http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24404/allegations-scientology-forced-abortions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24404/allegations-scientology-forced-abortions#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:31:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24404 A St. Petersburg Times investigation found that more than a dozen women said the culture in Scientology's Sea Org pushed them or women they knew to have abortions, in many cases, abortions they did not want.

Some said colleagues and supervisors pressured them to abort their pregnancies and remain productive workers without the distraction of raising children. Terminating a pregnancy and staying on the job affirmed one's commitment to the all-important work of saving the planet.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24404/allegations-scientology-forced-abortions/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23490/religion-news-blog-roundup-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23490/religion-news-blog-roundup-2#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:32:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23490 Today's Religion News Roundup brings you soothsayers, fortune tellers, astrologers, a 'vampire', and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

With the flim-flam out of the way, there's also room for the Samaritan ("the smallest sect in the world"), China's whining about the Dalai Lama, and some religion/abortion issues. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23490/religion-news-blog-roundup-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:51:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22410 Religious organizations can now place anti-abortion advertisements on Google after a lawsuit by a British pro-life charity forced it to lift the ban.

Google settled out of court Wednesday with The Christian Institute, a UK-based charity, and will now allow religious groups to place factual and campaigning ads about abortion. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie/feed 0