The following is authored by Glenn Peoples of Say Hello to my Little Friend: The Beretta Blog and Podcast. Glenn writes:I take some things for granted. People with a background in theology, biblical studies and hermeneutics or literature will be familiar with theories of meaning, but not everyone has (or wants) this background, and not […]
Entries from May 15th, 2009
Guest Post: A Reader Response Theory of Meaning?
May 15th, 2009 6 Comments
Tags: Guest Post · Hermeneutics · Theology
Tooley, Plantinga and the Deontological Argument from Evil Part I
May 13th, 2009 9 Comments
This two-part series criticises the deontological argument from evil proposed by Micheal Tooley in The Knowledge of God, the print debate between him and Alvin Plantinga.1 My critique proceeds in four parts. Initially I will sketch Tooley’s distinction between a deontological and an axiological argument from evil and will argue that Tooley rejects the axiological […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Atheism · Divine Command Theory · Michael Tooley · Philosophy of Religion · Problem of Evil · Selection · William Alston
Rankling the Families Commission
May 13th, 2009 Comments Off on Rankling the Families Commission
If we must suffer the statist affliction on society that is the Families Commission (FC) then I am utterly stoked at the latest appointments to it of Bruce Pilbrow, my former neighbour at Bible College and Christine Rankin. Christine is of course the major controversy and if you are a kiwi you will be well […]
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May 11th, 2009 4 Comments
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Tuesday Night: Religion in the Public Square
May 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Don’t forget tomorrow night’s event from the Thinking Matters Auckland series on God, Morality and Society, Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square: Be there or be square!
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Sunday Study: Sodom and Gomorrah Part I
May 10th, 2009 13 Comments
In the comments section of The Inconsistent, Condescending, Paternalism of Left-Wing Feminism, Anna wrote: Something I’ve been deeply disturbed about since childhood is the Sodom & Gomorrah tale – specifically, the offering of the virgin daughters to satisfy the hordes of men outside the house. On the face of it, this looks like a negation […]
Tags: Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Theology
Mother’s Day
May 10th, 2009 5 Comments
Happy Mother’s Day to my mum, to my fellow blogging mum friends Lucyna, Pen, Stephanie, Lydia, Liz, Ele, Busted Blonde and the Hand Mirror girls and to all the other mums out there. What do you give the rather political, blogging-mad, therefore somewhat a-typical, mum? Well my kids nailed it well. This morning I received: […]
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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.
