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...
by Marcia Montenegro | Nov 23, 1997 | Cults and Religions, Hinduism, karma, MCOI Journal, New Age, November/December 1997, Reincarnation, Relativism
(This originally appeared in the November/December 1997 MCOI Journal) Learning to see energy around plants and people, feeling that the universe is an extension of your body, being guided by whatever might first come to your mind at the moment – what if you were...
by Ravi Narasimhan | Nov 23, 1996 | Deity of Christ, Hinduism, Jesus Resurrection, karma, MCOI Journal, November/December 1996, Reincarnation
By Ravi Narasimham (Originally printed in the November/December 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) I was born into a Brahman family 27 years ago, one the most orthodox castes of Hinduism in India. I was raised by parents and grandparents who adhered to high moral...
by Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 1996 | Cults and Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Reincarnation, Relativism, 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 I type of person,...
by Francis Beckwith | May 23, 1996 | Culture and Society, May/June 1996, MCOI Journal, Reincarnation, Relativism, Tolerance
By Francis J. Beckwith (Originally printed in the May/June 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In his important and influential work, The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom observes that: “there is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost...
by Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 1995 | Atheism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, karma, MCOI Journal, Reincarnation, September/October 1995
(Part 1 of a 2 part series on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, originally printed in the September/October 1995 MCOI Journal) With the interminable OJ circus and the swift but emotional Susan Smith trial, 1995 will be a year to remember for public courtroom drama....
