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/23816/baby-quran-hoax http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:36:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23816 A "miracle" baby has brought a kind of mystical hope to people in Russia's mostly Muslim southern fringe who are increasingly desperate in the face of Islamist violence.

From hunchbacked grandmas to schoolboys, hundreds of pilgrims lined up this week in blazing sunshine to get a glimpse of 9-month-old baby Ali Yakubov, on whose body they say verses from the Koran appear and fade every few days. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23816/baby-quran-hoax/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23790/rumor-spreading-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23790/rumor-spreading-christians#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:21:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23790 From the old Procter & Gamble Satanism libel to tales of more recent vintage about President Obama’s faith and citizenship, Internet-fueled rumors seem to run rampant. And, frighteningly, Christians seem at the very least to be as susceptible as the population at large to spread false stories.

So, why are Christians so willing to believe unsubstantiated rumors? And more troubling, why are Christians, who should hold the highest standards of truth-telling, so eager to spread rumors -- and even downright libels?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23790/rumor-spreading-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18361/email-hoax http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18361/email-hoax#comments Sun, 27 May 2007 16:51:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18361/email-hoax http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18361/email-hoax/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17986/jesus-tomb-film-scholars-backtrack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17986/jesus-tomb-film-scholars-backtrack#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:01:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17986/jesus-tomb-film-scholars-backtrack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17986/jesus-tomb-film-scholars-backtrack/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17701/lost-tomb-of-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17701/lost-tomb-of-jesus#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:40:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17701/lost-tomb-of-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17701/lost-tomb-of-jesus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17623/jesus-tomb-documentary http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17623/jesus-tomb-documentary#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:39:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17623/jesus-tomb-documentary http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17623/jesus-tomb-documentary/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17618/jesus-tomb-hoax-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17618/jesus-tomb-hoax-2#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:44:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17618/jesus-tomb-hoax-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17618/jesus-tomb-hoax-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17591/experts-say-jesus-tomb-is-a-fantasy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17591/experts-say-jesus-tomb-is-a-fantasy#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:14:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17591/experts-say-jesus-tomb-is-a-fantasy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17591/experts-say-jesus-tomb-is-a-fantasy/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17584/jesus-tomb http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17584/jesus-tomb#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:01:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17584/jesus-tomb http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17584/jesus-tomb/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17581/lost-tomb-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17581/lost-tomb-of-christ#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:06:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17581/lost-tomb-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17581/lost-tomb-of-christ/feed 0