Matt will be speaking on Moral Relativism this Sunday as part of Massey Presbyterian Church’s (“MPC”) night service. His talk will look at what it is, what reasons people have for adopting it and why we should be concerned about its pervasiveness in society. The style of talk is interactive so bring your questions. After the service, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Rugby'
Hear Matthew Flannagan speak on Moral Relativism, Get a Feed and Watch the All Blacks take on Argentina this Sunday
October 5th, 2011 7 Comments
Tags: All Blacks · Events · Massey Presbyterian Church · Relativism · Rugby
Springbok Hypocrisy
February 19th, 2009 5 Comments
It is a bit rich that one of the reasons the South African rugby council are citing as an obstacle for the Springboks to be able to play the New Zealand Maori Rugby team is that the Maori team are “selected along racial lines.” Apparently “the council forbids South African rugby teams playing against opponents […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Rugby
Why Blaming the Ref is Not Welfarism
October 9th, 2007 1 Comment
I am not a sports commentator, and would not consider myself any expert on the question. Like many New Zealanders I love rugby, I played it as a child and at high school. Recently I played a game at the College I teach at and remember the thrill of breaking three tackles and later scoring […]
Stadium Solution Farrar Style
December 2nd, 2006 1 Comment
Saw this on Kiwiblog and just had to swipe it. The comments section is very funny in places too.
Only in Fiji…
December 2nd, 2006 Comments Off on Only in Fiji…
It seems the coup in Fiji has been delayed by a rugby match … only in Fiji! Bainimarama has put the coup so he could watch a game of rugby between Police and the Army – couldn’t let a coup get in the way of that! So the coup has been put on hold to […]
Tags: Bainimarama · Fiji · Rugby
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.
