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In a previous post, Divine Commands and Pyschopathic Tendancies, I said I would look in more detail at Sam Harris’ charge that Divine Command Theories (“DCT”) of meta-ethics are psychop ... discussThis blog’s Matthew Flannagan is scheduled to speak alongside Dr Glenn Peoples, Dr Chris Tucker, Sean du Toit and Jacqui Lloyd at this Friday’s one day Auckland conference Advance: Explor ... discuss
Matt preached the Easter Sunday message at Takanini Community Church this morning. Listen to his message “Contemplating the Resurrection Accounts” online or download it as an MP3. (Read ... discuss
Matt preached the Good Friday message at Takanini Community Church this morning. Listen to his message “The Ritual of Contemplating the Cross” online or download it as an MP3. (Read Joh ... discuss
Matt is speaking for Thinking Matters on the topic Why Defend Christianity? This coming Thursday, from the Facebook Event: “The Christian faith seems increasingly at odds with those in the worl ... discuss
On Tuesday 26 March 2013 it will be 5 years since I was in a car accident that destroyed a cervical disc and saw me need surgery to have an artificial disc inserted and which left me with an ongoing ... discuss
The Autumn 2013 Stayin’ Alive Pro-Life Training Day will be held in Christchurch this Saturday 16 March 2013. Matt will be speaking twice. 8:15am Rego’s and tea & coffee (YouTube videos in m ... discuss
Barrister Ian Bassett describes Louisa Wall’s Marriage Amendment Act Bill, if it is enacted, in its presently proposed form as having the following effects. Marriage celebrants exercising their publ ... discuss
A New Zealand woman has gotten her case against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) into the Court of Appeal. The Herald carried the story. Matt was interviewed for his view on R ... discuss
There has been some interesting debate in the blogosphere over Sam Harris’ contention that a divine command theory of ethics manifests “a psychopathic and psychotic moral attitude.” Randal Rause ... discuss
This is the second half of the paper I presented to the the Evangelical Philosophical Society Annual Meeting in Milwaukee three weeks ago. It is part of a two-part post series; make sure you have rea ... discuss
This is the first section of the paper I presented to the the Evangelical Philosophical Society Annual Meeting in Milwaukee two weeks ago. Several people have asked me to post it on MandM. It will ap ... discuss
Madeleine and I flew back to New Zealand from Milwaukee on Tuesday having both attended the Evangelical Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, ... discuss
Hear Matthew Flannagan preach on Genesis 31. Genesis 31 – Jacob Flees From Laban 31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained ... discuss
I have just bought my tickets to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. I leave New Zealand on Tuesday 13 November 2012 to meet Matt who will be leaving Charlotte, North Carolina on the same day. The day after I ... discuss
Hear Matthew Flannagan preach on Genesis 30. Genesis 30 30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister.So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 30 October 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Bob McCoskrie discuss the housing shortage, the government’ ... discuss
Hear Matthew Flannagan preach on Genesis 29. Genesis 29 – Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram 29 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. 2 There he saw a we ... discuss
Right now Matt is in the USA, well over it (he is in a plane), he will land in Charlotte, North Carolina to begin his month long speaking tour. Provided the funds come together within the next fortn ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 4 October 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss rugby as religion, if churches are using soci ... discuss
On Tuesday 2 October 2012 Matt participated in a debate on the moot “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” at the University of Auckland along with: Louisa W ... discuss
Hear Matthew Flannagan preach on Genesis 27. Genesis 27 – Jacob and Esau 27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and sai ... discuss
Tonight’s debate between Louisa Wall MP, Colin Craig, Matthew Flannagan, et al at Auckland University has been moved to a larger room – it is now in Lib 28 – due to the response the ... discuss
Matt has accepted an invitation from the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to participate in a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill to be held at 7pm at the University of Aucklan ... discuss
As you all know, Matt and I are heading to Milwaukee this November 2012 to speak at the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s Annual Meeting. News of this has spread, as sometimes happens when you ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 16 August 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss the ethics of euthanasia, the Beast of Blenhe ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 30 August 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss women in leadership within the church and th ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 6 September 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss being Christian and being wealthy, tragic s ... discuss
