Wednesday April 9, 2008
Cults • FLDS • Polygamy: The children removed from Jeffs’ compound will likely suffer from terrifying phobias, says cult expert Steven Hassan. “In the mind of someone who has a phobia, they can’t imagine [living outside the compound] will have a positive result,” said Hassan. “They’ll develop phobias of losing their salvation or burning in hell.”
Monday March 31, 2008
Cults: Destructive cults make an appeal to social contributions, which turn out to be fronts for recruitment and fundraising, solely for increasing the wealth and prestige of the leader. Members surrender their possessions, money, time and lives to their leaders.
Sunday February 24, 2008
Cults: For many it is simply a sign of his charisma. But for a growing number of Barack Obama sceptics, there is something disturbing about the adulation with which the senator and Democratic presidential frontrunner is greeted as he campaigns for the White House – unnervingly akin to the hysteria of a cult, or the fervour of a religious revival.
Friday February 22, 2008
Cults • France: French chief of staff Emmanuelle Mignon has tried to correct some of the controversial quotes attributed to her on the subject of sects. In an interview with the publication VSD, she reportedly said that “sects were a non-problem in France”.
Tuesday February 5, 2008
Cults • True Russian Orthodox Church: Since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a troubling mysticism is emerging in Russia, attracting up to 800,000 followers, experts say.
Thursday January 31, 2008
Cults: The CounterCultSearch.com search engine allows you to search for information about (religious) cults and related issues across 200+ websites and blogs dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support.
Sunday December 16, 2007
Cults: Their targets used to be university students, but today fringe religious groups are believed to be recruiting school-aged children.
Wednesday November 28, 2007
Cults • Russia: As the drama around the Russian sect awaiting the apocalypse in a cave in the country’s Penza Region continues to unfold, media reports of other isolated and extreme Christian groups have begun to emerge.
Friday November 2, 2007
Cults: Aided by the internet and other mass media, cults are flourishing, to the point where some experts estimate shinshuukyo — or new religions — number in the thousands, and count one in five Japanese among their ranks.
Wednesday October 24, 2007
Cults • Judaism: The sign that Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz held up Tuesday night at the Tannenbaum Chabad House read “Please keep off the the grass.”
Friday October 12, 2007
Cults: The list of problems plaguing college campuses is extensive: illegal drugs, alcohol abuse, sexual assault. But according to experts, there’s a lesser-known, but equally-present danger: cults.
Tuesday October 2, 2007
Cults • Islam: What makes an educated person from a good family join extremist groups and volunteer to become a suicide bomber? Al-Qa’ida expert, Abdel Bari Atwan and cult expert Steve Hassan explain.
Monday July 23, 2007
Cults • Ukraine: According to the Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop Anthony of Borispol, the most dangerous cults are the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the scientology, Hare Krishna, the White Lotus, and some charismatic groups including the Embassy of God.
Sunday July 1, 2007
Cults: A clergyman who has been helping people to leave cults for more than 20 years says it is important to know what such people have been searching for.
Friday June 29, 2007
Cults: Moldavian President Vladimir Voronin has refused to sign ‘The Law on Religious Cults and Their Component Structures’ and sent it ack to the parliament for revision, a source in the republic’s legislative body has informed Interfax.
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