Following on from More Evidence of Student Association Delusions of Grandeur, where I shared Auckland University Students Assocation’s (AUSA) unfathomable intentions to incorporate the UN Declaration of Human Rights into their constitution, a fellow student and reader of this blog, brought my attention to today’s email to all University of Auckland students which he described […]
Entries from August 26th, 2009
Wet Paint: Forced to Echo UPDATE
August 26th, 2009 Comments Off on Wet Paint: Forced to Echo UPDATE
This morning comments just would not even load in either Firefox or Explorer so I was forced to switch over to JS Kit’s Echo. Now now comments look awful but at least you can read them. I will do my best to modify the code today to make them look a bit tidier – I […]
Tags: Announcements · Tech Problems
David Lindsey on “Politics, Religion and Morality”
August 26th, 2009 1 Comment
You’re invited to the final event in the Thinking Matters Auckland God, Morality and Society series: What: David Lindsey on “Politics, Religion and Morality” When: Tuesday 1 Sept – 7:00pm Where: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West Auckland Format: Talk followed by questions, answers and discussion. Cost: Free but donations […]
Tags: Events · Thinking Matters
More Evidence of Student Association Delusions of Grandeur
August 25th, 2009 2 Comments
I just got this in my inbox: AN OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN:On Wednesday the 26th of August at the AUSA [Auckland University Students Association] Winter General Meeting there has been an opening to incorporate the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS into the AUSA constitution. WE NEED 200 PEOPLE IN THE QUAD TO VOTE IN FAVOUR AT […]
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Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – July 09
August 25th, 2009 1 Comment
The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for July 09 are as follows: [2.] MandM 13 (5 – 21) [3.] MacDoctor Moments 16 (18 – 14) [1.] NZ Conservative 18.5 (13 – 24 ) [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 25 (17 – 33) [5=] Keeping Stock 26.5 (21 – 32) [6.] Say […]
Christian Blog Ranking Report for July 09 – Tumeke
August 24th, 2009 2 Comments
Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on Tumeke’s NZ blog stats for July; these stats are used in the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for July 09: MandM 21 Being Frank 22 NZ Conservative 24 Keeping Stock 32 Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 33 Say […]
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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.
Dear Mr McCully,
August 26th, 2009 5 Comments
The law criminalises smacking, the best and most faithful reading of the law deems any use of force for the purposes of parental correction criminal; experts in legal interpretation agree on this. The people have objected loudly and all you have done is issue a promise to not enforce the law; a promise that can […]
Tags: National Party · NZ Government · Referendum · Smacking