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		<title>Podcast en route!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK I know it has been a while, but tomorrow I will start writing the next podcast episode. The subject will be the doctrine of original sin. Hopefully it will be finished within the next week or so.
If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<title>The Peanut Butter Argument Against Evolution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear creationists,
Please don&#8217;t ever ever ever do this again.

Thanks.
If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<title>John Key on the Anti-Smacking law change: Don&#8217;t let him forget</title>
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		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/john-key-on-the-anti-smacking-law-change-dont-let-him-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Someone said this on the 22nd of March 2007:
The Labour Government has shown utter contempt for New Zealanders and the democratic process with its plan to railroad the anti-smacking bill through Parliament, says National Party Leader John Key. &#8220;The Labour-led Government knows the measure is deeply unpopular, so it plans to act against the wishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enemies in High Places?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, for the period between twelve and five hours ago, this website and blog may have been difficult (or impossible) for you to access. I&#8217;ve been discussing it with my tech friend, and it appears that somebody with an address locating them at Oxford University (i.e. ending with ox.ac.uk) has been engaging in malicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day: John Locke on the punishment for sin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annihilationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Locke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quote of the day, from John Locke:
Death then entered, and showed his face, which before was shut out, and not known. So St. Paul, Rom. v. 19,  “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin,” i.e. a state of death and mortality : and, 1 Cor. xv. 22, “In Adam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catalyst Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I received this message today, and thought I would pass it on for the benefit of my New Zealand readers. The message comes from Catalyst.
We are delighted to announce the launch of Catalyst Books today.
Catalyst books is a New Zealand initiative enabling students and  graduates to find and purchase quality books from a christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuts and Bolts 006: What is Dualism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuts and bolts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the next instalment of the “Nuts and Bolts” series, in which I spell out some of the basic terms and concepts used in the various branches of philosophy and theology.
I’ve already written plenty of blog entries (and even a podcast series) on dualism, but a recent online conversation with a couple of Christian bloggers [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bus Driver taken to court for defending young girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smacking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip to M and M for bringing this news story to my attention.
Remember that controversy over the anti-smacking law? The short story: The law change in New Zealand meant that absolutely any force of any kind used in the discipline of a child (such as a spank, or moving a child by force to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eat, Drink, and be Merry: 1 Corinthians 15 and Physicalism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/1-corinthians-15-and-physicalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/1-corinthians-15-and-physicalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afterlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physicalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every Christian who decides on a stance to take on the mind-body issue is going to have to live with the fact that there will be certain “problem texts” in the Bible that appear to conflict with the position they take. As a physicalist, I think there is a very small number of such texts [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>On Creeds and Intellectual Integrity</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-creeds-and-intellectual-integrity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-creeds-and-intellectual-integrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creeds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the Nicene Creed:


