by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 29, 2018 | Aum, Global Warming, Hinduism, Islam, Islamic Exclusivity, Mormon, Mormon History, Muslim, Occult, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Political Correctness, Wicca
The late John Lennon wistfully imagined a world of peace, safety and harmony – a time when “the world will live as one.” His very popular song, Imagine, was released in October 1971. All the world would need to do to reach utopia is to abandon their current...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 4, 2018 | False Memory Syndrome, Salem Witch Trials, Satanic RItual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, SRA, Wicca
If someone is accused, should they be automatically presumed guilty? This is not really a new question but an age-old issue. For example, in 1642 Salem Village, Massachusetts over 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft. Most, like Caribbean slave, Tituba,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 19, 2017 | Apologetics, Atheism, Bible reliable, context, Creation vs Evolution, Creationsim, Death, Definitions, Early Church Fathers, Evolution, Hermeneutics, Reliability of the Bible, Resurrection, Salvation, Wicca
After our webcast, “500 Years after Reformation, Many Protestants Closer to Catholics than Martin Luther,” someone posted this question; “Why do you believe these bible stories; are you just afraid of death?” In view of the fact that the fear of death has tormented...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 25, 2016 | Ambassador, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emerging Church, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Oprah Winfrey, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Tolerance, Wicca, Winter/Spring 2016
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a space for God in my heart. I didn’t lose my religion. Instead, I’m creating my own. I don’t believe that we humans can live...
by Jonathan Miles | Mar 29, 2016 | MCOI Journal, mysticism, New Age, Occult, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Relativism, Volume 8, Wicca, Winter 2002
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2002 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 10) I have great hopes that we shall learn in due time how to emotionalize and mythologize their science to such an extent that what is, in effect, a belief in us (though not...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 12, 2015 | Cults and Religions, Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, Islam, karma, New Age, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Political Correctness, Reincarnation, Wicca
“All roads lead to God” was the prevailing idea and guiding principle at the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions (October 15-19, 2015) in Salt Lake City, UT. One of the first things an attendee saw when they arrived to register was a Jain Temple built in the...