http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22128/amish-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22128/amish-2#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:48:05 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22128 At a time when some other ethnic and religious groups fear dilution through mixed marriages, the Amish have boosted their numbers by insisting on marriage within the group and providing education at Amish-only schools for 90 percent of their children.

In a sign of the spreading population, Amish numbers more than doubled in 10 states. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22128/amish-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21892/amish-building-codes-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21892/amish-building-codes-trial#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:32 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21892 Members of an upstate New York Amish sect cannot claim that local building codes hinder their religion or give them special standing, a town judge has ruled.

Morristown Town Judge James Phillips Jr. said the cases against eight Amish men will now proceed to trial.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21892/amish-building-codes-trial/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21522/amish-outhouse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21522/amish-outhouse#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 04:44:25 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21522 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21522/amish-outhouse/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20909/amish http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20909/amish#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:33:40 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20909/amish http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20909/amish/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16170/lesson-of-forgiveness-in-slayings-of-amish http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16170/lesson-of-forgiveness-in-slayings-of-amish#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:22:10 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16170/lesson-of-forgiveness-in-slayings-of-amish http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16170/lesson-of-forgiveness-in-slayings-of-amish/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16152/amish-community http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16152/amish-community#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:36:56 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16152/amish-community http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16152/amish-community/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16151/schoolhouse-killer-haunted-by-guilt-over-abuse-of-young-girls-20-years-ago http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16151/schoolhouse-killer-haunted-by-guilt-over-abuse-of-young-girls-20-years-ago#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:32:24 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16151/schoolhouse-killer-haunted-by-guilt-over-abuse-of-young-girls-20-years-ago http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16151/schoolhouse-killer-haunted-by-guilt-over-abuse-of-young-girls-20-years-ago/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16145/amish-school-killers-mission-of-madness http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16145/amish-school-killers-mission-of-madness#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:36:30 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16145/amish-school-killers-mission-of-madness http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16145/amish-school-killers-mission-of-madness/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16143/fourth-girl-dies-in-amish-school-shooting http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16143/fourth-girl-dies-in-amish-school-shooting#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:24:03 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16143/fourth-girl-dies-in-amish-school-shooting http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16143/fourth-girl-dies-in-amish-school-shooting/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16140/gunman-shoots-10-at-amish-school http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16140/gunman-shoots-10-at-amish-school#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:18:46 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16140/gunman-shoots-10-at-amish-school http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16140/gunman-shoots-10-at-amish-school/feed