Blogs Posts on "God And Morality"

“My Ways are Not Your Ways” Notre Dame Conference by MandM on Nov 9, 2009In September this year, the centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame hosted a conference entitled “My Ways Are Not Your Ways”; the proceedings of the conference can be seen at the previous link and is a good resource. The...

Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons by MandM on Nov 6, 2009In “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics”,[1] Robert Audi defends the liberal thesis that religious reasons should not be utilised in debate on issues of public policy. Instead he contends that “one should not advocate or sup...

Sunday Study: The Bible and Rape – A Response to Michael Martin by MandM on Sep 26, 2009A little while ago I wrote a post criticising Michael Martin’s contention that the Bible commands a rape victim to marry her rapist, Does the Bible Teach that a Rape Victim has to Marry her Rapist? To summarise briefly, Martin cited Deuteronomy 22:...

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Infantile Religious Morality by MandM on Sep 23, 2009In “Why Traditional Theism Cannot Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality” Walter Sinnott Armstrong criticises William Lane Craig’s contention that theism, if true, provides an adequate foundation for morality. Armstrong contends that Craig...

Tekton E-Book: John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted Feat. MandM by MandM on Sep 16, 2009Tekton Education and Apologetics ministries have released an online book, John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted, as a special edition for their E-Block Online Journal. While most of the book is authored by J. P. Holding, Chapter 2 is not...

Sunday Study: Interpreting the Sixth Commandment Part I by MandM on Sep 6, 2009One of the most well known biblical commands is the sixth commandment of the Decalogue (according to protestant enumeration). This commandment occurs in the 20th chapter of the book of Exodus and the fifth chapter of the book of Deuteronomy. In its m...

Dr Glenn Peoples on Abortion, Morality and Law by MandM on Jul 27, 2009Canterbury student group Prolife UC have organised for Dr Glenn Peoples to deliver some free public lectures at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch on Abortion, Morality and Law. Thursday 30th July 7.30 pm“Chasing the Justificatory Goalpo...

Sunday Study: Abraham and Isaac – Did God Command the Killing of an Innocent? by MandM on Jul 26, 2009Perhaps the most infamous passage in the Hebrew scriptures occurs in Genesis 22:2, Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I w...