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		<title>Auckland Event: Is Belief in God Rational?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Flannagan will be speaking at Unitec next Thursday on the topic “Is belief in God rational when you can’t prove that God exists?”.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/auckland-event-is-belief-in-god-rational/</link>
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		<title>Audio Series for D. A. Carson’s The God Who is There</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don Carson's latest book is an excellent introduction to the Biblical storyline, through the lens of God's character and work in history. Andy Naselli has just posted the audio from Carson's 14-part seminar at Bethlehem Baptist Church as a helpful introduction to the book's material.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/audio-series-for-d-a-carsons-the-god-who-is-there/</link>
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		<title>The Myth of Religious Violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his book <i>The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict</i> William Cavanaugh argues against the common notion that religion is particularly and inherently prone to divisiveness and violence. Brad S. Gregory, from First Things, offers his review.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/the-myth-of-religious-violence/</link>
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		<title>Peter Singer, The Euthyphro Dilemma &amp; Divine Commands Part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a three-part series, Matt has been exploring Peter Singer’s discussion of the Euthyphro Dilemma. He has argued that Singer’s objections fail to undermine Divine Command Ethics and are essentially a strawman; he has addressed the Arbitrariness Objection and now he concludes by examining the Redundancy Objection.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/peter-singer-the-euthyphro-dilemma-divine-commands-part-iii/</link>
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		<title>Peter Singer, The Euthyphro Dilemma &amp; Divine Commands Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a three-part series, Matt explores Peter Singer’s discussion of the Euthyphro Dilemma and argues that Singer’s objections fail to undermine Divine Command Ethics. This time Matt examines the Arbitrariness Objection.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/peter-singer-the-euthyphro-dilemma-divine-commands-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Video from Plantinga&#8217;s Retirement Celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video of the lectures delivered at the special conference held to honour Alvin Plantinga's retirement from the University of Notre Dame.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/video-from-plantingas-retirement-celebration/</link>
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		<title>Praying for Christopher Hitchens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Brog writes about how Christians might react to the news of Christopher Hitchens' cancer.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/praying-for-christopher-hitchens/</link>
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		<title>Auckland Debate: Is God the Source of Morality?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Flannagan will be debating Raymond Bradley at Auckland University this August.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/auckland-debate-is-god-the-source-of-morality/</link>
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		<title>Auckland Event: Christ in the Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This September, Catalyst is hosting their National Conference on reconciling faith and work.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/christ-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<title>Peter Singer, The Euthyphro Dilemma &amp; Divine Commands Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a three-part series, Matt explores Peter Singer’s discussion of the Euthyphro Dilemma and argues that Singer’s objections fail to undermine Divine Command Ethics. Matt begins by explaining Divine Command Theory and highlights the importance of avoiding strawmen.]]></description>
		<link>http://thinkingmatters.org.nz/2010/07/peter-singer-the-euthyphro-dilemma-and-divine-commands-part-i/</link>
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