We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
 We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Your ad here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I thought I&#8217;d give this a try. You see that area over to the right where all those buttons are? I want to push those buttons down and I want YOU to be right there, above them.
As a way of keeping the bills at this site paid and as a way of promoting your [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lest we Forget, Loftus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Loftus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of his debate with Dinesh D&#8217;Souza on whether or not the Christian God exists, John Loftus says that even if he didn&#8217;t win, he learned a lot. I asked him if, given his loss (as a few people see it &#8211; including Loftus I think) in this debate, he was still hoping [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>D&#8217;Souza vs Loftus: Does the Christian God exist?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/dsouza-vs-loftus-does-the-christian-god-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/dsouza-vs-loftus-does-the-christian-god-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 9th of February 2010 at the University of Illinois (Champagne-Urbana campus) Dinesh D&#8217;Souza debated John Joftus on the question &#8220;Does the Christian God Exist&#8221;?
There exists a broad consensus among those who I have read assessing the debate, whether Christian or sceptic (including John Loftus himself). I won&#8217;t tell you what that consensus is. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ethics is like a painting</title>
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		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/ethics-is-like-a-painting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta-ethics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if you will a painting hanging in a large and popular art gallery. Before considering the painting as an artwork, think of its underlying structure as a physical object. The type of basic physical object we start with determines the type of artwork that this will be. It could be a lump of clay [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dissenters: We still know where you live</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/dissenters-we-still-know-where-you-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/dissenters-we-still-know-where-you-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Electoral Finance Act 2007 was a real bone of contention when the Labour Government introduced it. The long and short of it was this: It was a way of preventing private citizens and groups from spending however much of their own money they like to encourage people to support political parties or their policies [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Zealand atheists vs free market economics</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/new-zealand-atheists-vs-free-market-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/new-zealand-atheists-vs-free-market-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of zealous atheists in New Zealand have been raising money to run an advertisement campaign: advertisement for &#8211; well nothing, really (quite literally). The campaign was a spinoff from an identical one in the UK where signs declaring the (probable) non-existence of God.
They&#8217;ve hit a snag. The company that the group would like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Membership vs Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a brief comment on something that just caught my eye and jogged my memory. Every now and then someone points out that affiliation with a Christian church has declined steeply over the last half century in New Zealand. Now, I&#8217;m not the sort of myopic person to think that trends in my own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion and society: Success or failure depends on where you stand</title>
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		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/religion-and-society-success-or-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion in the public square]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Martin Varsavsky, “nothing much” happens when a society gives up religion. He uses Spain as an example. Now, there’s a certain bias in both the selection and the comparison. Under the dictatorship of Franco, the author says, Spain was a Catholic country, but after “three decades of democracy,” this is no longer the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Please include a statement of your teaching philosophy, as well as something useful&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/statement-on-teaching-philosophy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/statement-on-teaching-philosophy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve applied for dozens and dozens of lecturing roles (all unsuccessful of course). Nearly all such applications in the USA (this tends not to be an issue elsewhere) have had a requirement along the lines of &#8220;please send a cover letter, your vitae and a statement of teaching philosophy.&#8221; I relish sending two of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquinas and his “Moral Argument”</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/aquinas-and-his-moral-argument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/aquinas-and-his-moral-argument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the moral argument]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Aquinas is famous for – among other things – his five arguments for Christian theism, arguments called “the five ways” (quinque viae). The first way is the argument from the unmoved mover. The second way is the argument from the first cause (commonly called the cosmological argument). The third way is the argument from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Spiegel&#8217;s &#8220;Blog Tour&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/jim-spiegels-blog-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/jim-spiegels-blog-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I mentioned not long ago that I had some contact with Jim Spiegel of Taylor University. Jim kindly offered to have a copy of his new book The Making of an Atheist sent to me, and I&#8217;ll be posting a review here. I&#8217;m not alone, actually, and a number of really good blogs on Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scepticism, Open Mindedness and Mistrust</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/scepticism-open-mindedness-and-mistrust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/scepticism-open-mindedness-and-mistrust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scepticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skepticism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a comment on Facebook today that prompted a memory of something I have thought previously but not written about. So now I am writing about it. Thanks, Facebook!
A Christian friend of mine told the world that he is about to read a copy of Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, that well known, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>79</slash:comments>
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		<title>Luke 23:43 and Soul Sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/luke-2343-and-soul-sleep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/luke-2343-and-soul-sleep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eschatology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intermediate state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interpretation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I’ve indicated numerous times, I’m a physicalist. I don’t think that I’m an immortal ghost/soul living inside a body. I think that I’m a physical creature. Long before I encountered philosophy of mind or neuroscience, I became convinced that this is what the Bible teaches, making its teaching on human nature stand out like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wisdom and Folly</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wisdom-and-folly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wisdom-and-folly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Jim Spiegel recently invited me to check out the blog that he and his wife Amy run.
I&#8217;m glad I did. Finding really good, scholarly and yet actually interesting and enjoyable blogs on philosophy, faith and culture and so forth isn&#8217;t easy, and this one is definitely a keeper. Check it out.
Jim is a Professor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes Dr Pruss it&#8217;s funny, just not in the right way.</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/yes-dr-pruss-its-funny-just-not-in-the-right-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/yes-dr-pruss-its-funny-just-not-in-the-right-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Pruss recently presented this &#8220;fun argument for dualism&#8221; at his blog:


