Seasoned blogger Barnsley Bill shares some tips in Blogging for Dummies, complete with live updates from commenters (including yours truly). It is hysterically funny because, sadly it is so true. I have reproduced the list and will update it throughout the day linking to live examples that I know of and commenting on relevance, feel […]
Entries Tagged as 'Bad Reasoning'
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
Self-Reference and Little-p philosophy
July 30th, 2008 3 Comments
I am a closet “ego surfari” (to coin one of Maverick Philosopher’s phrases); I enter my name into Google to see where my name comes up and what people are writing about me. It is an old hang up that goes back to my student politics days at the University of Waikato when Matt and […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Little p philosophy
Of course I think I’m right!
July 18th, 2008 3 Comments
I find it really frustrating when I encounter someone who throws the “you think you’re right” accusation at me and assumes that this obviously makes me arrogant and that I should therefore back down and run away ashamed. I am sick of it. I will not be made to feel guilty for thinking my opinion is […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning
On Negatives and the Burden of Proof
July 3rd, 2008 4 Comments
One common reason I hear for atheism is the claim that there is no proof that God exists. Several questions can be asked about this objection. What exactly does the objector mean by proof? If all things need to be proved to be sensibly believed then what is the proof that all things require proof? […]
Tags: Atheism · Bad Reasoning · Faith and Reason · Philosophy of Religion
Another Reason to not Vote Green
June 6th, 2008 Comments Off on Another Reason to not Vote Green
I clearly have been spending to much time at Auckland Uni. The other day I was walking from one of Madeleine’s Law lectures. (I have been taping lectures and note taking for her while she has been injured) when a sign caught my eye. It stated “ I only date those who vote green” Now […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Greens
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.
More Reasons to not Vote Green: Population Control gets a Global Warming Twist
October 18th, 2008 4 Comments
The blogosphere is abuzz with the Greens new Family Policy which “proposes setting a level of population New Zealand could sustain and leaving room within that for climate change refugees from Pacific Islands. They also want parents educated about the impacts of population growth when they are planning their family size and how far apart […]
Tags: Bad Policy · Bad Reasoning · Eugenics · Greens · Urban Myths