On Wednesday I flew to Christchurch for an interview regarding a religious education (RE) teaching position in a Catholic School. On having the interview and receiving the subsequent rejection email, it was clear what the reason I did not get the position was: I am a protestant, the school has a particular Catholic ethos that […]
Entries from December 13th, 2009
Rangiora New Life College, Religion and Discrimination
December 13th, 2009 14 Comments
Tags: Campbell Live · Dave Crampton · Education · Idiot/Savant · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Ollie Sterrit · Rangiora New Life School · Religion in Public Life · Sara Etherington · Sexual Morality · Teenage Pregnancy
Hadouken Punch
December 12th, 2009 12 Comments
Online Sid had some fun with my Pacific Viewpoint TV screen-shot. Apparently my question to MP Paul Hutchison on Pacific Viewpoint was so powerful you could see the hadouken punch I hurled at him (or chi blast as my kids tell me the correct term is) when you freeze-framed the video. Classic! Hat Tip: Online […]
Tags: Hadouken Punch · Humour · Online Sid · Pacific Viewpoint
Plantinga & Ruse on Methodological Naturalism & Science Definitions
December 8th, 2009 32 Comments
Michael Ruse (and many others) contend that science is constrained by methodological naturalism, which is the thesis that that neither the data, for a scientific investigation, nor a scientific theory nor the background beliefs, against which a theory is assessed, can properly refer to or contain supernatural beings or propositions based on revelation. In Darwinism […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Methodological Naturalism · Michael Ruse · Science and Religion
Madeleine on Pacific Viewpoint TV on Abortion & Parental Consent
December 8th, 2009 7 Comments
Part one of the panel discussion I participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion airs on Pacific Viewpoint tonight (Tuesday 8 December) on Triangle TV at 7:30pm. Part two will air Tuesday 15 December at 7:30pm. The episodes will also be aired on Stratos (Freeview 21 & Sky Digital 89) tomorrow (Wednesday 9 December) at […]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai'a
Three Questions for NIWA
December 8th, 2009 27 Comments
Just in from the Auckland Public Meeting: Climategate, NIWA and the ETS. When it came to light last week that NIWA‘s official temperature graph and the data on their website were at odds, the former returning an increasing temperature graph the latter a flat graph, three questions were asked of NIWA by the Climate Conversation […]
Tags: Climate Conversation Group · Climategate · Gareth Renowden · Jim Salinger · Ken Perrott · NIWA
Anna’s Last Post
December 5th, 2009 Comments Off on Anna’s Last Post
The funeral for blogger Anna Woolf is today. Peter Cresswell has posted the details, along with a nice tribute, at her blog “Annie Fox” – see The Last Post. The funeral is open to all and will be held at 2pm today Saturday, December 5th, at North Harbour Stadium’s function centre (Carpark A).
Tags: Anna Woolf
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.
View Pacific Viewpoint TV Panel on Abortion & Parental Consent Here (Feat. Madeleine)
December 9th, 2009 24 Comments
Episode one of the television panel discussion Madeleine participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion is now available for viewing online here at Pacific Viewpoint TV. The show runs for 30 minutes; in this episode Madeleine features as an audience member (panelists are Bev Adair, Paul Hutchison, Reverend Tavale Matai’a) and she goes a round […]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · MandM on Video · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai'a