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• benlabelle (48)in #poetry • 5 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #stories • 6 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #stories • 6 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #politics • 6 years ago

  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.…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 6 years ago

  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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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 6 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 6 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #christianity • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #christianity • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

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• benlabelle (48)in #christianity • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #apologetics • 7 years ago

  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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• benlabelle (48)in #canada • 7 years ago

  The Idiocy of Maclean’s Magazine

  Take a look at this issue. Just look at it. Look, and think.

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• benlabelle (48)in #christianity • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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• benlabelle (48)in #philosophy • 7 years ago

  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…

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