Event: Christianity On Trial
… which goes on to state… Is Belief in God a Delusional Road-Block to Progress?
Such is surely what many in our cultural contexts will want to affirm! Do you provide a response to such, if indeed you disagree with this perspective?
Not sure? Well, this event will help…
Today, many best-selling atheists argue that belief in God is delusional and a roadblock to political, moral, and scientific progress.
In this public Q and A event, several of New Zealand’s top Christian thinkers come together to consider popular arguments against Christianity and whether belief in God is merely a consequence of superstition and credulity.
Speakers:
Jeff Tallon (PhD) is Distinguished Scientist at Industrial Research Ltd and a former Professor of Physics at Victoria University. He is internationally known for his research in high-temperature superconductors, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and in 2002 was awarded the Rutherford Medal, New Zealand’s highest science award.
Matthew Flannagan (PhD) lectures in the History of Philosophy at Laidlaw College and specialises in applied ethics and the interface between philosophy and theology. He is currently relief teaching philosophy, ethics and religious studies for St Peters College. He is a prominent New Zealand Christian thinker, debater and blogger at www.mandm.org.nz.
Michael Drake (DipTeach) is the principal of Carey College in Panmure and a pastor of the Tamaki Reformed Baptist Church. He has been involved in advocacy for Christian schools and in raising issues about race, education, and Christianity before Parliament. He is also a Tertiary Student Christian Fellowship Associate Chaplain at the Manukau Institute of Technology.
Joe Fleener (MDiv) lectures in Old Testament, Church History, Christian Worldview, Apologetics, and Christian Ethics at The Shepherd’s Bible College.
Sponsored by the Tertiary Student Christian Fellowship.
And, note the following details…
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: 260 – 098 Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, The University of Auckland
What this means is that the location for this event, has been confirmed!
I would encourage you to visit this Thinking Matters post, or the Facebook page, where you can register your attendance, and even connect with some of those who will be attending!
You never know, I actually may be at this one, as I am planning on being in Auckland, the “Big Smoke,” at this stage!
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What’s new? Christianity has survived for over 2000 years the assault of the biggest guns, both from within and outside the church, by skeptics, atheists, so-called “higher critics,revisionists, reductionists, liberalism, rationalism, secular humanism, evolutionary dogmatism, etc. and Christians are supposed to be concerned (or even alarmed)that many in our cultural contexts want to affirm that “Belief in God is a Delusional Road-Block to Progress.” Give me a break! Yes, Christians should respond to these nonsensical allegations (Dawkins’book “The God Delusion” has been thoroughly and biblically answered and refuted)but never be surprised, or alarmed, that many in our culture will continue to attack the Bible and the God of the Bible (1 Timothy 4:1-2; 2 Timothy 4:1-4; 2 Peter 2:1-3, 18-19; etc.). Even Satan has his own ministers of unrighteousness (see 2 Corinthians 11:13-15).
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