 (Premise) Our embodiment is universally seen as funny.
 (Premise, justified inductively by 1) Our embodiment is objectively funny.
 (Premise) The essence of the funny is incongruity.
 (Premise) If materialism is true, there is no incongruity in our embodiment.
 (Premise) If materialism is false, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divine Command Ethics: When will sceptics update their arguments?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/divine-command-ethics-when-will-sceptics-update-their-arguments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/divine-command-ethics-when-will-sceptics-update-their-arguments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divine command theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta-ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sceptics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that some online unbelievers have trouble staying up to date with the fields in which they take themselves to be experts. Take Keith Augustine over at the Internet Infidels for example. He believes that he has the divine command theory of ethics (DCT) all sewn up.
For some reason, divine command ethics is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 033: In Search of the Soul, Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-033-in-search-of-the-soul-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-033-in-search-of-the-soul-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physicalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At last, the series ends. Here is part five of the series on the mind/body problem. This episode steps completely away from analytical philosophy and is an overview of some of the biblical material that bears on the subject. Although it&#8217;s a comparatively long episode (just under fifty minutes), it&#8217;s still a very sketchy overview. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<itunes:subtitle>At last, the series ends. Here is part five of the series on the mind/body problem. This episode steps completely away from analytical philosophy and ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>At last, the series ends. Here is part five of the series on the mind/body problem. This episode steps completely away from analytical philosophy and is an overview of some of the biblical material that bears on the subject. Although it's a comparatively long episode (just under fifty minutes), it's still a very sketchy overview. The subject is a large one, and at best I can get the ball rolling and encourage you to look further. Enjoy. :)</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Philosophy,of,mind,,Theology,/,Biblical,Studies,,podcast,,religion</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>Glenn Peoples</itunes:author>
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		<title>Conference: Religion in the Public Square</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/conference-religion-in-the-public-square/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/conference-religion-in-the-public-square/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This announcement arrived in my inbox today:
================================
Call For Papers: Religion in the Public Sphere
18th Conference of the European Society of the Philosophy of Religion
Merton College, Oxford, August 26th-29th 2010
Keynote Address: Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff
Speakers: Stephen Clark, Elisabeth Grab-Schmidt, Oddbjorn Leirvik, Michael Moxter, Anne Sofie Roald, Roger Trigg, Henk Vroom, Theo de Witk
The conference will bring together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 2010 stats</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/january-2010-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/january-2010-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each month Scrubone (I strongly suspect that this is not the name his parents gave him) produces a ranking of the top (read: mopst popular) 200 blogs in New Zealand according to a bunch of fancy shmancy statistics. Why does he do it? Who cares, he does it, and the blogosphere should be very grateful. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When will Dawkins go after the left?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/when-will-dawkins-go-after-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/when-will-dawkins-go-after-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawkins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I noted recently, Richard Dawkins has been at his fairy tale telling best, claiming that when Pat Robertson blamed Haiti&#8217;s poverty and earthquake on a nonexistent pact with Satan, in spite of what Christians say and have said for centuries and in spite of what the Bible actually teaches, it is Robertson who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro choicer advocates murdering pro-lifers</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pro-choicer-advocates-murdering-pro-lifers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pro-choicer-advocates-murdering-pro-lifers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think abortion is unjustified homicide, but I&#8217;m talking about another kind of murder here.
&#8220;Operation Counterstrike&#8221; is a blog hosted at blogspot. Here is what the anonymous author advocates. He is commenting on the recent sentencing of Scott Roeder, the man who shot dead George Tiller, an abortionist who aborted very late term unborn children. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Dawkins on Pat Robertson on Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/richard-dawkins-on-pat-robertson-on-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/richard-dawkins-on-pat-robertson-on-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Loftus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many readers will know, shortly after the earthquake in Haiti that did so much damage and claimed so many lives, Pat Robertson (a somewhat notorious televangelist involved in what has been dubbed &#8220;Word of Faith&#8221; theology) said something (I suppose I should say that he said yet another thing) that Christians in general didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fasten your seatbelts</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/fasten-your-seatbelts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/fasten-your-seatbelts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each month I&#8217;ve been getting annoying emails from my existing website host telling me that I&#8217;ve exceeded my bandwidth limit. Most of that is caused by the popularity of the podcast, which is nice. But the upshot of my wild, out of control runaway success (as well as the all too frequent downtime) is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I walk the line</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/i-walk-the-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/i-walk-the-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelicalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partisanship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine made an interesting comment to me lately about this blog. His room-mate had read some of what is here (in fact he could be reading this right now!), and he told my friend something to the effect of “this guy says things that you have to be a tenured lecturer to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inerrancy again &#8211; a blog about a blog about a blog about a blog</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/inerrancy-again-a-blog-about-a-blog-about-a-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/inerrancy-again-a-blog-about-a-blog-about-a-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scripture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in June 2009 I explained that I am not an inerrantist. In response to some initialy (but, I think, quite mistaken) criticisms of my comments there, I said in November, &#8220;You heard me right the first time, I am not an inerrantist.&#8221; I then added some historical perspective to what I was saying with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Most of whom are still alive&quot; &#8211; The Apostle Paul on witnesses to the resurrection</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/most-of-whom-are-still-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/most-of-whom-are-still-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apostle Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mainstream New Testament scholarship on the Gospels is considerably more conservative than it was, say, forty years ago (or thirty, or perhaps even twenty). For example, the greater number of New Testament critics seemed to agree as a kind of in-house duty that the Gospels were written late in the first century &#8211; the later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On atheism &#8211; Here we go again</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-atheism-here-we-go-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Gleeson over at exchristian.net wants to correct common misconceptions about atheism. Unfortunately he ends up perpetuating a major misconception of his own, and also messes up a little Greek. Commenting on the very first alleged misconception, he says:
1. Atheism is the belief that no gods exist.
This statement&#8217;s ubiquity is exceeded only by its utter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Survey on Church Experiences</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/a-survey-on-church-experiences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/a-survey-on-church-experiences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from a reader named Kristina. She&#8217;s a freelance writer here in New Zealand and she&#8217;s conducting a survey on church experiences, hoping to publish the result in one of the New Zealand Christian magazines. She&#8217;s asked me to pass on her invitation to take part, and here it is:
If you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humble self-promotion?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/humble-self-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To borrow and misapply the words of the Apostle Paul, &#8220;I am in a strait betwixt the two!&#8221; I&#8217;ve been reading through Gary Olson&#8217;s recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled &#8220;It is who you know and who knows you.&#8221; What he had to say in that piece resonates with me. Here&#8217;s an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPCC: Earning the award for greatest number of errors per page</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/ipcc-earning-the-award-for-greatest-number-of-errors-per-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/ipcc-earning-the-award-for-greatest-number-of-errors-per-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 2007 report from the IPCC, the UN&#8217;s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has now prompted an apology by the authors. That&#8217;s because errors were spotted, well after the report&#8217;s publication:
[Professor Graham] Cogley, who wrote a letter about the problems to Science magazine that was published online Wednesday, cited these mistakes:
- The paragraph starts, &#8220;Glaciers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 032: In Search of the Soul, Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-032-in-search-of-the-soul-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-032-in-search-of-the-soul-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metaphysics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physicalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the fourth installment on my series on the mind-body problem.
In this episode I look at the argument against physicalism from the afterlife. Here, some dualists argue that if physicalism were true, then the resurrection of the dead would be logically impossible. Their argument is:

The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead entails that people will [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Here's the fourth installment onnbsp;my series on the mind-body problem.