In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King wrote there are two types of laws: just and unjust.” He went on to ask “How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is ... discuss
Matt preaches most Sundays at Takanini Community Church. Earlier in they year he did a series on the Sermon on the Mount. We published Matthew Flannagan on The Sermon on the Mount Part 1 (MP3) at ... discuss
Matt and I were very proud that last night at the Lopdell House Art Gallery our son Christian Flannagan was awarded 3rd place in the The Trusts Art Scholarship 2012 for West Auckland students who in ... discuss
Real Clear Politics has a fine interview with Fr. Robert Sirico up. I know his work, but knew nothing of his biography: no idea he used to be a radical. He talks about Nuns on the Bus & smoking pot wi ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 2 August 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss whether past offences should be revealed to a ... discuss
Pat Brittenden interviewed this blog’s Matthew Flannagan on whether Jesus was a political figure or not on Wednesday 1 August 2012 on his morning show on Radio Rhema. Click here to hear Matt on ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 25 July 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Frank Ritchie discuss the coronors findings on Chris Kahui, Maori lang ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 19 July 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss topical issues such as the latest with the Wait ... discuss
Published: 'Feticide, the Masoretic Text, and the Septuagint” in The Westminster Theological Journal
It has been a while since MandM hosted the Christian Carnival but its our turn again. Enjoy : ) Theology Divorce and Remarriage, Part 1: Intro by Carl Ayers of Theological Pursuit “Many Chr ... discuss
When I was a non-Christian I was forever hearing about how Christians are hypocrites. When I converted to Christianity at 17, one thing that struck me is how often these charges were often a case of t ... discuss
If you are in Auckland this Sunday evening come along to Massey Presbyterian Church and ask Matt your burning theological questions. From the Facebook Page for the event: Sometimes we have unanswered ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 3 July 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and David Slack discuss topical issues such as the government’s ide ... discuss
At the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in San Francisco I gave a paper in the Blogger and Online Publication session entitled “Blogging as a Supplement to Peer Review“. It o ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 26 June 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and David Slack discuss topical issues such as the plight of the South Afr ... discuss
Yesterday Matt went the library and did a little reading for his upcoming Evangelical Philosophical Society paper “Peter Singer, Human Dignity, and Infanticide“ and he discovered that ema ... discuss
I have had to revise my earlier statements about not going to the November 2012 academic conferences in Milwaukee on the grounds that when you are personally invited to participate in a panel discuss ... discuss
Like Jacob in the book of Genesis, my spiritual journey has been one of wrestling with God. Not physical wrestling, like that engaged in by Jacob, but wrestling intellectually with the questions and i ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 21 June 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss topical issues such as the first car to be c ... discuss
Every November there is about a two week period in America where a number of professional academic conferences are held where the best of the best in the field gather. For the last two years Matt has ... discuss
Priests for Life'sJanet Morana's blog tells us there is a petition making the rounds on Twitter under the hash tag of no kill. Attached is a petition to sign. The gist is that 4 MM homeles ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:30am (NZ time) on 13 June 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Sue Bradford discuss topical issues such as whether the Auckland Univ ... discuss
The following argument as to why a remedy requiring the removal of defamatory speech from a publication was not a violation of the right to free speech is representative of one I have previously put b ... discuss
The contents of this blog post refer to matters before a court. For this reason I am not naming the other parties, neither will I comment on the substantive nature of these matters. Whilst comments at ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 10 May 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Sue Bradford discuss topical issues such as US President Barack Obam ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 10 April 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Tear Fund’s David Slack discuss topical issues such as talk abo ... discuss
Those who have followed my recent discussions of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s writings on God and Morality. Might be interested in this review of Armstrong’s book “Morality without God ... discuss
