by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 17, 2020 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, bigotry, Evolution, Homosexuality, Morality, Racism, Rape, Sin, Slavery, Transgender, Transgendered
When most of us think about a moral dilemma, it involves moral choices we might be forced to make in particular life situations. Perhaps an unmarried adult child is coming to visit for a few days and is bringing their “significant other” with whom they are currently...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 12, 2020 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Civil War, History, Middle America, Morality, Nationalism and Faith, Post Christian, Socialism
Fourteen years ago, right after the Bush v Kerry election, we wrote a journal article about the state of our nation, specifically about the yawning divide that had opened up between the two parties, or more accurately, between two dueling visions of what our nation...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 17, 2020 | Gay Marriage, Gender identity, Islam, Liberal Left, Morality, Muslim, Pedophilia, Polygamy
A quarter century ago, we were on a Q&A panel at an apologetics conference MCOI was hosting with a local church. One of the questions asked of the panel was whether we thought same-gender marriage would someday become legal. Joy didn’t hesitate but responded that...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 9, 2020 | Christmas, Evangelical Left, Forgiveness, Holiness, Hypocrites, Identity Politics, Morality, Redemption, Sin, Social Justice, Social tyranny
At some point in December, the popular film “A Christmas Story” is always aired. Set in 1947 Indiana at Christmastime, we find we can easily identify with that earlier time and culture, as do many people our age. Ralphie was a typical boy with simple dreams, and his...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 11, 2020 | Atheism, Atheist, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Humanist Manifest, Marxism, Morality
Suggesting that atheists need Christianity may trigger serious heartburn and provoke angry denials from your average atheist. The atheist’s angry reaction at the mere suggestion would of course be nothing new. There has been a long and storied history of atheists...
by Joy A Veinot | May 7, 2020 | Abortion, Apologetics, Global Warming, Globalism, Humanism, Humanist Manifest, Intolerance, MCOI Journal, Morality, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Perennialism, Planetary Humanism, Relativism, Social Justice, Social tyranny, Socialism, Tolerance, Winter 2000
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2000 edition of the MCOI Journal) By Sarah Flashing & Joy A. Veinot Many people faced the new Millennium with a sense of dread and apprehension. What would happen to the world in our new century? War? Famine? Economic...