In this episode I look at the argument against physicalism from the afterlife. Here, some dualists ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Here's the fourth installment onnbsp;my series on the mind-body problem.

In this episode I look at the argument against physicalism from the afterlife. Here, some dualists argue that if physicalism were true, then the resurrection of the dead would be logically impossible. Their argument is:

	The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead entails that people will be raised back to life who are the same people who died long ago. In other words, they will have the same identity.
	 Sameness of identity requires unbroken metaphysical continuity (that is, the continued, uninterrupted or ldquo;non-gappyrdquo; existence of whatever thing the functioning person is, whether a physical thing or an immaterial mind).
	 In physicalism, it is logically impossible for there to be unbroken metaphysical continuity between a physical person who died a hundred years ago and a person who will be raised to life in the future.
	 Therefore if physicalism is true, the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead is logically impossible. Stated differently, a physicalist cannot consistently believe in the resurrection of the dead.

How might a physicalist respond to this line of argument? Listen to find out. As promised in the episode, here are a few pieces of work by Trenton Merricks that relate to some of the material I cover:

"How to Live Forever Without Saving your Soul," in Kevin Corcoran (ed.) Soul, Body, and Survival: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human Persons (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001), 183-200

"There Are No Criteria of Identity Over Time," Noucirc;s 32:1 (1998), 106-124.

"The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting" in Michael J. Murray (ed.), Reason for the Hope Within (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 261-286.

Enjoy. :)

Oh, one other thing: I've added a new feature to the blog: Buy me a beer. So if you like this episode, feel free to shout me a pint!

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		<title>Doctor Living Stone, I Presume!</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/doctor-living-stone-i-presume/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/doctor-living-stone-i-presume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apostle Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy spirit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I blogged briefly on what the Apostle Paul had to say about the baptism in the Holy Spirit, where he taught that it is something that all members of the church (metaphorically called the ‘body of Christ”) take part in, just by virtue of the fact that they are spiritually counted as members of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for an article by Peter Van Inwagen</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/looking-for-an-article-by-peter-van-inwagen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/looking-for-an-article-by-peter-van-inwagen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, this is a request made on the asumption that there are philosophy students, graduates or teachers who read this blog. I&#8217;m trying to get hold of a copy of an article by Peter Inwagen called &#8220;The Possibility of Resurrection.&#8221; It was published in the International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion back in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Old Testament: Older than some thought</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-old-testament-older-than-some-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-old-testament-older-than-some-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discoveries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old testament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re familiar with biblical criticism (i.e. the study of manuscript traditions and copies, textual variations, questions of dating and authorship of various books), you&#8217;ll be aware of two distinct tendencies. Whether it&#8217;s helpful (or accurate) or not, these two tendencies are often deemed &#8220;liberal&#8221; and &#8220;conservative.&#8221; Conservative biblical criticism generally regards the books of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Woman Taken in Adultery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel of John]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Testament Studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: In order for this blog entry to display correctly, you will need the Greek and Hebrew fonts that it uses, Greek.ttf and Hebrew.ttf. You can download them here if you do not have them. You will need to ensure that your broswer can display these.]
The so-called pericope adulterae of John 7:53-8:11 has frequently been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loftus on eternal torture</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/loftus-on-eternal-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/loftus-on-eternal-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I blogged on what traditional Christian theology says about hell. I cited the examples of Tertullian, Aquinas, Jonathan Edwards and Isaac Watts, all of whom taught in one way or another (Tertullian being the most graphic) that when the saints get to heaven they will derive great happiness and enjoyment from watching the torture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Apostle Paul and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-apostle-paul-and-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-apostle-paul-and-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to wax theological just a little. More or less all Christians in the Western world – and plenty of people who aren’t Christians as well, are familiar with Pentecostalism. It’s a brand of Christianity born at the beginning of the twentieth century with a strong emphasis on the baptism of the Holy Spirit and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A plea for a little more ecumenicalism</title>
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		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/a-plea-for-a-little-more-ecumenicalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecumenicalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two men met at a Christian conference. Man A eyed man B suspiciously before striking up a conversation. The following back and forth ensued:
Man A: What&#8217;s that Bible you have there?
Man B: Hello to you too. It&#8217;s an ESV.
Man A: Oh, well that&#8217;s pretty good I guess&#8230;. Luther or Calvin?
Man B: I&#8217;m sorry?
Man A: Luther [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Front Row Seats in Hell</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/front-row-seats-in-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The greatest show in eternity is going to be one hell of an act, theologians have told us throughout history. Tertullian was the first to say so:
What there excites my admiration? what my derision? Which sight gives me joy? which rouses me to exultation?—as I see so many illustrious monarchs, whose reception into the heavens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s take over the world</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/let%e2%80%99s-take-over-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/let%e2%80%99s-take-over-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s an unfortunate fact that New Zealand lacks a strong cultural niche that recognises and promotes theologically conservative Christian scholarship of excellence in the humanities, specifically philosophy and theology, apologetics and biblical studies that interacts with some of the radical scholarship of recent decades? The choice here seems to be between denominational/theological partisanship that paints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Jesus preach hell more than heaven?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/did-jesus-preach-hell-more-than-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/did-jesus-preach-hell-more-than-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have any theological interest in the subject of hell, you will probably have either read or heard someone tell you that Jesus taught more about hell than anyone else in the Bible. In fact, you may also have read/heard people telling you that Jesus preached on the fearful idea of hell as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Were you indoctrinated?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/were-you-indoctrinated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a difference between being educated and being indoctrinated. According to our old friend John Loftus, the latter is what those brainwashing institutions also known as “Bible Colleges” do. Speaking of his own experience, he says, “When I went to Bible College I was not educated. I was indoctrinated. While other believers will protest that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009&#039;s Greatest Hits</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/2009s-greatest-hits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/2009s-greatest-hits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently installed a new &#8220;Most Popular Posts&#8221; widget in the sidebar. It measures popularity by pageviews, not by the number of comments. The trouble is, it only started measuring a few days ago when I installed it, so the posts currently showing as the most popular are really only the most popular posts iver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He&#039;s making a list, he&#039;s checking it twice&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/hes-making-a-list-checking-it-twice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned recently, while I&#8217;ll still comment on any issues that grab my attention, I&#8217;m turning my blogging attention more towards areas that will be related to the book project on the moral argument for theism (although the podcast will remain as diverse as ever). I&#8217;m trying to arrange my reading and academic-time-investment around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolterstorff on Divine Command Ethics – Part One</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wolterstorff-on-divine-command-ethics-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wolterstorff-on-divine-command-ethics-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divine command theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta-ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Wolterstorff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since I entertain a divine command theory of ethics (although I admit to being somewhat open minded about exactly what type is the correct one), I find myself sensitive to when that theory is dismissed in ways that seem to me to be unfair. In reading Nicholas Woltersorff’s recent masterful work Justice: Rights and Wrongs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 stats</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/2009-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/2009-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let it never be said that I think all hockey stick graphs are wrong. This one is actually genuine! This is what traffic at the blog looked like over the last year (this doesn&#8217;t take into account people who access the podcast via the iTunes store).

