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Ben Shapiro Denies and Affirms the Law of Identity

The Inescapable Truths of Identity, Causality, and Non-Contradiction

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Craig Biddle
May 01, 2017
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In response to Dave Rubin pointing out that “belief in God is just a belief; it’s not anything that could be proven,” Ben Shapiro replied: “Every belief system is based on something unproven—all of them”; whatever the foundation, “it’s subjective.”

Mr. Shapiro is half right.

It is true that all philosophies are based on unproven foundations. But it is not…

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