http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23888 Thierry Tilly, an Oxford-based Frenchman, has been arrested over allegations that he kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed several generations of an aristocratic family into giving up their fortune.

Thierry Tilly, 45, allegedly posed as a secret agent to convince the rich and highly educated De Védrines family that they were the lost descendants of an ancient society called L'Equilibre du Monde (The Balance of the World), and that he had "superhuman powers" to help them reclaim their illustrious past and its "limitless treasure".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23888/oxford-guru-thierry-tilly-accused-of-torturing-french-aristocrats/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23859/steven-hassan-cult-expert http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23859/steven-hassan-cult-expert#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:19:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23859 Cult expert Steven Hassan, a licensed mental health counselor from Massachusetts, has spent the last three decades using his two-year experience in the Moonies cult to dissect brainwashing that occurs when someone joins a cult or is abducted.

He shared his story during a speech titled "Psychology of Mind Control Over Abducted Children" at the National Amber Alert Training Symposium, which is sponsored by the Justice Department.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23859/steven-hassan-cult-expert/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21182/jsason-beghe-scientology-brainwashing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21182/jsason-beghe-scientology-brainwashing#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:32:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21182/jsason-beghe-scientology-brainwashing [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21182/jsason-beghe-scientology-brainwashing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21181/flds-brainwashing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21181/flds-brainwashing#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:36:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21181/sect-members-brainwashed-or-believers-experts-question-whether-polygamist-sect-members-are-victims-of-brainwashing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21181/flds-brainwashing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17119/ottawa-target-in-brainwashing-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17119/ottawa-target-in-brainwashing-case#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:24:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17119/ottawa-target-in-brainwashing-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17119/ottawa-target-in-brainwashing-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15888/five-years-for-cash-con-therapist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15888/five-years-for-cash-con-therapist#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15888/five-years-for-cash-con-therapist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15571/brainwasher-conned-clients-out-of-money http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15571/brainwasher-conned-clients-out-of-money#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15571/brainwasher-conned-clients-out-of-money/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12352/clarke-wants-terrorists-treated-like-victims-of-cult-brainwashing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12352/clarke-wants-terrorists-treated-like-victims-of-cult-brainwashing#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12352/clarke-wants-terrorists-treated-like-victims-of-cult-brainwashing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8107/how-brainwashing-came-to-life-and-thrived http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8107/how-brainwashing-came-to-life-and-thrived#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:19:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8107 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8107/how-brainwashing-came-to-life-and-thrived/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7194/suspicion-firms-on-brainwashing-insurance-cheat http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7194/suspicion-firms-on-brainwashing-insurance-cheat#comments Tue, 11 May 2004 02:46:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7194 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7194/suspicion-firms-on-brainwashing-insurance-cheat/feed 0