Well, genuine apart from the dirty great hockey stick in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanegraaf on Annihilationism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/hanegraaf-on-annihilationism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/hanegraaf-on-annihilationism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annihilationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hank Hanegraaf is, among other things (such as a dead ringer for David Letterman, in the right lighting), one of the writers over at the Christian Research Institute. In his very brief article “Why Should I believe in Hell” there appears a section called “Is annihilationism biblical” Hank presents three reasons to reject annihilationism. Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Says: We&#039;re heading for a revival!</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/its-scientific-were-heading-for-a-revival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/its-scientific-were-heading-for-a-revival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climategate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking over recent census based statitstics on religion, I note that there are some deniers out there. Those deniers at statistics new Zealand claim that affiliation with Christian demoninations is on the decline, and there is a rise in numbers of those willing to change their identification from &#8220;other&#8221; to &#8220;no religion.&#8221; What a pack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical (super)naturalism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/ethical-supernaturalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/ethical-supernaturalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta-ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the moral argument]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I posted a blog entry on the difference between ethical naturalism and ethical non-naturalism (explaining that the former of which is not the same thing as metaphysical naturalism). I also indicated there that not everyone shares the same understanding of what “naturalism” really refers to, and I explained what I think. In brief, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing directions</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/writing-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/writing-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today (what&#8217;s left of it) or tomorrow I&#8217;ll post the blog entry that I referred to last time, where I discuss an issue related to ethical naturalism/non naturalism and theologically grounded ethics.
For now, however, I want to let you know what to expect in the subject matter of this blog. On the whole it won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuts and Bolts 005: Ethical Naturalism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/nuts-and-bolts-005-ethical-naturalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/nuts-and-bolts-005-ethical-naturalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuts and bolts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical naturalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical non-naturalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta-ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then (and I’m assuming that this is true of most people who specialise in subject areas), I feel the urge to raise a complaint or point of clarification about a common phenomenon in a field of study (in this case, meta-ethics), and to explain why I think that something should be explained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you reading this?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/why-are-you-reading-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/why-are-you-reading-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Christmas day, get off the internet!
If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Theological Liberalism: Relevant or Pathetic?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/theological-liberalism-relevant-or-pathetic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/theological-liberalism-relevant-or-pathetic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal theology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I blogged on the billboard erected by St Matthew-in-the-city. I said at the time that it was an act of desperation from a brand of religion that wants to effectively give up its religious nature but still retain its spot in the church, jettisoning anything that might connect it to (eeeew) Christianity, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Christmas with both barrels</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/christmas-with-both-barrels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/christmas-with-both-barrels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Claus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, this guy is officially awesome:

If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Mithras!</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/merry-mithras/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/merry-mithras/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copycat theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mithras]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The grinches are at it again. Every year at Easter and Christmas the tired old wheels start squeaking and some of the detractors of Christianity start wheeling out a few predictable canards, all connected to the idea that Christianity is just a copycat religion and that the accounts of the life of Jesus of Nazareth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desperate for relevance at Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/desperate-for-relevance-at-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/desperate-for-relevance-at-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal theology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican church in downtown Auckland offended a few people with a Christmas billboard.