This is the second part of the paper I presented to the Naturalisms in Ethics Conference at Auckland University last year. In my previous post, I noted that Robert Adams has argued that if God exists, ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 10 April 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Tear Fund’s David Slack discuss topical issues such as talk abo ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 2 April 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Tear Fund’s Frank Ritchie discuss topical issues on “The P ... discuss
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 15 March you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Whale Oil’s Cameron Slater discuss topical issues on “The Pane ... discuss
Easter can be annoying. My kids all want chocolate, hot cross buns sell out and Matt brings crumpets home from the supermarket, people who don’t normally have any time for Christianity normall ... discuss
“What we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn baby) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.” These words, publish ... discuss
The kindle edition of Come Let Us Reason: New Essays in Christian Apologetics, published by B&H Academic, edited by William Lane Craig and Paul Copan and featuring Craig, Copan, JP Moreland, Gary Hab ... discuss
The kindle edition of new book featuring responses to the New Atheists, aimed to be readable at the popular level entitled True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenges of Atheism is now availabl ... discuss
Francesca Minerva and Alberto Giubilini‘s article “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?” published in the Journal of Law, Ethics and Medicine is creating waves the world ... discuss
Late last year I, wrote a criticism of Jerry Coyne’s piece in USA today. Entitled, As atheists know, you can be good without God. My critique attracted some attention. Getting commentary from M ... discuss
Tune in to Radio Rhema at 11:40am (NZ time) today to hear this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and David Slack discuss topical issues on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden morning. You can liste ... discuss
News that many may have missed while we were in our moving house and not blogging mode is that Madeleine has been admitted to the Register of Lawyers, this means that she may now practice law and work ... discuss
In December we were told that Matt’s article “Tooley, Plantinga and the Deontological Problem of Evil” had passed peer review and would be published in Philosophia Christi. Issue, 13 ... discuss
This is first half of the paper I presented to the Naturalisms in Ethics Conference at Auckland University last year. In many of his addresses and debates William Lane Craig has defended a Divine Co ... discuss
We moved house recently but before we got the telephone services disconnected at our old house we rescued this answer-phone message left by our then 9 year old son Noah for Matt – note the attem ... discuss
MandM has been quite of late, this is because Madeleine and I have been very busy. With moving house in the midst of Christmas and New Years and so on, we’ve had little time to blog. We are now se ... discuss
The Washington Post published a guest editorial (here) by Reverend Debra Haffner, a Unitarian Universalist minister, titled The religious case for legalized abortion. Obviously, a post like this draw ... discuss
For those who aren’t aware, there has been something of a “debate”, but what I’d prefer to refer to as an “in house discussion” between Randal Rauser (Professor of Historical Theology at T ... discuss
Matt is having a good day. Presently he is in San Francisco where this morning he gave the first of his talks, “Can Traditional Theism Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality? A Reply to Walter ... discuss
Thanks go to Matthew Flannagan for pointing me in the direction of this response to the problem. A while back Professor Randal Rauser issued a blog entitled “Calvinism and the Arbitrary Camp Directo ... discuss
The “New Teleological Argument” is a theistic argument which attempts to show that theism is more probable than the postulate of an “atheistic single universe”[i]. There are number of reasons ... discuss
One thing I find particularly frustrating is reading commentary on theology and philosophy written by scientists. To be fair, some scientists I have read are informed and do offer astute and insightfu ... discuss
As you all know, Matt and I are going to the US to speak at 4 conferences in November. John W. Loftus is aware of this and in a comment on this blog has suggested a debate between himself and Matt dur ... discuss
We are going to the United States in November to, between us, give 4 talks to 4 different conferences that we have been invited to speak at (details below). We need to raise the funds to get there an ... discuss
On 8 November, about 7 weeks from now, Matt and I will board a plane heading to the United States of America. Whilst there we will attend 5 major conferences and, between us, speak at 4 of them. We vi ... discuss
Yesterday Madeleine was one of a panel who recorded a two-hour show answering tough questions about God, the Bible, Christianity, Church and life for Life FM’s “The Forum.” The show ... discuss
