http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23779/brun-del-re-dominion-christian-centre-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23779/brun-del-re-dominion-christian-centre-cult#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:00:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23779 The prosecution has decided not to pursue kidnapping and forcible confinement charges against a family doctor and his teacher wife who abducted their daughter three years ago because they believed she was being brainwashed by a religious cult.

At the centre of the bizarre kidnapping plot is a charismatic church leader known as Pastor Peter Rigo, who founded the evangelical Dominion Christian Centre Canada, now known as One Community Church, on Park Street North in Hamilton.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23779/brun-del-re-dominion-christian-centre-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22679/concerned-christians-kim-miller http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22679/concerned-christians-kim-miller#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:09:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22679 One member of the religious group calling itself Concerned Christians has finally returned home, but more than 75 others are still missing, presumed to be overseas.

Cult expert Mark Roggeman estimates that more 100 people followed Miller in the 1990s, most of them from Colorado. Many took children with them, and many more children were born when the group was in exile. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22679/concerned-christians-kim-miller/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22558/exclusive-brethren-cult-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22558/exclusive-brethren-cult-2#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:57:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22558 Cult expert the Rev David Millikan said the original intention of the law was being undermined.

"If the purpose of the law is to protect religion from excessive and pernicious comments, then fair enough," he told the Herald Sun.

"But if it means that journalists and experts have got to be careful when they're doing nothing more than reporting matters of fact, then the law is allowed to become an ass."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22558/exclusive-brethren-cult-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21722/inside-the-head-of-a-new-cult-member http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21722/inside-the-head-of-a-new-cult-member#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:03:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21722 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21722/inside-the-head-of-a-new-cult-member/feed 0