Recently, I said part of why God allowed suffering in the world was to give *us* a chance to help, to do good. I do not want that to be confused, though, with what some other people apparently believe.

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A performance of Rudyard Kipling's poem "A Smuggler's Song"

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Years ago, I saw a slogan at Planet Fitness "No critics," and it got me thinking about what constitutes criticism.

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A performance of Clark Ashton Smith's poem "Desolation"

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"What is the purpose of this thing? What is it *for*?" is a very important question. And if you look at the purpose of words, there are many terms out there today that would best be called "antiwords." We cannot accept this.

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Nate, Uriel and I talk about J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "Song of Durin." Along the way, we also talk about living in a scavenger dystopia, hope and the current state of Japan, and Platonism and keeping contact with reality.

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A performance of Robert Frost's poem "A Tuft of Flowers"

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Nate, Travis and I discuss Thomas Hardy's poem "The Man He Killed." Along the way, we also talk about the Christmas Truce, Michael Cassidy, and unjust peace.

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Why does God allow evil and suffering in the world? A recent experience of mine helped me understand this a little, and maybe it will help you as well.

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Atheists like to talk like they're these deep-thinking big brains. But their attempts to trip us up are often comical failures. Let's take a look at recent case.

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A performance of Shakespeare's Sonnet 104

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A few years back, Brian Niemeier developed what he called The Witch Test ™️. I've seen several people say this is silly, and pointlessly divisive. I thought I'd take some time to explain why it's anything but.

The Witch Test: https://brianniemeier.com/2019/04/im-not-saying-its-demons/

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A performance of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Man He Killed"

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Travis, Nate and I talk about Ted Hughes's poem "October Dawn." Along the way, we mention the ant & the grasshopper, malicious cold, and the varying personal hells of WWII battlefields.

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A performance of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias"

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I recently saw a trailer for the American Society of Magical Negroes. And you need to understand what the monsters in Hollywood are making these days.

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A performance of poem number 2 from A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"

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There's a certain tone in the conversation between conservatives and the dissident right, a certain set of assumed rules. And I think it's time those changed.

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Hari Seldon, Overgrown Hobbit and I talk about Jim Butcher's book Fool Moon. Along the way, we talk about chivalry vs. equality, "What Good Is a Glass Dagger?", and the etymology of simp.

https://www.arkhaven.com/comics/fantasy/vegfolk-fables

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A performance of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "Nest Eggs"

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A stairwell in my office building was closed off recently. And how that changed things made me think about other things being closed off for younger people these days.

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A performance of Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Pirates in England"

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