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/23409/jedi-knights-scotland-police http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23409/jedi-knights-scotland-police#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:57:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23409 Eight police officers serving with Scotland's largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms, it has emerged.

One of the officers commented, "We do see ourselves as the good guys fighting crime, but it's hardly in the same league as Luke Skywalker battling Darth Vader is it?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23409/jedi-knights-scotland-police/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23399/mormon-apostates http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23399/mormon-apostates#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:49:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23399 Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.

An apostate is someone who abandons a previous loyalty - such as to faith, political party or a cause.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23399/mormon-apostates/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22737/lawsuit-against-god http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22737/lawsuit-against-god#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:45:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22737 A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God.

Chambers believes he has found a hole in the judge's ruling.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22737/lawsuit-against-god/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:51:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21787 Dutch smokers are flocking to a religious movement known as "The Only and Universal Smokers Church of God" following a ban on tobacco smoking indoors.

Michiel Eijsbouts, founder and "Smokelighter" of the church he founded in 2001, has insisted that the Dutch smoking ban in place does not apply to members of his church under national and European human rights legislation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21787/only-and-universal-smokers-church-of-god/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21766/church-cancels-semiautomatic-assault-rifle-giveaway http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21766/church-cancels-semiautomatic-assault-rifle-giveaway#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:05:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21766 A church in the USA (duh!) won't be giving a teenager an assault rifle. This year. They do plan to give away the AR-15 next year.

Fortunately the pastor says he won't give the rifle to "somebody that doesn’t respect it who are then going to go out and kill."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21766/church-cancels-semiautomatic-assault-rifle-giveaway/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21741/tanzania-seventh-day-adventists-sect http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21741/tanzania-seventh-day-adventists-sect#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:11:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21741 “We have no passports or air tickets but just our bibles. God sent us here to go and spread his word and we are waiting to go as he wishes. We will fly to different destinations,” one of them told a Tanzania newspaper.

According to the group their bibles would also serve as visas to every country they planned preach.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21741/tanzania-seventh-day-adventists-sect/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21727/fake-priest-infiltrades-vatican http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21727/fake-priest-infiltrades-vatican#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:42:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21727 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21727/fake-priest-infiltrades-vatican/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21704/will-there-be-a-worldwide-catastrophe-on-december-21-2012 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21704/will-there-be-a-worldwide-catastrophe-on-december-21-2012#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:44:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21704 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21704/will-there-be-a-worldwide-catastrophe-on-december-21-2012/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21692/offbeat-religion-news-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21692/offbeat-religion-news-4#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:15:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21692 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21692/offbeat-religion-news-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21654/man-now-officially-named-in-god-we-trust http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21654/man-now-officially-named-in-god-we-trust#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:25:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21654 Steve Kreuscher is no more.

A Lake County judge granted permission to the Zion man Friday to officially change his name to "In God We Trust." That's "In God" as a first name and "We Trust" as a last name.

The 57-year-old artist and bus driver was ecstatic about the name change as he exited court Friday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21654/man-now-officially-named-in-god-we-trust/feed 0