Recently I have been reading Timothy Keller’s book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. (This is not like me because I don’t typically read popular apologetics books, and it is even more rare that I would lead a blog entry with one.) One thing that interested me is that when Keller […]
Entries Tagged as 'Theology'
Does Pluralism Make Faith Arbitrary?
October 20th, 2008 2 Comments
Tags: Apologetics · Faith and Reason · Pluralism · Timothy Keller · William Alston
Faith and Logic
October 19th, 2008 3 Comments
Recently, Patrick left the following comment in response Madeleine’s post on the Role of the State. “[L]ogic and reason are secular, even humanistic processes. Faith is neither ofthose. Logic and faith can be in conflict, I think. From a humanist viewpointthere is nothing particularly logical about believing in an invisible God.” Apologies to Patrick for […]
Tags: Apologetics · Faith and Reason · Theology
Questions you Would Like to Ask God: Invitation to Matt’s Next Speaking Event
October 16th, 2008 4 Comments
Matt is scheduled to speak for Unitec Salt and Light; here is the text from their advertisement of the event: Questions for God Dr Matthew Flannagan Ph.D, MSocSci (Hons), BSocSci When: Tuesday 21 October Time: 4-5 pm Where: Gold Lecture Theatre (Beside the Hub) – Unitec Mt Albert Campus Cost: Free Event Format: Presentation followed by […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Salt and Light · Unitec
Voting, the Role of the State and Similarities Between libertarianism and Christianity
October 10th, 2008 14 Comments
Someone emailed us a while ago asking what the difference was between Matt’s classical liberalism and my libertarianism, where did we part company and why did we define ourselves this way. We never answered because we have never really tried to pin it down before, we knew there we differed on some things and we […]
Tags: Classical Liberalism · Elections · Libertarianism · Role of the State · Voting
The Point of Intellectual Engagement: Why Thinking Matters
October 9th, 2008 1 Comment
For some faith and reason is an anathema; Christianity is the realm of feelings and is totally separate from academia, reason and logic. After the Craig v Cooke debate a Christian reporter asked me “aside from people being intellectually stimulated, what was the point of having a Christian Philosopher dialogue with an Atheist Historian at […]
Tags: Apologetics · Bnonn · Faith and Reason · Thinking Matters
Take Nobody’s Word for Anything – Especially Bob Brockie’s
October 3rd, 2008 3 Comments
In one of the definitive discussions of the issue, Philosophers Alvin Plantinga and Robert Pennock debated the teaching of evolutionary theory in public schools of religiously pluralistic societies at the December 1998 meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. [The following is a crude rendition of the issues in the debate – […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Bob Brockie · Christian History · Faith and Reason · Science and Religion · Urban Myths
More on the “Dark Ages” and Other Propaganda
September 27th, 2008 13 Comments
Those of you who have followed my discussions with Peter Cresswell on the history of Christianity and the relationship between faith and reason in the middle ages may find this abridged article by Dr James Hannam interesting. Dr Hannam has recently completed his PhD on the History of Science at the University of Cambridge. UPDATE: […]
Tags: Christian History · Dark Ages · Faith and Reason · James Hannam · Science and Religion
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.
