http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26449 Mexico has a long history of faith healers and home remedies, but the problem has come to a head in the last few years with a constant stream of ads on television for more "scientific" sounding creams that supposedly lift or enlarge breast and buttocks, magnets that help users lose weight, or pills and powders that cure gastric problems or diabetes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:23:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26297
The refusal of that request means the appeals hearing will move forward]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26289/church-of-scientology-fights-its-conviction-on-fraud-in-paris-appeals-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26289/church-of-scientology-fights-its-conviction-on-fraud-in-paris-appeals-court#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:05:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26289 The appeal for the Church of Scientology’s conviction on fraud has opened in a Paris court.

The cult's defense lawyersh plan to argue during the appeal that the conviction curtails freedom of religion and association.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26289/church-of-scientology-fights-its-conviction-on-fraud-in-paris-appeals-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26203/christine-daniel-convicted-in-fake-cancer-treatments-preyed-on-evangelical-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26203/christine-daniel-convicted-in-fake-cancer-treatments-preyed-on-evangelical-christians#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:21:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26203 A doctor and evangelical minister who used bogus herbal medications to offer false hope to dozens of people suffering from diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's was found guilty of nearly a dozen federal charges.

Twenty-eight victims or family members of victims who died while taking the products testified against Christine Daniel.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26203/christine-daniel-convicted-in-fake-cancer-treatments-preyed-on-evangelical-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26046/new-age-guru-james-arthur-ray-guilty-in-sweat-lodge-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26046/new-age-guru-james-arthur-ray-guilty-in-sweat-lodge-death#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:54:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26046 A jury has found self-help gury James Arthur Ray guilty of negligent homicide on Wednesday in the deaths of three of his followers during a botched sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona in October 2009.

By finding Ray guilty of negligent homicide, the jury in effect decided that while Ray's conduct caused the deaths, he wasn't aware of or didn't recognize the risk of death caused by his conduct - in this case, the manner in which he ran the sweat lodge.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26046/new-age-guru-james-arthur-ray-guilty-in-sweat-lodge-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25922/scientology-cult-spams-melbourne-with-dubious-personality-test http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25922/scientology-cult-spams-melbourne-with-dubious-personality-test#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:29:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25922 The Church of Scientology has been blitzing Melbourne with its so-called 'Oxford Capacity Analysis' -- a 'personality test' used by the cult as a recruitment tool.

Professionals note that the test has no standing in the professional community of psychology practitioners and researchers. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25922/scientology-cult-spams-melbourne-with-dubious-personality-test/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25815/scientology-volunteer-ministers-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25815/scientology-volunteer-ministers-quackery#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:43:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25815 Nowadays it seems that wherever there is a disaster, so-called 'Scientology Volunteer Ministers' show up.

Sometimes they pass out food and supplies, but more often than not their real purpose is to 'assist' people with the quackery 'techniques' thought up by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25815/scientology-volunteer-ministers-quackery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:08:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25600 A life-saving blood transfusion was administered to a critically ill baby under a court order secured by a Dublin hospital at a late-night hearing in a High Court judge’s home.

The child’s parents, members of the Jehovah Witness faith objected on religious grounds to the procedure.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25409/scientology-cult-targets-drunk-aborigines-with-its-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25409/scientology-cult-targets-drunk-aborigines-with-its-quackery#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:43:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25409 The Church of Scientology has been offering alcohol-dependent Aborigines a drug bomb therapy, which it has been told could kill people with kidney problems.

The Scientologists this week responded to a warning by the Northern Territory Health Department and stopped distributing literature which promotes a dangerous drug detoxification therapy.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25409/scientology-cult-targets-drunk-aborigines-with-its-quackery/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25241/narconon-rehab-called-front-for-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25241/narconon-rehab-called-front-for-scientology#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:59:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25241 A father claims Narconon International and the Association for Living and Education International are fronts for Scientology, and that he paid them $35,500 for "essentially worthless treatment" for his drug-addicted son.

He says the groups run rehab programs "to enrich themselves and to provide a recruit base for the Church of Scientology rather than to provide competent treatment for chemical dependency."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25241/narconon-rehab-called-front-for-scientology/feed 0