: Free – donations appreciated. If […]
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Video of Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square
June 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Video of Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square
If you missed Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square for Thinking Matters Auckland you can now watch it online.
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Tonight: Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
June 9th, 2009 Comments Off on Tonight: Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
Don’t forget tonight’s event from the Thinking Matters Auckland series on God, Morality and Society, Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on Moral Relativism at Laidlaw College at 7pm. Not sure if its your thing? Check out the video of Matt’s talk Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. See you there 🙂
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Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
May 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
A popular view of ethics holds that actions are right or wrong only if a person or a community believes that they are right or wrong, and that it is inappropriate to apply your own standards to others. This position is known as moral relativism. In this talk Matt will look at the common arguments for relativism, argue that relativism is a mistaken view of ethics and show how relativism fails.
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Video of Matthew Flannagan on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith
May 28th, 2009 6 Comments
Matt spoke at the Thinking Matters Auckland Launch on 8 March 2009 on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. If you missed it or wish to see it again or if you have been thinking about attending a Thinking Matters seminar or booking Matt as a speaker and you are not sure if he […]
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Thinking Matters Winter Series: God, Morality and Society
May 1st, 2009 2 Comments
Want something to do on those wintery Tuesday nights? Thinking Matters Auckland has lined up a winter series addressing apologetic issues around God, Morality and Society. Dates, speakers and topics as follows: 12 May – Dr Glenn Peoples on “Religion in the Public Square” 26 May – Trevor Mander on “The Moral Cosmological Argument” 9 […]
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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.
