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Entries Tagged as 'Faith and Reason'

CANCELLED Is belief in God rational when you can’t prove God exists? @ Unitec

July 30th, 2010 13 Comments

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED – sorry all! We are working with the organisers to reschedule it (apparently something went wrong with the on campus promotion). Matt is speaking on the topic “Is belief in God rational when you can’t prove that God exists?” at 12pm, Thursday 5 August in the Gold Lecture Theatre on the […]

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Epistemology 101: Clash of Authorities Part III

July 24th, 2010 26 Comments

This three-part blog series is essentially the talk I gave at the recent Clearing the Air Forum, which was entitled “Discovering Truth in the Synthesis of Science and Faith.” The audience was comprised of scientists, church leaders, journalists and other interested parties so this is a fairly lay introduction to epistemology. In my first post, […]

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Epistemology 101: Science, Faith and Authority Part II

July 21st, 2010 12 Comments

This three-part blog series is essentially the talk I gave at the recent Clearing the Air Forum, which was entitled “Discovering Truth in the Synthesis of Science and Faith.” The audience was comprised of scientists, church leaders, journalists and other interested parties so this is a fairly lay introduction to epistemology. In my first post, […]

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Epistemology 101: Science, Faith and Authority Part I

July 19th, 2010 14 Comments

This three-part blog series is essentially the talk I gave at the recent Clearing the Air Forum, which was entitled “Discovering Truth in the Synthesis of Science and Faith.” The audience was comprised of scientists, church leaders, journalists and other interested parties so this is a fairly lay introduction to epistemology. I was asked to […]

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Contra Mundum: Fairies, Leprechauns, Golden Tea Cups & Spaghetti Monsters

July 8th, 2010 23 Comments

That belief in God is on par with belief in fairy tales is a fairly common charge levelled at Christianity. Highly regarded atheist Philosopher Michael Tooley argues, If there is no evidence in support of the existence of God, then it is reasonable to believe that God does not exist. The essential line of thought […]

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The Theology of the Declaration of Independence

July 4th, 2010 27 Comments

As I write this it is just beginning to be the 4th of July in the United States now, though its been 4th July for some time here in New Zealand. The 4th of July is, of course, Independence Day. Typically in New Zealand, those members of the secular blogosphere, who consider themselves to be […]

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Ronald Hendel on Pascal, Evangelicals and The Society of Biblical Literature

July 3rd, 2010 5 Comments

Ronald Hendel, of the Biblical Archeology review, has written a critical piece entitled “Biblical Views: Farewell to SBL“. His beef appears to be that the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is allowing into its membership, heaven forbid, various “evangelical and fundamentalist groups.” This, he suggests, compromises the group’s scholarly integrity. Much could be said about his […]

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