March was a busy month for us; we had dipped in output through December and January following my surgery, and February was kind of the acceleration month where we regained speed, but this month was as close to top gear as we can realistically get given we have 4 kids, I am permanently injured, we […]
Entries from March 31st, 2009
Belief without Proof – Tonight!
March 31st, 2009 Comments Off on Belief without Proof – Tonight!
Just a reminder that Matt is speaking on Belief without Proof tonight in Auckland. more…
Tags: Events · Thinking Matters
In Dread Response, Misheard Lyrics and our son Christian
March 31st, 2009 14 Comments
On the video box of the Bebo page of the lead vocalist of New Zealand band In Dread Response, there currently features an animated You Tube clip, made by our son Christian, for the lyrics of Scarecrows in the Sky. Christian has Aspergers Syndrome and sees things very literally which makes his interpretation of the […]
Tags: Aspergers Syndrome · Humour
Daniel Hannan v Gordon Brown the "Brezhnev era Apparatchik" UPDATED
March 30th, 2009 4 Comments
This is a must view; if only New Zealand politicians could debate and insult each other with this level of panache (and reason this well as well) then people other than David Farrar might tune in to parliament TV (ok, I watch it too). Daniel Hannan is a writer and journalist and has been Conservative […]
Tags: Humour · International Politics
Blue is the New Green: National’s Bag Tax UPDATE
March 30th, 2009 5 Comments
Just like a bad sitcom National has its own token greenie, MP Nick Smith. Presumably because we are in the wake of Earth Hour, he’s announced a new token green policy proposal – bag tax. I say token, because we all know where the money will go, into the pockets of the supermarkets; it doesn’t […]
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Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – February 09
March 30th, 2009 2 Comments
The MandM Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for February 09, in the category of public discourse, are ranked by identifying Christian blogs then comparing Half Done’s February 09 stats with Tumeke’s February 09 stats and averaging them to obtain their overall February 09 ranking. Rank. [previous top 10 rank] Blog MandM (Half Done Tumeke) […]
Coming Events This Week
March 29th, 2009 2 Comments
Two things to make sure you put into your calendar for this week: This Tuesday come to the Thinking Matters Auckland seminar: What: Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on Belief without ProofWhen: Tuesday 31th March – 7:00pmWhere: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West AucklandFormat: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion.Cost: […]
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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.
