by Joy Veinot | Jul 31, 2025 | Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Counterfeit, Cults and Religions, False gods, False Teacher, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Pantheism, Reincarnation, Relativism, Roman Catholic, Salvation, Scientology, September/October 1996
(Originally printed in the September/October 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) There is a cult system for everyone. There are more cults and cult-like organizations in our society today than I have space here to list. Each holds appeal for a different type of person,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 15, 2025 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Biblical Justice, Buddhism, Deity of Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Evolution, False gods, Forgiveness, Good News, Gospel, Hinduism, Idolatry, Idols, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Jewish, Jews, Nihilism, Occult, Occultism, Salvation
Questions about faith and faith claims are important. Whether the person asking the question is genuinely seeking an answer or attempting to pose a rhetorical “gotcha” question is not always clear. For example, GatoNegro777 posted a challenge to our webcast “No...
by Carl Teichrib | Apr 27, 2023 | Abraham Maslow, Buddhism, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Hinduism, Homosexuality, Islam, Shaman, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga
Secularism didn’t supplant religion in the Western world, as some Twentieth Century humanists had anticipated. Instead, new spiritual expressions and movements entered the landscape, often with roots firmly planted in the metaphysical soil of the East. This article,...
by Stephanie A Potts | Feb 2, 2023 | Buddhism, Human Potential Movement, Immorality, Meditation, New Age, Panentheism, Yoga
New scientific research is shattering conventional wisdom about the human body and offering fascinating insights into how we can all unlock our body’s superpowers to fight illness, perform better and even reverse the aging process.1Disney Plus Originals description of...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jul 26, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Mindfulness, mysticism, New Age
Editor’s Note: Although some Buddhist concepts are explained here, the thrust of the article is to describe the Western take on Buddhism via the New Age and the secular culture, and how some of its practices and concepts, especially Mindfulness, have migrated to the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 21, 2022 | Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, mysticism, Progressives, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Willow Creek Community Church
Around 1825 Charles Finney introduced the “altar call” into his ministry endeavors. Initially, Finney used it to recruit his new converts to join his abolition movement.1In addition to becoming a widely-popular Christian evangelist, Finney was involved with social...
