This episode is a recording of a talk I gave last week at the University of Canterbury on abortion. As promised in the episode, here’s a summary of some questions and answers that followed.
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According to Simon Clarke, religion is “the biggest obstacle to thinking clearly about social and political issues.” Yes, the biggest. [UPDATE 6th August 2010: that link no longer works. Here is a link to a different presentation of what looks like the same article.] The main reason that he gives is roughly like this: Some […]
The universe has a personal cause, since God created the universe and God is personal. But does the “principle of determination” demonstrate that the cause of the big bang must be personal, or must we rely on other reasons for maintaining this? I’m currently (although tentatively) inclined towards the latter.
We’re in March already but it still feels like 2015 has only just begun! For those of us with temporal parts, time flies. The blog is a bit on the slow side just now, but sit tight. My writing time has been reduced of late because of a couple of things I have been working on. […]
Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan, Did God Command Genocide?: Coming to Terms with the Justice of God (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014), 353 pages. (Electronic copy reviewed here) I’ve been curious to see this one ever since my good friend Matt Flannagan told me that he and Paul were going to be writing it. Knowing Matt […]
No, if you want to get a person to believe in sin, you should not steal his wallet.
Myron Bradley Penner, The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013) (Follow this link to get the book in electronic format from Logos.) Full disclosure: I do not publicly label myself an “apologist.” However, in some ways that’s what I am just by virtue of many of the […]
In mid-2014 I will be speaking at the first ever conference of Rethinking Hell, which will be in Texas. When: 11th and 12th of July, 2014 Where: Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas Video of the conference will be available once it’s over.
Busy times are ahead! No sooner has the blog awakened in 2013 than here I am explaining why things may be quiet over the next month. The reasons are all good this time. In late April I’ll be heading north for a number of speaking engagements. Let’s call it a speaking tour, that sounds impressive. […]
My review of David Baggett and Jerry L. Walls, Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality.