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		<title>Is America Becoming an Illiberal Democracy?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is America an Illiberal Democracy? Many political scientists now wonder whether the US is an illiberal democracy (September, 2026). What Is an Illiberal Democracy? An illiberal democracy is one where elections are held but elected leaders act like dictators, more or less. Two leading examples often cited in recent geopolitics are Vladimir Putin of Russia [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Announcing a New Book Discussion: The Abolition of Man</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beginning on or around October 1 (2026) I will begin a new book discussion. This will be of The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis. We will begin with Chapter 1: Men Without Chests. I bought the book for Kindle for $1 on Amazon. It is available in many formats and at many different [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charlie Kirk vs. John Piper: Who Is Right?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk 9 am Plenary Wed 20 October 2010 Photo: Micah Chiang   I saw it on Youtube—a young man confronting conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk with the words of preacher-theologian John Piper. Piper wrote (paraphrasing here) that a Christian should not support a national leader who is deeply flawed in his or her character. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is War Ever “Small Potatoes?”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t really surprised when President Trump said that the war with Iran (2026) is “small potatoes.” That at the same time some of his closest political allies were saying it isn’t really a war at all. I suspect that both claims are motivated by a desire to minimize the conflict in Americans’ minds. What [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back to Theology: Does God Change?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t remember when it happened, but I remember the shock I felt when I first encountered the idea that God cannot change—as an idea I was supposed to believe as an evangelical Christian. It was probably sometime during seminary, but it may have been before in some college religion class. I’m almost certain I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>When AI Goes Rogue: Should We Be Afraid?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently watched a British limited TV series entitled “Humans.” It’s about a future in which people buy “synths,” synthetic humans, human-like robots, who act very human but are driven by Artificial Intelligence programs. Some of them acquire real human-like abilities, including empathy, deception, and planning. Some commit crimes. Science fiction, right? Well, maybe not. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two very important American women died very recently (August, September, 2026). Only days apart. Entertainer Dolly Parton and Feminist Gloria Steinem. I am not especially a fan of either one. My concern here is only the disparate attention given them upon their deaths by the major, “mainline,” corporate owned American news media. To me, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Transhumanism and Gnosticism in TV Series</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently viewed two TV mini-series about transhumanism. Both are British. One is Years and Years and is on Amazon Prime Video in the US. The other one is Humans and is on HBO/Max in the US. Both deal with futures where transhumanism is real. The symbol that accompanies this post is the universal symbol [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Catastrophe of Nominalism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long-time readers of this blog will already know that I agree with Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) that the rise of nominalism in especially Western cultures has been a “catastrophe.” (See several of his many massive volumes but also his brief manifesto entitled The God Question and Modern Man [1967].) According to Balthasar, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Proof that American Culture Is Decadent</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Pet Peeve Worth Taking Seriously Some people will no doubt claim that this post is just my way of expressing a personal peccadillo, a pet peeve, etc. So be it. I have long believed that American culture is becoming increasingly decadent, decayed, stupid. I think this is serious and worth considering even by those [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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