http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en 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 Anton Hein 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 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 Anton Hein 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 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 Anton Hein 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 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 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21727 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21727/fake-priest-infiltrades-vatican/feed 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 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21704 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21704/will-there-be-a-worldwide-catastrophe-on-december-21-2012/feed 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 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21692 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21692/offbeat-religion-news-4/feed 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 Anton Hein 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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21466/the-saudi-woman-who-wants-a-divorce-because-her-husband-tried-to-sneak-one-look-at-her-face-after-30-years-of-marriage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21466/the-saudi-woman-who-wants-a-divorce-because-her-husband-tried-to-sneak-one-look-at-her-face-after-30-years-of-marriage#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 05:34:40 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21466 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21466/the-saudi-woman-who-wants-a-divorce-because-her-husband-tried-to-sneak-one-look-at-her-face-after-30-years-of-marriage/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21353/man-asks-court-to-change-his-name-to-in-god-we-trust http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21353/man-asks-court-to-change-his-name-to-in-god-we-trust#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 08:45:13 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21353 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21353/man-asks-court-to-change-his-name-to-in-god-we-trust/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21271/muslims-fight-for-pigs-rights http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21271/muslims-fight-for-pigs-rights#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:06:34 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21271 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21271/muslims-fight-for-pigs-rights/feed