On Monday a new University year begins for thousands of New Zealand students. If you are a student, you probably don’t even realise that when you paid your fees to enrol at University, most of you joined a political organisation; a political organisation with strident viewpoints on all sorts of controversial hot potatoes that speaks […]
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Blackout Victory: s92a Stalled
February 24th, 2009 3 Comments
The internet blackout is at an end and the government has responded; s92a of the Copyright Act has been officially stalled and looks rather doomed. The Herald reports: Section 92a was to have come into force this weekend, but Mr Key said it would be delayed a month while ISPs and copyright holders continued efforts […]
Tags: Human Rights · Justice · Liberty
The Blogosphere Blacks Out
February 23rd, 2009 Comments Off on The Blogosphere Blacks Out
Tumeke report that most of the NZ blogosphere has gotten behind the blackout, blacking out chunks of their pages and/or running banners highlighting the campaign. Tim made this mosaic showing the impact on the front pages of NZ’s top 50 or so blogs – you can see MandM towards the bottom right corner.The government really […]
Tags: Human Rights · Justice · Liberty
A Fairly Full Plate
February 20th, 2009 4 Comments
It has been for a very busy year for me so far. In January, I gave a lecture on Locke, Hume and Descartes to Maxim Institute’s interns. I also preached two sermons, one at Massey Presbyterian Church, the other at Riverhead Presbytarian Church. I have been asked to teach Critical Thinking to 11-16 year old […]
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When Did Solving Your Own Problems Become "Unreasonable"?
February 18th, 2009 9 Comments
What is so “appalling” about tightening your belt and sorting out your own financial mess? Stuff reports: Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is tracking down the Work and Income staffer who wrote to beneficiaries telling them to take out loans to cover their debts.After being tackled on it in Parliament, Ms Bennett said last night […]
Tags: Role of the State · Welfare
Victoria Fires
February 9th, 2009 4 Comments
This morning I heard the news about the fires in Victoria on the radio and I, like most people, was shocked and sobered. Like most Christians hearing the news, I stopped and prayed for the people affected. Two years ago my parents moved from Torbay (Auckland) to Cairns after really enjoying their holidays and the […]
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Credits and Media Tactics
February 9th, 2009 2 Comments
I just had a quick look at KiwiBlog and noted David’s piece on the media not properly crediting stories broken by bloggers. This has happened to us on occaision, the Labour Moron sign springs to mind (which, since he put his head above the parapet, David himself failed to hat tip us properly on – […]
Tags: Media
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.
