John Boscawen is holding a series of Public Meetings in various locations around New Zealand promoting his Bill to amend s59 of the Crimes Act to legalise the use of some types of reasonable force for the purposes of parental correction. Whilst the government would like everyone to think that this debate is over, Boscawen’s […]
Entries from October 10th, 2009
Dargaville: Public Meeting on S59
October 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Dargaville: Public Meeting on S59
Tags: John Boscawen · John Carter · Larry Baldock · s59 · Smacking
Christian Blog Ranking Report for September 09 – HalfDone
October 8th, 2009 5 Comments
Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on HalfDone’s NZ blog stats for September; these stats will make up part of the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for September 09: MandM 3 NZ Conservative 9 Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 13 MacDoctor Moments 16 Say Hello […]
R v Field Sentencing Decision now Online
October 7th, 2009 Comments Off on R v Field Sentencing Decision now Online
Justice Hansen’s official sentencing notes in the case of The Queen v Phillip Hans Field (a.k.a former Member of Parliament, Taito Phillip Field) are now online and make for some interesting reading. To begin with, as I read through, I could see Field’s supporters angle; he helped a couple of people out, they thanked him […]
Tags: Phillip Field
Mentionables
October 6th, 2009 6 Comments
Flat out busy as the end of semester approaches and deadlines and exams loom we thought we’d link to some blog posts we’ve recently found interesting rather than actually write anything ourselves: Wintery Knight has a video for which his blog post title sums up the content: MUST-SEE: Megyn Kelly of Fox News exposes the […]
Tags: ACORN · Bethyada · Cactus Kate · David Farrar · Mentionables · Notre Dame · Samoa Tsunami · The Prosblogion · Voluntary Student Membership · Wintery Knight
Message From Cactus
October 6th, 2009 Comments Off on Message From Cactus
Just about to head to bed and spotted incoming traffic from Cactus Kate; headed over to check it out and spotted this message: Message received. Whinging ceased. I always stop once I get what I want…
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Sunday Study: Paul on Freedom of Conscience – Romans 14
October 5th, 2009 3 Comments
In the 14th chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans there is an interesting discussion of strictures relating to the eating of meat. The discussion is interesting because it brings up issues which have application beyond the context Paul addressed. Specifically, Paul affirms in these passages the existence of a prima facie right to freedom […]
Tags: Alan Donagan · Aquinas · Augustine · Freedom of Conscience · Sunday Study
MandM to hit Wellington: Speaking at the All for Life Workshop
October 2nd, 2009 10 Comments
Matt and I are having a weekend in Wellington. On Saturday 28 November we’re speaking at the All for Life Workshop; we’ll be giving a “how to” critique the common philosophical arguments for abortion rights by highlighting the flaws in the reasoning and turning the logic back on itself. Also speaking are Brendan Malone, Bob […]
Tags: All for Life Workshop · Bloggers Drinks · Feticide · Wellington
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.