I can&#8217;t think how&#8230;
Archdeacon Glynn  Cardy dubs the church&#8217;s brand of faith as &#8220;Progressive Christianity.&#8221; It&#8217;s a faith that &#8220;believes the Christmas stories are fictitious accounts designed to introduce the radical nature of the adult Jesus.&#8221; What&#8217;s surprising is that the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lord Monckton vs Greenpeace</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/lord-monckton-vs-greenpeace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/lord-monckton-vs-greenpeace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more I learn, the more I think that this brief encounter sums up to me the reality that lurks behind dismissive terms like &#8220;denier.&#8221; The so-called global warmind deniers are looking more and more to me like the voice of science, while the alarmists are more and more looking to me like deeply devoted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the UN deals with climate sceptics</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/how-the-un-deals-with-climate-sceptics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/how-the-un-deals-with-climate-sceptics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By reason! No&#8230;. wait&#8230; that&#8217;s not it&#8230;. Ah yes, politics and force.

Props to Whale Oil for drawing my attention to this.
If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Winston: New Zealand doesn&#039;t value its intellectuals</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/lord-winston-new-zealand-doesnt-value-its-intellectuals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/lord-winston-new-zealand-doesnt-value-its-intellectuals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever else he thinks about anything, Professor Robert Winston just won some brownie points with me. He calls the worship of New Zealand&#8217;s celebrities a &#8220;false idolatry&#8221; that glorifies traits that, in the big picture, really don&#8217;t matter all that much.
Lord Winston believes Kiwis do not value intellectuals and ignore the worst behaviour of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid and his dad: 1, Global Warming: 0</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/kid-and-his-dad-1-global-warming-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/kid-and-his-dad-1-global-warming-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just discovered this thanks to Climate Skeptic.
A kid and his dad in the States took it upon themselves to perform and release data analysis that NASA&#8217;s Goddard Institute isn&#8217;t willing to do (or if they are, they certainly aren&#8217;t telling anyone). They showed in a fairly uncontroversial way that data shopwing warming trends is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 031: In Search of the Soul, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-031-in-search-of-the-soul-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/episode-031-in-search-of-the-soul-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The podcast is back. Here&#8217;s part three of the series on philosophy of mind. We&#8217;ve moved from dualism in part one through to physicalism in this episode. I look at epiphenomenialism, reductionism, nonreductive physicalism and a constitution view.
As promised, here&#8217;s some suggested reading for those who want to look into the subject futher:
Nancey Murphy, &#8220;Nonreductive [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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<itunes:duration>54:14</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>The podcast is back. Here's part three of the series on philosophy of mind. We've moved from dualism in part one through to physicalism in ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The podcast is back. Here's part three of the series on philosophy of mind. We've moved from dualism in part one through to physicalism in this episode. I look at epiphenomenialism, reductionism, nonreductive physicalism and a constitution view.

As promised, here's some suggested reading for those who want to look into the subject futher:

Nancey Murphy, "Nonreductive Physicalism and Free Will" http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/10501/Default.aspx

Nancey Murphy, ldquo;Is ldquo;Nonreductive Physicalismrdquo; an Oxymoron?rdquo; http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/10865/Default.aspx

Nancey Murphy and Warren Brown, Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Reflections on Moral Responsibility and Free Will (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Joel B. Green and Stuart L. Palmer (eds), In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2005). This volume includes contributions from Stewart Goetz (Substance Dualism), William Hasker (Emergent Dualism), Nancey Murphy (Nonreductive Physicalism) and Kevin Corcoran (Constitution View).

Joel B. Green (ed.), What About the Soul?: Neuroscience and Christian Anthropology (Abingdon Press, 2001). This volume includes contributions from Bill T. Arnold, D. Garethnbsp; Jones, Joel B. Green, Patrick D. Miller, Charles E. Gutenson, Stuart L. Palmer, William Hasker, Michael Rynkiewich, Virginia T. Holeman, Lawson G. Stone and Malcolm Jeeves.

Warren S. Brown, Nancey Murphy and H. Newton Maloney (eds), Whatever Happened to the Soul: Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature (Augsburg Fortress, 1998). This volume includes contributions from Nancey Murphy, H. Newton Malony, Ray S. Anderson, V. Elving Anderson, Francisco J. Ayala, Warren S. Brown Jr., Joel B. Green, Malcolm Jeeves, H. Newton Malony and Stephen G. Post.

Kevin Corcoran, Rethinking Human Nature: A Christian Materialist Alternative to the Soul (Baker Academic, 2006).

The website of Timothy O'Connor, featuring a number of articles.

