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		<title>How to Think about God 3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here I continue discussion of the book How to Think about God: A Guide for the 20th-century Pagan by Mortimer Adler. If you have read chapters 6 and 7, feel free to comment. If not, feel free to ask a question. In about a week I will take up chapters 8 and 9 for discussion. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Did God Kill My Mom?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was teaching theology at Bethel College and Seminary (now Bethel University) in Minnesota. The announcement went out to the whole community that Surgeon General C. Everett Koop would speak in the convocation chapel on a particular day. I attended somewhat reluctantly because I assumed he would speak about the evils of smoking. Koop was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does Evil Lurk in the US Government?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have followed the comments and proposals of a particular advisor to the POTUS (2025-). I heard the man say that we, the US, should not give aid to foreign countries (or the people in them) unless we, the US, get something out of it. No giving aid just out of compassion. Is It Evil [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Think About God Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here I continue discussion of the book How to Think about God by Mortimer Adler. If you have read Part Two (chapters 4 and 5) feel free to comment. If not, feel fee to question. In about one week I will take up Part Three, chapters 6 and 7. Part Two is titled “Errors to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Be a Critical Thinker 3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is part 3 of a series of essays about how to be a critical thinker. We need more people to be that. I have always been one and have suffered for it. And yet, I don’t regret being one. Throughout my education and career I have had a greater degree of acumen than most [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Think about God 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here I begin a new book discussion. You are invited to participate. If you have read the “assigned” chapter(s), feel free to comment. If not, feel free to ask a question. The book is How to Think about God: A Guide for the 20th-century Pagan by philosopher Mortimer Adler. Today’s section is Part One—Prologue, especially [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Power of Critical Thinking 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I began this series in the immediately preceding essay. You should read that before reading this one. There I suggested two habits that enhance critical thinking: reading and suspicion. Read widely and deeply. Fiction and nonfiction. Simply reading rewires the brain to think critically. Scientific studies have shown it. Receive messages that contain truth claims [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Power of Critical Thinking 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here I begin a series of thoughts about critical thinking. What does it mean to be a critical thinker? What does it mean to think critically? Why is critical thinking important? What power does critical thinking have? Critical thinking is important because otherwise people, both individuals and groups, are easily manipulated by influential but wrong [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Think About God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One week from today (Wednesday, June 17) I will begin discussing here How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan by philosopher Mortimer Adler. My used copy arrived from abebooks.com within a week. It cost less than $10. So why this book? I read it years ago and found it stimulating, not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Love to Say “I Told You So”: Polyamory in Churches</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t hate to tell you “I told you so.” In fact, I love it when I am vindicated. For years I have been saying on this blog that AFTER denominations and churches affirm and bless gay marriage they will have to eventually affirm and bless polyamory/polygamy. Let me say here with emphasis…Here I AM [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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