It was a typical Auckland spring morning. Our newborn son and one year old daughter had finally slept through the night. Frustratingly I awoke to a noise in the lounge at around 4am. Our eldest son, a ... discuss
On Sunday 4 September 2011 Matt preached a sermon on The Parable of the Net in Matthew 13:47-51: Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds ... discuss
As part of AUSA’s Human Rights week at the University of Auckland, and in association with Thinking Matters, Matt and I will be giving a free public lecture with Q&A on the topic “Freedom ... discuss
Co-authored by Matthew and Madeleine Flannagan The late Philosopher Richard Rorty once described religion as a “conversation stopper”, something that polarises discussion and ends or prevents frui ... discuss
The Christian Carnival comes down under to New Zealand – the home of Rugby, Lord of the Rings, many sheep and yours truly at MandM. This edition features a good selection of blog posts across an ... discuss
Thinking Matters and Evangelical Union hosted an event at the University of Auckland for Jesus Week entitled A Godless Public Square: Do ‘Private’ Christian Beliefs Have a Place in Public Life? ... discuss
A few weeks ago, as part of Jesus Week at the University of Auckland, Thinking Matters and Evangelical Union hosted an event entitled A Godless Public Square: Do ‘Private’ Christian Beliefs Hav ... discuss
A few weeks ago, as part of Jesus Week at the University of Auckland, Thinking Matters and Evangelical Union hosted an event entitled A Godless Public Square: Do ‘Private’ Christian Beliefs Hav ... discuss
A few weeks ago, as part of Jesus Week at the University of Auckland, Thinking Matters and Evangelical Union hosted an event entitled A Godless Public Square: Do ‘Private’ Christian Beliefs Hav ... discuss
The following appeared in a recent edition of Sunday News. As you read this, please bear in mind that what is described here is officially fictional. The line from the Commentariat is that this sort o ... discuss
In my last post “Response to William Lane Craig’s Question 225: “The ‘Slaughter’ of the Canaanites Re-visited” Part I” I discussed William Lane Craig’s position on the Canaanite Conque ... discuss
Not too long ago I wrote a post entitled We’re Going to San Francisco! In it I announced that in November 2011 Madeleine and I will jointly be giving a paper to the Society of Biblical Literatu ... discuss
Response to William Lane Craig's Question 225: 'The ‘Slaughter' of the Canaanites Re-visited” Part I
In debates over abortion, homosexual conduct, euthanasia, prostitution, drugs, those who call themselves liberals often mount the same basic argument; a socially or morally permissive stance is necess ... discuss
A common slogan in western liberal societies is that religion is a private matter; it has no place in public discussions of law, economics, public policy, education, social ethics, culture and ... discuss
The Society of Biblical Literature’s program book for their 2011 meeting in San Francisco is now online. The blogger and online publication session for which Matt and I have had a joint paper ac ... discuss
This week, the UK’s Christian Premier Radio show, Unbelieviable? aired an episode on the topic “are there good reasons for abortion?” The episode saw host, Justin Brierley, moderate a debat ... discuss
On Thursday Matt was interviewed on Radio Rhema by their breakfast host, Tim Sisarich, on the topic of ethics in journalism. This was in the wake of the media frenzy over the Israelis killed in the C ... discuss
Last week I had the privilege of hearing Professor John Hare, of Yale Divinity school, speak on God and morality at the Naturalisms in Ethics and APRA conferences. One idea Hare proposes, which fascin ... discuss
It was inevitable. Sooner or later a boat filled with desperate people would set out from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, whatever, for New Zealand. We have been “protected” to date only ... discuss
Mon 1- Friday 5 August marks Jesus Week. A number of events will be held on the University of Auckland campus of which we are part of including this one brought to you by the Evangelical Union and Th ... discuss
World class Ethicists John Hare (Yale Divinity) and Mark Murphy (Georgetown Philosophy) are in town for the Naturalisms in Ethics Conference and the Meeting of the Australasian Philosophy of Religion ... discuss
My book review of John Loftus’s The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails prompted several responses from Hector Avalos, one of the book’s contributors. Avalos has offered critiques of not j ... discuss
We are simple souls, and so find ourselves “conflicted” (to use pop psych jargon) over the public vituperate venting about one Macsyna King. How we love a mob. All heat and no light. ... discuss
Comedian Bill Maher recently berated Christians for being hypocrites for supporting military action against terrorists in his “New Rules” segment on the U.S. TV show Real Time. Jesus, Maher conten ... discuss
Narratives are powerful. They control what we identify as significant data or facts, how we empirically apprehend the data, what interpretations and shades of significance we place upon the evide ... discuss
