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benlabelle
@benlabelle May 24, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

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— So…

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benlabelle
@benlabelle May 4, 2019, 11:40 PM UTC

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 finalise…

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@benlabelle Apr 28, 2019, 2:38 AM UTC

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 real poster.…

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benlabelle
@benlabelle Sep 6, 2018, 3:43 PM UTC

Chances of your vote making a difference vs chances of getting struck by lightning, and other things

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWBZxQRtuFpuWab5LkEqGcJnxCqzvks2aBeNbuNz4arWf/image.gif On average, an American voter has a 1 in 60 million chance of his vote making a difference in a Presidential el…

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benlabelle
@benlabelle Jul 16, 2018, 4:36 PM UTC

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
@benlabelle Jul 6, 2018, 2:06 AM UTC

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 s…

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benlabelle
@benlabelle Jun 4, 2018, 4:34 PM UTC

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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benlabelle
@benlabelle May 16, 2018, 3:36 PM UTC

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 thing…

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@benlabelle May 14, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

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, howeve…

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@benlabelle May 11, 2018, 9:49 PM UTC

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 fig…

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