Happy reading, and I hope you find this episode interesting! :)

Glenn Peoples</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Nuts and Bolts 004: Logical Positivism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/nuts-and-bolts-004-logical-positivism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuts and bolts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical positivism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I added an installment in the “Nuts and Bolts” series, where I lay out some of the fundamental ideas and terms used in philosophy (and I’ll do some in theology as well). This time I’m briefly covering the perspective called logical positivism, a point of view with important consequences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laidlaw College: Mark Strom is moving on</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/laidlaw-college-mark-strom-is-moving-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/laidlaw-college-mark-strom-is-moving-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laidlaw College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Strom has been the principal of Laidlaw College for nearly five years now. When I was there from 1999 &#8211; 2001 it was the Bible College of New Zealand. His five year contract is up for renewal in January 2010, and he has indicated that he will stay on until September 2010 at which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas doesn&#039;t cost a thing</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/christmas-doesnt-cost-a-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/christmas-doesnt-cost-a-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do a quick Google search for a combination of these two words: “Christmas” and “financial.” Pretty much all the search results will have one thing in common: They advise people to act now, or to act in a certain way, to avoid the “financial hangover” that comes with Christmas. For families that are not wealthy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pray for David</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pray-for-david/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pray-for-david/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Burge is  friend of mine in Auckland. I first met him in person in 1999 when Ruth and I moved up there as I began my studies in divinity at the Bible College of New Zealand (now Laidlaw College). I met him through the Conditional Immortality Association of New Zealand. He&#8217;s the Pastor at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Pinker comes clean: It&#039;s not about science, it&#039;s about atheism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pinker-its-not-about-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/pinker-its-not-about-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Francis Collins&#8217; reputation is as is the brilliant scientist who cracked the human genome. Because of his outstanding qualifications, not too long ago he was appointed as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It&#8217;s also no secret &#8211; because Dr Collins makes it no secret &#8211; that he is a Christian. It is the latter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climategate – How the scientific community is responding</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/climategate-%e2%80%93-how-the-scientific-community-is-responding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/climategate-%e2%80%93-how-the-scientific-community-is-responding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago I blogged on the data that was hacked from the computers of the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climatic Research Centre. Those emails include:
Admissions that pieces of information were being excluded from public presentation of the science behind climate change, because the information suggests conclusions that the scientists involve do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number five is alive</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/number-five-is-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/number-five-is-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world has gone insane. This is now the fifth ranking blog in the country. As the end of the world is obviously upon us, let us pray.
If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. Buy me a beer!]]></description>
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		<title>Clarifying the libel policy</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/clarifying-the-libel-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/clarifying-the-libel-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent comments at this blog under my blog entry “climate scientists caught lying” have prompted me to clarify my policy on libel posted at my blog. Here’s the unfortunate context that caused this to issue to arise:
As you’ll probably know, the computer system of the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climatic Research Centre was hacked, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast en route!</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/podcast-en-route/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/podcast-en-route/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a reminder that I haven&#8217;t forgotten about the podcast. I was momentarily distracted by the hubbub over the &#8220;climategate&#8221; scandal, but I&#8217;m working on getting the next podcast installment in the series &#8220;in search of the soul&#8221; completed, and at this rate it should be recorded within a few days. Sit tight!
If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My new favourite bookstore</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/my-new-favourite-bookstore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/my-new-favourite-bookstore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually advertise sellers of goods or services here, but this is something that academics and people interested in good scholarly resources are likely to be very interested in.
My new favourite bookstore in the world is the Book Depository. The price is very competitive with Amazon (I just paid about two New Zealand dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloesch on Holy Scripture</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/bloesch-on-holy-scripture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/bloesch-on-holy-scripture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloesch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scripture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just about finished reading through Nicholas Wolterstorff&#8217;s Justice: Rights and Wrongs. I know it has been a while since I started, but the only time when I&#8217;ve been reading it is over a cup of coffee on my lunch breaks at work. I&#8217;ll have some comments to offer on that when I&#8217;m done. Expect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christian cannot be a libertarian</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/a-christian-cannot-be-a-libertarian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/a-christian-cannot-be-a-libertarian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertarianisn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me first say that the title of this blog entry is obviously false in any literal sense. A Christian can be  a libertarian. A Christian can also be a fascist, a communist, a drug dealer, a liar, a democrat, a republican, a shoddy tradesman, an idiot, and any number of things. That’s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate scientists caught lying</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/climate-scientists-caught-lying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/climate-scientists-caught-lying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am reluctant to post on issues related to climate change and global warming. Disagreement over that issue gets heated (pun not intended) almost immediately, and I always get the feeling that the disagreements are not really about the science but about something else.
This blog post isn&#8217;t really about the scientific issue. It&#8217;s about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Behalf of “Kingdom Theology”</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-behalf-of-kingdom-theology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-behalf-of-kingdom-theology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eschatology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kingdom of god]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Often it’s not until you’ve held a view that has been misrepresented or unfairly slurred do you really become sensitive to being careful not to engage in that kind of tactic with others, or appreciate the wrong that is done when other people are attacked in this way.