On Debunking Christianity, Hector Avalos has posted a response to my critique of his post A Reply to Hector Avalos’ “Why Flannagan Fails History”. His latest post is entitled Flannagan Versus We ... discuss
It seems my recent Philosophia Christi review of John W. Loftus’ The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails has hit something of a nerve. Professor Hector Avalos, who wrote “Yahweh is a Moral ... discuss
On the list of blurbs just inside the cover of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books) 2010, the following appears: As a result of being pub ... discuss
This morning my children and I sat in the Auckland High Court to watch Madeleine be admitted to the Bar. The ceremony had the solemn pomp and formality of Barristers wigs, robes and when Madeleine spo ... discuss
A reader pointed me to this interesting post on Pacifism and Just War Theory from Baylor University Philosophy Professor, Alexander Pruss. Interestingly Pruss offers an argument similar to the one I p ... discuss
Last night I was part of a discussion panel looking at the Ethics of War; I defended classical just war theory. Speaking in defence of pacifism was one of the Waihope three who offered the argument th ... discuss
‘If someone wants something from us and we do not want to give it to them that is the sin of selfishness and the Bible condemns selfishness.’ This was one of the three points a Christian p ... discuss
At the close of his 1967 book “God and Other Minds”, Alvin Plantinga argues that if theistic belief is to be dismissed as “irrational”, or in some sense “epistemically sub-par” on the basi ... discuss
On 1 May 2011 the world received the news that Osama Bin Laden was dead; gunned down in Pakistan by an elite team of US Navy Seals. Even before his death Bin Laden had become a legendary persona. Not ... discuss
Sometimes we Christians find ourselves wondering at the foolishness on display in our society. Things which to us are so self-evident and obvious appear beyond the ken of the average Unbeliever ... discuss
I find the contention that abortion should simply be treated as a health issue, the topic of a "blogswarm" being organised by pro-choice organisations in honor of World Health Day today, to be a littl ... discuss
I've struggled a long time with language of Joshua's genocidal conquest of the promised land. This explanation is the best I've come across, hyperbolic language.Part 1 is titled, God and the Genocide ... discuss
Recently we placed an advertisement on Facebook for contributors to MandM. We were looking for people with some training in analytic philosophy who are careful, articulate and interesting writers who ... discuss
In November Matt flew to Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia and delivered a talk entitled “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites” for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s (“EPSR ... discuss
Leigha, a friend of ours, needs some help. Her 5 year old son, David, has a diagnosis of the rare birth defects: Moebius and Pierre-Robin Syndromes. He has paralysed facial nerves, paralysed vocal ch ... discuss
Is it just for a pluralistic society to ground its public policy on religious premises? What role should religion play in such a society? Debate over questions like these has figured in theology, phil ... discuss
The New Zealand Association of Rationalist Humanists (“NZARH”) has a statement of aspirational ideals for the New Zealand state on their website. Entitled “The Tolerant Secular State ... discuss
I once caught 5 minutes of Oprah discussing religion. She made the comment, in a very sage-sounding tone, that she believed all religions are true. The audience immediately interrupted her with resoun ... discuss
I grasped the sponge, water dripped down my wrist as I took aim. The man from the McGillicuddy Serious Party raised his voice and said “now throw!” The sponge flew through the air from my hand and ... discuss
Zeitgeist – The Movie is an internet phenomenon that has taken a lot of people in. I know several people who have seen it and have either been convinced by it or it has heavily rocked them. We&# ... discuss
A lot of people are up in arms at the moment about a paragraph in William Lane Craig’s answer to Question 193 “Overweening Ignorance.” Facebook, blogs, twitter and message boards ar ... discuss
In November Matt flew to Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia and delivered a talk entitled “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites” for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s (“EPSR ... discuss
Leigha, a friend of ours, needs some help. Her 5 year old son, David, has a diagnosis of the rare birth defects: Moebius and Pierre-Robin Syndromes. He has paralysed facial nerves, paralysed vocal ch ... discuss
Is it just for a pluralistic society to ground its public policy on religious premises? What role should religion play in such a society? Debate over questions like these has figured in theology, phil ... discuss
The New Zealand Association of Rationalist Humanists (“NZARH”) has a statement of aspirational ideals for the New Zealand state on their website. Entitled “The Tolerant Secular State ... discuss
I once caught 5 minutes of Oprah discussing religion. She made the comment, in a very sage-sounding tone, that she believed all religions are true. The audience immediately interrupted her with resoun ... discuss
