http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26575/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26575/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:41:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26575 Mormons operating independently of the Mormon Church -- and in direct contradiction to the church's edicts on the subject -- have posthumously baptized Anne Frank in a Mormon ritual referred to as 'Baptism for the Dead.'

In response the LDS Church has issued its strongest response yet to the violation of its agreement not to do proxy baptisms for Holocaust victims who are not related to a church member.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26575/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26553/mormon-church-apologizes-for-baptisms-of-simon-wiesenthal-parents http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26553/mormon-church-apologizes-for-baptisms-of-simon-wiesenthal-parents#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:28:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26553 The Mormon Church has apologised for posthumously baptizing the parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.

But the controversy over its un-biblical practice of posthumous proxy baptisms the dead continues.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26553/mormon-church-apologizes-for-baptisms-of-simon-wiesenthal-parents/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:58:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26227 Most pastors feel strongly that Mormons are not Christians, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.

Three out of four pastors surveyed by Southern Baptist-affiliated LifeWay Research said they disagreed with the statement that Mormons are Christians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:19:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26224 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Saturday sought to calm the religious divisions that surfaced at the influential Values Voters Summit during his second bid to become the first member of the Church of Latter Day Saints to win the presidency.

Romney addressed the issue a day after Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress dubbed Mormonism a "cult" following his endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the gathering and moments before Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association, said that Romney's faith was "outside the mainstream of historic Christian orthodoxy."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25927/area-near-humansville-missouri-is-home-to-mormon-fundamentalists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25927/area-near-humansville-missouri-is-home-to-mormon-fundamentalists#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 06:06:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25927 A community of up to 500 Mormon fundamentalists make their home in an area near Humansville, Missouri.

A pair of Humansville twins say they lived in that community for nearly 10 years before leaving the man they both married. The 27-year-old women told Cedar County authorities in February they were victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault at the hands of the husband they shared.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25927/area-near-humansville-missouri-is-home-to-mormon-fundamentalists/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25602 fundamentalist Mormon sect in the small British Columbia commune of Bountiful believe they are adhering to the original word of the religion's prophet, says a former plural wife and advocate of polygamy]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:03:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25573 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, this week paid $2.1 million for 10 acres of land in Oakland Twp., Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26554/mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims-read-more-mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26554/mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims-read-more-mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:11:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26554 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26554/mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims-read-more-mormons-agree-to-stop-baptizing-jewish-holocaust-victims/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:25:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25265 Mormonism and politics have merged in two Western campaigns this month, providing a glimpse of the renewed scrutiny Mitt Romney could face in a 2012 presidential run.

In the Nevada Senate race, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced allegations from his Republican opponent’s pastor that he is a member of a cult. Reid is a Mormon convert.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:28:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25197 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a cult, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.

Angle's former pastor, John Reed of Sonrise Church in Reno, last week called the Mormon Church a cult. But the term cult has different meanings, depending on the context in which it is used. For instance, while the Mormon Church has some cult-like elements, it generally is not considered to be a cult in the sociological sense of the term.

However, theologically the LDS Church is a cult of Christianity. That is, while it claims to be Christian in nature, its doctrines and practices violate the essential doctrines of the historic Christian faith.

In its defence the LDS Church often points out that its full name includes the words 'Jesus Christ.' Which is almost as clever as insisting that you can buy a $20 'Rolex' in Tijuana...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2/feed 0