On Wednesday I flew to Christchurch for an interview regarding a religious education (RE) teaching position in a Catholic School. On having the interview and receiving the subsequent rejection email, it was clear what the reason I did not get the position was: I am a protestant, the school has a particular Catholic ethos that […]
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Rangiora New Life College, Religion and Discrimination
December 13th, 2009 14 Comments
Tags: Campbell Live · Dave Crampton · Education · Idiot/Savant · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Ollie Sterrit · Rangiora New Life School · Religion in Public Life · Sara Etherington · Sexual Morality · Teenage Pregnancy
Hadouken Punch
December 12th, 2009 12 Comments
Online Sid had some fun with my Pacific Viewpoint TV screen-shot. Apparently my question to MP Paul Hutchison on Pacific Viewpoint was so powerful you could see the hadouken punch I hurled at him (or chi blast as my kids tell me the correct term is) when you freeze-framed the video. Classic! Hat Tip: Online […]
Tags: Hadouken Punch · Humour · Online Sid · Pacific Viewpoint
Madeleine on Pacific Viewpoint TV on Abortion & Parental Consent
December 8th, 2009 7 Comments
Part one of the panel discussion I participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion airs on Pacific Viewpoint tonight (Tuesday 8 December) on Triangle TV at 7:30pm. Part two will air Tuesday 15 December at 7:30pm. The episodes will also be aired on Stratos (Freeview 21 & Sky Digital 89) tomorrow (Wednesday 9 December) at […]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai'a
Contra Mundum: The Flat-Earth Myth
December 1st, 2009 218 Comments
A while back I made a passing comment on my blog criticising an advertisement which claimed that, prior to Columbus, the Church taught that the world was flat. In response I received the following email from a high-school student in the US, I’ve been studying Christopher Columbus in my history class and my history books […]
Tags: Christian History · Contra Mundum · flat earth · Investigate Magazine · Science and Religion · Selection · Urban Myths
During, Sherwin & Hutchison on Backstreet Abortion
November 21st, 2009 6 Comments
Recently Madeleine was on a TV panel discussion regarding the issue of abortion and parental notification/consent which will go to air in the next week. During the ensuing dialogue Dr Paul Hutchinson, National Party Member of Parliament for Hunua, specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and former member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, raised the famous […]
Tags: Abortion · Backstreet Abortion · Feticide · Paul Hutchison · Susan Sherwin · Wayne Facer · Zoe During
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

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.





View Pacific Viewpoint TV Panel on Abortion & Parental Consent Here (Feat. Madeleine)
December 9th, 2009 24 Comments
Episode one of the television panel discussion Madeleine participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion is now available for viewing online here at Pacific Viewpoint TV. The show runs for 30 minutes; in this episode Madeleine features as an audience member (panelists are Bev Adair, Paul Hutchison, Reverend Tavale Matai’a) and she goes a round […]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · MandM on Video · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai'a