Tagged: Bible

Progress in removing religious instruction from public schools? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 13, 2015 •

• belief,
• Bible,
• bible in schools,
• human rights,
• New Zealand,
• religion,
• Secular Education Network

Looks like we might be making a bit of progress in attempts to establish a genuine secular education system in New Zealand. There are reports that “secular education advocates have had a win in their fight against the Bible in … Continue reading → … Read More

Science – the greatest story ever told - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Aug 16, 2012 •

• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Bible,
• book review,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• faith,
• god,
• Greatest Story Ever Told,
• religion,
• Religion and Spirituality,
• Sciblogs

Book Review: A Crisis of Faith – Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity by Phil Torres Price: Kindle Edition$5.99 Paperback: $19.95 File Size: 498 KB Print Length: 174 pages Publisher: Dangerous Little Books (July 18, 2012) ASIN: B008N06VRK … Continue reading → … Read More

Ethical enquiry or moral instruction? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 19, 2012 •

• Australia,
• belief,
• Bible,
• creationism,
• diversity,
• ethics,
• morality,
• New South Wales,
• New Zealand,
• religion,
• Sciblogs

There has been a raging debate locally about the religious instruction classes in New Zealand public schools. I commented before that the Churches Education Commission, who run this programme, are hiding behind the provision of values teaching in the school curriculum … Continue reading → … Read More

Human values are secular - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 10, 2012 •

• belief,
• Bible,
• Churches Education Commission,
• creationism,
• diversity,
• education,
• Jesus,
• New Zealand,
• religion,
• Religious education,
• Sciblogs,
• State school

As is public education in New Zealand – by law. But some people are unhappy with this fact. They attempt to argue that values need religious belief – that you can’t be good without a god. And they work hard … Continue reading → … Read More

Do atheists need religion? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jun 10, 2012 •

• Alain de Botton,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Bible,
• book review,
• Buddhism,
• Christianity,
• faith,
• god,
• Jewish,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Secularism,
• Twitter

I was in no hurry to read this book - Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion. It got such bad reviews. And I really wasn’t impressed by Alain de Botton’s contribution to public debate – on … Continue reading → … Read More

Mixing values and Jesus in secular education - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jun 05, 2012 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• Bible,
• child abuse,
• Christian,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• Daniel Dennett,
• diversity,
• education,
• Jesus,
• New Zealand,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• State school,
• Values education

Daniel Dennett calls it the “last big fib.*” The claim that religion and human morality are intimately entwined – that you can’t be good without god. That does seem to be a widely held misconception, or should I say widely … Continue reading → … Read More

Rational morality - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Nov 03, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Bible,
• Christian apologetics,
• Christianity,
• divine commands,
• ethics,
• evolution,
• faith,
• god,
• human rights,
• morality,
• religion,
• Religion and Spirituality,
• Sciblogs,
• Scott Clifton,
• YouTube

Here’s a great video. It’s not short (31 mins) but its well worth watching right through – or downloading and watching later. Even watching several times, the speaker is so eloquent and precise with his language. In it Scott Clifton … Continue reading → … Read More

Concern over William Lane Craig’s justification of biblical genocide - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 30, 2011 •

• Bible,
• Christian apologetics,
• Craig,
• Dawkins,
• faith,
• genocide,
• god,
• Old Testament,
• Oxford,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig went ahead with his “empty chair for Dawkins” stunt in his Oxford appearance. While many of his fans loved the trick, Craig didn’t get off unharmed by his stalking of Richard Dawkins. Obviously some of Craig’s fans … Continue reading → … Read More

Dawkins responds to a stalker — Craig gets his debate - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 21, 2011 •

• Bible,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• Dawkins,
• discussion,
• god,
• God of the Old Testament,
• intelligent design,
• Old Testament,
• philosophy,
• punchup,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• William Lane Craig

Last year when I was at the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne there was a motley little crew of creationists (3 I think) outside heckling people and demanding that Richard Dawkins debate evolution with them. Just one example of people … Continue reading → … Read More

Approaching a Middle East peace - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 14, 2011 •

• Activism and Peace Work,
• Bible,
• faith,
• humour,
• interfaith,
• Islam,
• Jewish,
• Middle East,
• peace,
• religion,
• Rock and roll,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• Tim Minchin

Came across this song of Tim Minchen’s Peace Anthem For Palestine. Actually think he might be on to something … Read More