I grasped the sponge, water dripped down my wrist as I took aim. The man from the McGillicuddy Serious Party raised his voice and said “now throw!” The sponge flew through the air from my hand and ... discuss
Zeitgeist – The Movie is an internet phenomenon that has taken a lot of people in. I know several people who have seen it and have either been convinced by it or it has heavily rocked them. We&# ... discuss
A lot of people are up in arms at the moment about a paragraph in William Lane Craig’s answer to Question 193 “Overweening Ignorance.” Facebook, blogs, twitter and message boards ar ... discuss
A lot of people are up in arms at the moment about a paragraph in William Lane Craig’s answer to Question 193 “Overweening Ignorance.” Facebook, blogs, twitter and message boards ar ... discuss
Zeitgeist – The Movie is an internet phenomenon that has taken a lot of people in. I know several people who have seen it and have either been convinced by it or it has heavily rocked them. We&# ... discuss
I grasped the sponge, water dripped down my wrist as I took aim. The man from the McGillicuddy Serious Party raised his voice and said “now throw!” The sponge flew through the air from my hand and ... discuss
I once caught 5 minutes of Oprah discussing religion. She made the comment, in a very sage-sounding tone, that she believed all religions are true. The audience immediately interrupted her with resoun ... discuss
The New Zealand Association of Rationalist Humanists (“NZARH”) has a statement of aspirational ideals for the New Zealand state on their website. Entitled “The Tolerant Secular State ... discuss
Is it just for a pluralistic society to ground its public policy on religious premises? What role should religion play in such a society? Debate over questions like these has figured in theology, phil ... discuss
Leigha, a friend of ours, needs some help. Her 5 year old son, David, has a diagnosis of the rare birth defects: Moebius and Pierre-Robin Syndromes. He has paralysed facial nerves, paralysed vocal ch ... discuss
In November Matt flew to Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia and delivered a talk entitled “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites” for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s (“EPSR ... discuss
The first Thursday of the month means Bloggers Drinks! The event for bloggers, blog trolls, blog groupies (bloupies) and blog readers. So come along tonight and see if you can talk as much nonsense a ... discuss
Recently TV3 screened The Omen. This classic horror is a about a boy called Damian who is the predicted anti-Christ and appropriately has the number 666 on his head. This film epitomises how the book ... discuss
In this three-part series I look at some different ways of adjudicating conflicts between apparent divine commands and moral beliefs. I started with Immanuel Kant, I then looked at Robert Adams’ def ... discuss
On Wednesday I arrived back in New Zealand after a full-on week in Atlanta. During this time I attended bits of four conferences: The Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), The ... discuss
I’m getting a few requests for the PowerPoint slides Matt used for his talk on “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites”, which he gave this morning at the Annual Meeting of the Eva ... discuss
I have a few snaps of Matt in Atlanta: Alvin Plantinga, Matt and Rodney Lake Fellow kiwi Rodney Lake of Thinking Matters Tauranga, also in Atlanta attending the conferences, took this photo and wr ... discuss
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 I was in Tauranga. I had been commuting from Auckland to Tauranga every Monday to attend lectures for the teaching diploma I was studying towards and then on Tuesdays I wo ... discuss
Jónathan Deundian sent us the following correspondence, You addressed the following paragraph to a blogger named RyogaM. This one and actually the one right above it was so common sensible but so co ... discuss
Recently I attended a lecture on science and religion at the University of Auckland. As is normal after such talks students stayed and discussed issued raised by the presentation. One student brought ... discuss
New Zealand based ethicist and theologian, Dr Matthew Flannagan, published an excellent overview highlighting the flaws in the pro-choice position in Investigate Magazine. Dr Flannagan normally publis ... discuss
If current media is to be believed opposition to legal abortion comes from misogynist fundamentalist fanatics who want to impose their religious mores onto others. This string of pejorative terms is a ... discuss
Part two of the television panel discussion Madeleine participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion airs on Pacific Viewpoint tonight (Tuesday 15 December) on Triangle TV at 7:30pm. Pa ... discuss
In our recent discussion on the Bible's teachings on slavery John Loftus asked Madeleine, "if you were raped you should marry your rapist? Get real. ... Would you want to be treated the way the Bible ... discuss
Did David Bain tell the 111 operator "I shot the prick" on discovering the dead bodies of his family?Read the evidence for and against the claims in the judicial decision online, released this afterno ... discuss
