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Entries from October 30th, 2010

“Set Forth Your Case” The Promo Video

October 30th, 2010 5 Comments

Here is the promo video, featuring William Lane Craig, for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s “Set Forth Your Case” conference (one of the two conferences Matt is speaking at in Atlanta Georgia in 3 weeks):

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Submit Now for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival

October 25th, 2010 1 Comment

The final call for posts for the October Edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival has gone out. You can submit your nominations by email or by commenting on the original call post at ξἐνος. The September Edition is here in case you want to take squiz and check out what it’s all about. There is apparently still room for […]

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Desperately Seeking Sid

October 24th, 2010 11 Comments

Does anyone have a Sid the Sloth toy from the Ice Age movie series? Sid is our son Noah’s favourite character and his McDonalds Sid toy is his favourite toy. Whilst away at Mt Maunganui this weekend, Sid has vanished. He was last seen flying off the top of the 6 storey apartment building we […]

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Moderation

October 19th, 2010 9 Comments

Apologies everyone, it has become necessary to turn comment moderation on. There is a limit to how much time we want to spend removing off-topic, sexually loaded and personally abusive comments left by school-boys each day. We will try to clear and release comments a few times a day. I am working through my Certificate […]

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God, Morality and Abhorrent Commands: Part II Robert Adams

October 19th, 2010 7 Comments

In this three-part series I will look at some different ways of adjudicating conflicts between apparent divine commands and moral beliefs. I started with Immanuel Kant, now I will look at Robert Adams’ position. In “God, Morality and Abhorrent Commands: Part I Kant” I mentioned Phillip Quinn’s observation that theists can face a particular dilemma, […]

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God, Morality and Abhorrent Commands: Part I Kant

October 13th, 2010 185 Comments

In this three-part series I will look at some different ways of adjudicating conflicts between apparent divine commands and moral beliefs starting with Immanuel Kant. In “Commonsense Atheism and the Canaanite Massacre” I addressed a question put to me by Luke from Commonsense Atheism, “If Matt did think these events happened literally as described in the […]

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Podcasts on Christian Physicalism and The Probability of Christianity

October 10th, 2010 9 Comments

Matt and I have been listening to podcasts in the evening lately. These two, featuring two of our friends, who are both philosophers and bloggers, are really worth a listen. Glenn on Physicalism Glenn Peoples, of Say Hello to my Little Friend: The Beretta Blog and Podcast, recently spoke at the University of Oxford at the annual conference […]

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