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 […]
Entries from November 30th, 2008
More on Christians and Bigotry
November 30th, 2008 13 Comments
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Religion in Public Life
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.
Tags: Announcements
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 […]
Tags: Blog Upgrades
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. […]
Tags: Abortion · Child Abuse · David Farrar · Ethics · Feticide · Garth George · New Zealand Herald · Susan Sherwin · Whale Oil
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 […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Ethics · Feticide · Homosexual Conduct · Religion in Public Life
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 […]
Tags: Meme · Trevor Louden
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.
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 […]
Tags: Bronagh Key · Feminism · John Key · National Party