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/23889/lawrence-omambia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23889 Of course it isn't all that unusual for a pastor to claim healing powers. Witness the blow-dried televangelists of America and elsewhere, who often advertise their dramatic healing powers in infomercials.

But in western Kenya the belief in the supernatural is far deeper, and the line between Christianity and the occult is thin at best.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:43:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23084 So far, 130 healers, including Fadkin, have passed the service's voluntary testing program, which promoters in the government say can determine whether someone has the inherent ability to cure. The program is limited to Moscow, but a Russian lawmaker is pushing to extend it nationwide and make it mandatory.

Skeptics scoff at the notion that such testing is meaningful and criticize the government for lending credibility to people who claim paranormal powers.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:14:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21948 Harshbarger's tale begins at home in Indiana, where a lack of religious guidance combined with his parents' divorce led him to become a bitter, disaffected teen with an appetite for the sensational, including tales of supernatural phenomena.

While in college, he befriended a co-worker at his day job who was already a Satanist. The two made plans to form their own cult and set about recruiting members.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21279 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19094/europe-occult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19094/europe-occult#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:40:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19094/europe-occult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19094/europe-occult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14811/britons-report-psychic-powers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14811/britons-report-psychic-powers#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14811/britons-report-psychic-powers/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4066/wizard-hussein-obsessed-with-magic http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4066/wizard-hussein-obsessed-with-magic#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:43:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4066 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4066/wizard-hussein-obsessed-with-magic/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3930/even-on-the-run-hussein-has-iraqis-under-his-spell http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3930/even-on-the-run-hussein-has-iraqis-under-his-spell#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:43:24 +0000 Editor http:/?p=3930 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3930/even-on-the-run-hussein-has-iraqis-under-his-spell/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3322/chinese-embrace-occult-over-science-in-sars-fight http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3322/chinese-embrace-occult-over-science-in-sars-fight#comments Wed, 14 May 2003 21:39:42 +0000 Editor http:/?p=3322 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3322/chinese-embrace-occult-over-science-in-sars-fight/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2946/occult-link-investigated-in-slaying-organ-theft http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2946/occult-link-investigated-in-slaying-organ-theft#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2003 16:45:08 +0000 Editor http:/?p=2946 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2946/occult-link-investigated-in-slaying-organ-theft/feed 0