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/23791/elizabeth-clare-prophet-church-universal-and-triumphant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23791/elizabeth-clare-prophet-church-universal-and-triumphant#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23791 Elizabeth Clare Prophet, the spiritual leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant, which gained notoriety in the late 1980s for its followers’ elaborate preparations for nuclear Armageddon, has died.

The church was still prepared for Armageddon in recent years and kept a bomb shelter stocked for 750 people deep in a forest near Yellowstone National Park.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23791/elizabeth-clare-prophet-church-universal-and-triumphant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22869/church-universal-and-triumphant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22869/church-universal-and-triumphant#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:46:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22869 The Lyons Press has just released "Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside the Church Universal and Triumphant," which details Erin Prophet's tumultuous life.

In the book's preface, Prophet writes that one reason she penned the account is to expose the flawed thinking that led to her mother's "apocalyptic prophecies" and the shelters built in their wake.

"Our actions were informed by the same sense of spiritual superiority that has led others to pace street corners with sandwich boards reading, THE END IS NEAR," she wrote. "And the reasoning behind it is more similar to that of the other groups than I have been comfortable admitting."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22869/church-universal-and-triumphant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10546/cut-undergoes-change-of-perception http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10546/cut-undergoes-change-of-perception#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=10546 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10546/cut-undergoes-change-of-perception/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10537/cut-copes-with-illness-of-leader-sect-changes http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10537/cut-copes-with-illness-of-leader-sect-changes#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=10537 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10537/cut-copes-with-illness-of-leader-sect-changes/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6335/underground-shelters-abound-in-paradise-valley http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6335/underground-shelters-abound-in-paradise-valley#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2004 09:41:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=6335 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6335/underground-shelters-abound-in-paradise-valley/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5143/seekers-diary-church-universal-and-triumphant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5143/seekers-diary-church-universal-and-triumphant#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2003 07:46:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=5143 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5143/seekers-diary-church-universal-and-triumphant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2654/bison-didnt-gain-much-from-cut-land-deal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2654/bison-didnt-gain-much-from-cut-land-deal#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:13:29 +0000 Editor http:/?p=2654 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2654/bison-didnt-gain-much-from-cut-land-deal/feed 0