by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 17, 2016 | Atheism, Black Liberation Theology, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Darwinism, Evolution, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Secular Humanism, Spring 2001
(This originally appeared in the Spring 2001 edition of the MCOI Journal) Many a driver has had the experience of driving along, listening to music, and losing oneself in thought, and then “waking up” to the realization they are on a different road than they had been...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 24, 2015 | Creation vs Evolution, Creationsim, Darwinism, Evolution, MCOI Journal, September/October 1998
(This originally appeared in the September/October 1998 edition of the MCOI Journal) Remember the story about the frog who was turned into a handsome prince by the kiss of a (seemingly fairly desperate) princess? Alas, my good friends, it was only a fairy tale. Frogs,...
by Don Veinot | Feb 19, 2015 | Church History, Cults and Religions, Culture Driven Church, Darwinism, Evolution, Islam, Jihadist, Slavery
Conservatives and Evangelicals nearly lost their minds when, on February 5 at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama drew a moral equivalency between the ISIS beheadings and burnings of those ISIS captures with the Crusades, Inquisition, Jim Crow laws, etc. Hmmm....
by Jonathan Miles | Oct 30, 2014 | Abortion, Aldous Huxley, Creationsim, Culture and Society, Evolution, Homosexuality, Infanticide, Pedophilia
An old joke illustrates just how radical and trans-formative the concept of creation and creator is. God was once approached by a scientist who said, “Listen God, we’ve decided we don’t need you anymore. These days we can clone people, transplant organs and do all...
by Don Veinot | Jul 31, 2014 | Atheism, Christ and the Church, Creationsim, Culture and Society, Evolution, Pedophilia, Scripture
I picked up a quote from author Stephen King a few years back. I don’t recall where I got it but thought it was interesting: “The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 24, 2014 | Christian living, Evolution
I recall years ago watching former pro football player, Rosey Grier on the Mike Douglas Show. Two things got my attention. The first was, this big, tough football player was knitting while they talked. Douglas asked if anyone made fun of him and with a gentle smile...
