by Guest Writer | Aug 19, 2020 | False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal, Page 14) I often find myself reflecting on how it was that I went from being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs)1Jehovah’s Witnesses, aka JWs, are followers of the teachings of the Watchtower...
by Guest Writer | Apr 18, 2020 | Atheism, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Bible reliable, Contradictions, Fall 2006, Inerrancy, Liberalism, MCOI Journal, No. 3, Volume 12
Truth and Meaning As It Relates To History Bart Ehrman, in Misquoting Jesus,1 Bart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus; San Francisco: Harper Collins, 2005 intends to explain New Testament textual criticism. One theme Ehrman uses to explain textual criticism is that the scribes,...
by Guest Writer | May 18, 2019 | Aldous Huxley, Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Thomas Merton
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 8) Twenty-some years ago, my sister Janet and I signed up for a field trip sponsored by the Crystal Cathedral to a Vedanta monastery in the nearby Saddleback Mountains. At that time, we were working...
by Guest Writer | May 18, 2019 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Resurrection
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 5) Compiled by Corkey McGehee (All Scripture quotations are from the WTBTS New World Translation of the Bible.) When, though, he was raised up from the dead, his disÂciples called to mind that he...
by Guest Writer | Jan 24, 2019 | Baha’i, Bahá’u’lláh’s, Cults and Religions, The Báb
World Peace! What a lofty goal and aspiration for the residents of Earth! Beauty pageant contestants, zealous politicians, and those of the Baha’i’ faith speak of the possibility of living in unity with one another. Bahá’Ãs believe that God has appeared...