I can still remember when the internet was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Errantly assuming inerrancy in history</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/errantly-assuming-inerrancy-in-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/errantly-assuming-inerrancy-in-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prompted by some recent (but, I think, quite wrong) criticisms of my stance as a conservative Christian who doesn’t accept the belief that the Bible must be seen as inerrant, I’ve been reflecting over the last couple of days on the fact that – as with other doctrines – plenty of evangelicals today assume that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You heard me right the first time, I am not an inerrantist</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/you-heard-me-right-the-first-time-i-am-not-an-inerrantist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/you-heard-me-right-the-first-time-i-am-not-an-inerrantist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back I wrote a blog post pointing out that I don&#8217;t hold to an inerrantist view of the Bible. I do not accept that beloved doctrine held by many other evangelicals, biblical inerrancy. It isn&#8217;t biblical, it isn&#8217;t required, and it is, at times, just implausible.
Bnonn over at Thinking Matters doesn&#8217;t think much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relativism or human rights?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/relativism-or-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/relativism-or-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolutism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relativism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to start by painting pictures of two viewpoints. It might not be clear at first why I’m doing it, but just stay with me, all will be explained shortly.
On the one hand imagine a group of people who are moral relativists. Moral relativism is the view that there are no transcendant moral facts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No true Scotsmen – or Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/no-true-scotsmen-%e2%80%93-or-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/no-true-scotsmen-%e2%80%93-or-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The “no true Scotsman” fallacy (as it is called) is illustrated like this:
William: No Scotsman wears underwear under his kilt
 Angus: Not true! I’m a bonnie Scotsman, and I wear underwear under me kilt!
 William: Ach! Then yer nee a true Scotsman! Away with ye!
One who uses this fallacy makes their position beyond critique by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galileo part 2. Yes folks, he was wrong.</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/galileo-part-2-yes-folks-he-was-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/galileo-part-2-yes-folks-he-was-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I wrote a blog entry called “Einstein v the Church v Galileo?” Without reproducing the whole thing, here’s basically what I said: There was once a view that empty space contains stuff &#8211; “ether,” a view that there was an absolute backdrop to space against which all motion in the universe could be measured.
Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholicism and the Appeal of Conservatism</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/catholicism-and-the-appeal-of-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/catholicism-and-the-appeal-of-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anglicanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholicisim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are Christians in the world who sincerely believe that if only Christianity would be come more liberal and &#8220;with the times,&#8221; renouncing traditional and unpopular doctrines and practices, it would gain more respect for its &#8220;relevance.&#8221; They are wrong, plain and simple. For a skeptic to observe a religion that holds beliefs that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the crushing of historical fables about religion, science and culture</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/on-the-crushing-of-historical-fables-about-religion-science-and-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Empirical science and historiography are separate fields of enquiry. No big secret there. Experts (or just interested people) in one can be complete dunces in the other. Every now and then there comes along a real whopper, too. Remember the thoroughly discredited legend about Christopher Columbus, and those who opposed him because they thought the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Einstein v the Church v Galileo?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/einstein-v-the-church-v-galileo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[einstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galileo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, physicists considered all motion to take place against a fixed backdrop – call it what you will, but “ether” seems to be a popular term. Thinking about physical objects and their movement in this way, plenty of people believed that there was an absolute reference point for motion. For example, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otago study links abortion with mental illness</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/otago-study-links-abortion-with-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Otago has found that there exists a demonstrable connection between having an abortion and later suffering some sort of mental illness.
The report concluded: &#8220;This evidence raises important questions about the practice of justifying termination of pregnancy on the grounds that this procedure will reduce risks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Beginners with experience!</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wanted-beginners-with-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/wanted-beginners-with-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting weary of job advertisements in academia that state that recent graduates and even ABD candidates are welcome to apply (ABD = &#8220;all but dissertation,&#8221; in postgrad degrees where the defence of the dissertation is the final step required), and then I see the following: Those same advertisements go on to list the essential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreshore and Seabed Act to go (hopefully)</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/foreshore-seabed-act-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/foreshore-seabed-act-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Foreshore and Seabed Act 1994 was a moral travesty.
The Treaty of Waitangi – an agreement entered into by Crown and Iwi (Maori tribal groups) &#8211; made the following guarantee:
Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number 8</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/number-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to halfdone&#8217;s latest stats (October), this is the eigth most popular blog (well, blog that meets a few basic criteria) in New Zealand. For a small pond like New Zealand, you don&#8217;t really have to be a superstar to have a high ranking, but still, that&#8217;s none too shabby. I wish there were a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ontological Argument for the Existence of Ice Cream</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-ontological-argument-for-the-existence-of-ice-cream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/the-ontological-argument-for-the-existence-of-ice-cream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy of Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anselm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ontological argument]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let us understand the term Super Freeze to refer to the creamiest, most delicious ice cream that can be conceived of (regardless of whether any other ice cream exists or not). The fool says in his heart that Super Freeze does not exist. Yet this very fool, in order to say this, must have Super [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church – When Cults Fill the Void</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/brian-tamaki-and-destiny-church-when-cults-fill-the-void/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclesiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Tamaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destiny church]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not common to find a well resourced and organised, well presented, enthusiastically socially proactive, theologically conservative (for the most part) and outspoken Christian church in New Zealand. The combination of all four is a rare commodity. So in recent history when Brian Tamaki’s Destiny Church showed up, it naturally attracted a lot of attention, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biblical Marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/biblical-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/biblical-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology / Biblical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angry atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old testament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have my share of concerns about the way some Christians view marriage and whether or not it&#8217;s really biblical, but that&#8217;s not what this blog post is about. Vorjack over at “Unreasonable Faith” has challenged the familiar appeal that Christians sometimes make to “biblical marriage” in their rejection of same-sex unions. He claims that [...]]]></description>
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