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benlabelle
poetry
5y
Ever Westward: A narrative poem
Ever Westward Under free and sapphire heaven, I was herding six or seven Herds of oxen through the wildland that my father claimed afore, And the icy wind of morning carried past a wingèd warning— Soaring
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stories
5y
In Retrospect: The making of a sort of bad short film; pt. 2: Production
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Amen. Production—the period when the movie is filmed—began without me. It was a weekend morning, and I was asleep. The script hadn't been finalised.
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stories
6y
In Retrospect: The making of a sort of bad short film; pt. 1: Pre-Production
"Hey guys, you wanna make a short film?" "Yeah, sure, that sounds cool." And that's how we got into it. By the way, that movie poster you see—I made it for this post. We never had a
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politics
6y
Chances of your vote making a difference vs chances of getting struck by lightning, and other things
On average, an American voter has a 1 in 60 million chance of his vote making a difference in a Presidential election. Chances are higher (about 1 in 10 million) in some states. Chances are probably higher
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philosophy
6y
Why is this an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy???
I was clicking the “random entry” button, going through pages, when I accidentally found this page: Snarks Why?
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philosophy
6y
I finally understand the Modal Ontological Argument
I first thought it was amazing, then I thought it was bad, but now I’m convinced it’s valid, sound, and slightly question-begging, though far from useless. We can put the modal ontological argument something
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philosophy
6y
A Critique of “Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics” by Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux, atheist and anarcho-capitalist (yet increasingly nationalist) host of Freedomain Radio, “the most popular philosophy show on the Internet,” wrote a book called Universally Preferable
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philosophy
6y
God exists according to the second law of thermodynamics (ft. Pre-Socratics): an argument
Look around an you’ll see an ordered world. An ordered Universe. You’ll also see it tends towards disorder. Things fall apart. Stars die. Mind and external energy are required for the upkeep of things.
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christianity
6y
Quick review: Evidence That Demands A Verdict (2017 ed) by Josh & Sean McDowell
Good in general. The section on the martyrdom of the apostles is unique in a book like this, since it was Sean McDowell’s area of research for his PhD dissertation. I do have a few complaints, however.
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christianity
6y
Debunking CosmicSkeptic’s “Some Questions for the Christian God”
I decided, for no particular reason, to do some debunking. Videos by CosmicSkeptic have popped up on my YouTube recommended a few times. From the thumbnails, he looked kind of condescending, so I figured
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philosophy
6y
Causal Law: My new modal theory of causation
Just what is causation, and how does it work? In the classical world, causation was thought to be the result of one thing having some sort of causal power or energy. Later, it was thought that causation
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philosophy
7y
The liar paradox solved!
In metaphysics, I’m what you call a realist. I don’t mean in the sense of realism vs antirealism, which is a question of the nature of truth and reality. I mean in the sense of realism vs nominalism. Realism
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philosophy
7y
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christianity
7y
The true story of St. Patrick, the Baptist
As today’s is St. Patrick’s Day, I put together a few Baptist sources for the life of Patrick, Apostle to the Irish. Though he has been claimed as a Catholic missionary sent by the Pope, I do think the
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apologetics
7y
Video: Argument from truth as knowledge
Remember that theistic argument I came up with a little while ago? I made it a video. It’s not much. It’s a slideshow. The audio isn’t good. Anyway, here you go:
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canada
7y
The Idiocy of Maclean’s Magazine
Take a look at this issue. Just look at it. Look, and think.
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christianity
7y
A good Christian anarchist book: Civil Government: […] by David Lipscomb
David Lipscomb Read or download the book here The contents of Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission and Destiny, and the Christian’s Relation to it were originally published as separate parts in the Gospel
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philosophy
7y
A Critique of Molyneux’s *Against the Gods?*
Stefan Molyneux, well known anarcho-capitalist host of Freedomain Radio, is also an advocate of atheism. He’s the author of Against the Gods? A Concise Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism. I decided to write
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philosophy
7y
Descartes' First Argument for God
I was reading Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. Here is his first argument for God: Effects have causes. The cause of a certain effect must contain the properties found in that effect, and must
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philosophy
7y
The Philosophy Show Ep.1: Liar Paradox; Free Will, Determinism, & Compatibilism
The Philosophy Show with Ben & Thomas, Episode 1 Ben & Thomas try to solve the Liar Paradox (e.g. "This sentence is false,"), then discuss views on free will, including compatibilism
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