http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24190/cults-should-be-given-nowhere-to-hide http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24190/cults-should-be-given-nowhere-to-hide#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:45:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24190 Despite evidence of abusive acts by cults, the Senate rejected Nick Xenophon's request for an inquiry into Scientology when both major parties voted against it. We've been down this road before. Through much of 2006 and 2007, the Greens tried to get a Senate inquiry into the Exclusive Brethren, and the major parties vetoed it.

This means that, in Australia, cults are thriving under the protection of politicians, the police and the courts.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24190/cults-should-be-given-nowhere-to-hide/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24025/exclusive-brethren-schools-to-get-70m-in-funding http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24025/exclusive-brethren-schools-to-get-70m-in-funding#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:22:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24025 The Australian Government is handing more than $70 million to schools run by the Exclusive Brethren, a religious sect Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described as an "extremist cult" that breaks up families.

Australian Education Union federal president Angelo Gavrielatos said these sums were outrageous and the funding system had to be urgently replaced.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24025/exclusive-brethren-schools-to-get-70m-in-funding/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23890/how-to-spot-a-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23890/how-to-spot-a-cult#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23890 Cult-like groups are on the rise in New Zealand. Now the two-part Inside New Zealand: How To Spot A Cult documentary uncovers what really goes on inside these often controversial groups.

The two-part documentary consists of ex-believers' stories, and investigates the similarities they say exist between groups including the Exclusive Brethren, Scientology, Centrepoint, Gloriavale, Avatar and the International Church of Christ.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23890/how-to-spot-a-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23562/exclusive-brethren-ad-apology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23562/exclusive-brethren-ad-apology#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:17:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23562 Two Tasmanian members of the reclusive religious sect, the Exclusive Brethren, have publicly apologised for ads published in the lead- up to the last state election.

The apology, published today in Tasmania's three daily newspapers, followed a conciliation suggested by the state's anti-discrimination tribunal following a complaint by Martine Delaney.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23562/exclusive-brethren-ad-apology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23560/exclusive-brethren-government-funding http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23560/exclusive-brethren-government-funding#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:28:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23560 Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously labelled the Exclusive Brethren (EB) a "cult" while in Opposition.

But it seems that, in Government, he is more generous to the Christian sect.

Figures obtained by The Greens in Senate Estimates reveal that funding to schools run by the controversial Christian sect have increased by 50 per cent under the Rudd Government.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23560/exclusive-brethren-government-funding/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23392/exclusive-brethren-cult-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23392/exclusive-brethren-cult-3#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:28:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23392 Timothy Twinam of Williston says he just wants to tell the truth about what's really going on inside the Exclusive Brethren, a well-heeled, reclusive evangelical Christian group with 43,000 members around the world.

The Exclusive Brethren says Twinam is a malcontent, a former church member who stole confidential documents to display them on www.Peebs.net, a Web site Twinam admits he created to encourage people to abandon the organization.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23392/exclusive-brethren-cult-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23003/exclusive-brethren-an-evil-corrupt-cult-court-told http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23003/exclusive-brethren-an-evil-corrupt-cult-court-told#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23003 The Exclusive Brethren is an evil, corrupt cult that tried to silence former members who escaped its clutches, a judge heard today.

Three young Indian sisters, who say they are on the run from the controversial religious group, told Justice Tony North they feared for their lives because they were seeking to expose its criminal activities.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23003/exclusive-brethren-an-evil-corrupt-cult-court-told/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22868/exclusive-brethren-45 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22868/exclusive-brethren-45#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:11:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22868 Kevin Rudd appears to have made peace with the Exclusive Brethren, whom he publicly derided as an "extremist cult" in his run to The Lodge, by allowing for secret talks between church and government representatives.

Many of the Exclusive Brethren movement’s teachings and practices are abusive to such an extent that this movement can rightly be labeled as an abusive church, and possibly even as a cult of Christianity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22868/exclusive-brethren-45/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22578/religion-news-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22578/religion-news-2#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:59:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22578 In today's Roundup: Front group for the pay-to-play Scientology cult gets free use of historic house · The 'Religion of Peace' has some explaining to do · Scholars are looking for missing Bible pages.

Also: A backless bridal dress · Why 'worldlies' (outsiders) are teaching at each and every school run by an extremist cult of Christianity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22578/religion-news-2/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