Earlier this year I finished a forthcoming article in which I defended Nicholas Wolterstorff’s take on the Canaanite massacre recorded in the book of Joshua. Wolterstorff argues that the Book of Joshua is a highly figurative, hagiographic and hyperbolic account of Israel’s early skirmishes and it is not intended to be taken literally in its details.[1] […]
Entries Tagged as 'Philosophy of Religion'
Thom Stark on Wolterstorff and Hagiographic Hyperbole
April 7th, 2011 36 Comments
Tags: Canaanites · Douglas S. Earl · Genocide · Hermeneutics · Joshua · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Old Testament Ethics · Thom Stark
Contra Mundum: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
April 4th, 2011 29 Comments
22 February 2011 “may well be New Zealand’s darkest day”; these were the words of Prime Minister John Key in the aftermath of the earthquake which devastated the South Island’s largest city Christchurch. The death toll is expected to be over 200, many more have been injured, have lost property and now live in fear […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Christchurch Earthquake · Daniel Howard-Snyder · Problem of Evil
Is there Evidence for God? William Lane Craig v Lawrence Krauss Streamed Live @ Auckland Uni
March 28th, 2011 8 Comments
On 30 March 2011 (US time) Dr Lawrence Krauss and Dr William Lane Craig will debate the moot Is there Evidence for God? at North Carolina State University. The debate will be moderated by His Honour Paul M Newby, Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Thinking Matters, Evangelical Union and the Reason and Science […]
Tags: Debates · Lawrence Krauss · William Lane Craig
Hear all of John Lennox’s New Zealand Talks
March 23rd, 2011 2 Comments
John Lennox recently toured New Zealand and most of his hosts recorded his talks. Here are all the MP3s of Lennox’s New Zealand talks handily in one post. Howick Baptist Sunday morning service (27 Feb) – Why? Considering the Goodness and Sovereignty of God in the Midst of Suffering (video here). Greenlane Christian Center evening service […]
Tags: John Lennox · MP3
Is God a Moral Monster? A Review of Paul Copan’s Book
March 17th, 2011 17 Comments
On 11 September 2001 Islamic terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Centre, killing thousands of innocent people. Ostensibly they did this because they believed God commanded them to do so. This event has reinvigorated a fear that has been latent in Western psyche since the 17th century when religious wars tore Europe apart. […]
Tags: Book Review · Is God a Moral Monster? · Old Testament Ethics · Paul Copan
On the God Topic: Responding with Reason and Precision
March 16th, 2011 1 Comment
For anyone for whom Houston, Texas is not too much of a trek to get to, Biola University and Reasonable Faith Houston are running an apologetics conference in April. Speakers include: JP Moreland, Craig Hazen, Mary Jo Sharp, Louis Markos, Micah Parker, Scott Swiggard and more. On the God Topic: Responding with Reason and Precision Details: 1 – 2 April […]
Tags: Apologetics · Biola University · Craig Hazen · JP Moreland · Louis Markos · Mary-Jo Sharp · Micah Parker · Reasonable Faith Houston · Scott Swiggard
The End of State Education: Resistance is Futile
March 15th, 2011 29 Comments
The litany of the forces arrayed against quality state education systems is long. We believe these forces make state education’s decline inevitable. Without a thoroughgoing reformation of the fundaments of Western society itself, resistance is futile. The Borg is here. We know that in New Zealand roughly one third of all graduates from state schools […]
Tags: Alex Standish · Education · NCEA · Robert Whelan · State Education · State Schools · Stephen Hawking
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.
