Archive for April, 2010
“A New Euthyphro” is published
My paper “A New Euthyphro” has been published by the journal Think: Philosophy for Everyone (a journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy) volume 9, issue 25. Think is an enjoyable journal featuring rpesentations of complex philosophical issues in a stripped-down digestable way for a wider audience than just those with graduate degrees in philosophy. [...]
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Are churches charities?
An interesting discussion broke out over at M and M recently about a guest post by bethyada on whether or not the tax exempt status of churches directly costs taxpayers. I’ll let his piece speak for itself and won’t really get into the actual subject of it, because in the comments section a different issue [...]
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The change wrought in the moral sentiments of Christendom
I was discussing with a fellow blogger the effect of Christianity on Western culture. It reminded me of a recent post by John C. Wright where he denied that increasing wealth has led to increasing freedoms. He argues that it is not wealth and education, or civility and law, that effects good social change, rather [...]
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Monday quote
And this is why one of the first principles is that the rulers of the people are not qualified for their task unless they are men who hate covetousness. Douglas Wilson Go to Source
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Lest we Forget: Why My Poppy is Red
I was asked today why my poppy was red and not white. The answer is simple really. They died so that we could be free and I deeply respect and appreciate that and cannot fathom those who do not. RELATED POST: ANZAC Day: Lest we Forget or Have we Already? Go to Source
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ANZAC Day – Lest we forget
My family and I just got back from our local ANZAC day parade. Public prayer, respect for those who fight to defend us, and the recognition that peace has an awful price. All three were present, and all those in attendance took part without a moment’s hesitation. In other words, there wasn’t a liberal in [...]
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Episode 035: Sam Harris, Science and Morality
Episode 35 is an analysis of a recent talk given by Sam Harris on science and human values. The talk was part of a TED conference, and you can see part 1 here. Harris thinks that he has argued that moral facts are actually scientific facts. I think he has failed, and here I offer [...]
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Raising up the evil or for evil
I understand how people respond to Romans 9, but there is also Romans 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, and other books. In Deuteronomy we read, “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you [...]
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Abortion, “Right Wing Violence” and the Media
Some people – generally those who openly identify with what is nebulously called “the left,” think it’s an old chestnut that there’s a “liberal bias” in mainstream media. That’s just a case of whining conservatives who don’t like the media telling it like it is. Anyone can pontificate on generalities. I’d rather give you an [...]
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Science and Religion: Theism and Explanatory Idleness
A few weeks ago I was a panelist at a forum on Science and Religion at the University of Auckland, the podcast of that forum is available here. After this forum a member of the audience sent me the following email. I have reproduced my response below. Hey Matt Unfortunately I didn’t have time to [...]
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