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Entries from November 30th, 2008

More on Christians and Bigotry

November 30th, 2008 13 Comments

Matt’s post on the practice of throwing the bigot label at Christians as a method to silence debate got me thinking. Some of my thinking came out in the comment I wrote on Half Done and in Matt’s comment in the original post but I still feel I have more to say. I’m someone who […]

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Happy Birthday MandM

November 29th, 2008 3 Comments

It has been 2 years today since MandM was born and our first post, In Remembrance of the Religious Right, entered the blogosphere. Apparently most blogs don’t make it to the 6 month mark so we are doing nicely. Thanks everyone for your continued support.

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Upgrades in Progress

November 29th, 2008 7 Comments

We are currently working on a new layout for our blog so apologies if things seem in a bit of a disarray. You may notice in your feeds that we have posted new posts but they are dated for ages ago. This is so we can make use of our new links bar, there is […]

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Abortion and Child Abuse

November 27th, 2008 1 Comment

Bloggers WhaleOil and David Farrar are in disagreement over some comments made by Garth George in the New Zealand Herald regarding abortion and child abuse. Garth George says: I have said it before and I say it again: The number one cause of abuse against women and children is abortion. David Farrar says: I disagree. […]

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Why am I a Bigot?

November 26th, 2008 16 Comments

I am a Theologian with a strong background in Philosophy; apart from Philosophical Theology, my particular area of interest is Ethics. Given this, I often post my thoughts and reflections on moral issues of various persuasions on this blog. I have discussed the morality of warfare, whether it is sometimes permissible to lie, the morality […]

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Tagged

November 26th, 2008 11 Comments

We’ve been tagged by our old Free-Students Network chum Trevor Louden. The rules are: Link to the person who tagged you Post the rules Share seven random or weird facts about yourself Tag 7 random people at the end of the post with their links Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a […]

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So What if She Wore the Same Jacket Twice?

November 23rd, 2008 6 Comments

When I first read reports on the blogosphere about the NZ Herald commenting on Bronagh Key’s wearing the same jacket twice, I thought that the article everyone was linking to must have been related to John Key’s swearing in, where she wore the offending jacket the second time and the fashion comments had to be […]

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