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/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:58:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26227 Most pastors feel strongly that Mormons are not Christians, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.

Three out of four pastors surveyed by Southern Baptist-affiliated LifeWay Research said they disagreed with the statement that Mormons are Christians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26227/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-are-not-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:19:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26224 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Saturday sought to calm the religious divisions that surfaced at the influential Values Voters Summit during his second bid to become the first member of the Church of Latter Day Saints to win the presidency.

Romney addressed the issue a day after Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress dubbed Mormonism a "cult" following his endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the gathering and moments before Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association, said that Romney's faith was "outside the mainstream of historic Christian orthodoxy."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26224/mitt-romney-responds-to-mormon-cult-comment/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25602 fundamentalist Mormon sect in the small British Columbia commune of Bountiful believe they are adhering to the original word of the religion's prophet, says a former plural wife and advocate of polygamy]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25602/polygamists-believe-theyre-following-tenet-of-the-faith-b-c-court-hears/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:03:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25573 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, this week paid $2.1 million for 10 acres of land in Oakland Twp., Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25573/latter-day-saints-make-2-1m-land-purchase-at-site-of-sacred-importance/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:25:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25265 Mormonism and politics have merged in two Western campaigns this month, providing a glimpse of the renewed scrutiny Mitt Romney could face in a 2012 presidential run.

In the Nevada Senate race, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced allegations from his Republican opponent’s pastor that he is a member of a cult. Reid is a Mormon convert.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25265/mormonism-a-campaign-issue-in-nevada-idaho/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:28:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25197 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a cult, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.

Angle's former pastor, John Reed of Sonrise Church in Reno, last week called the Mormon Church a cult. But the term cult has different meanings, depending on the context in which it is used. For instance, while the Mormon Church has some cult-like elements, it generally is not considered to be a cult in the sociological sense of the term.

However, theologically the LDS Church is a cult of Christianity. That is, while it claims to be Christian in nature, its doctrines and practices violate the essential doctrines of the historic Christian faith.

In its defence the LDS Church often points out that its full name includes the words 'Jesus Christ.' Which is almost as clever as insisting that you can buy a $20 'Rolex' in Tijuana...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25197/mormon-cult-of-christianity-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25044/suspect-in-mormon-church-attack-was-former-member http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25044/suspect-in-mormon-church-attack-was-former-member#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:44:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25044 fatal shooting of a Mormon church official in Central California was mentally ill and believed the church had wronged him when he was a member in the 1980s, family members said Monday.

Kenneth James Ward, 47, would go through delusional spells when he blamed the Mormon church for his troubles, according to his younger brother, Mike Ward.

"When my brother had one of his episodes, he conjured up in his mind that he thought that the Mormons were sending him to hell. He would tell me that," Mike Ward, 44, said in a phone interview from his home in Bakersfield.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25044/suspect-in-mormon-church-attack-was-former-member/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:05:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24455 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23610/bob-bennett-forgery-charges-against-book-of-mormon http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23610/bob-bennett-forgery-charges-against-book-of-mormon#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:17:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23610 Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, has spent time on and off for the last seven years building a defense of the Book of Mormon, one of the key tomes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Religion News Service reports.

The three-term senator -- A former missionary and bishop and the grandson of a past president of the church -- has now delved into a different debate: whether the book Mormons believe was revealed by an angel to their founder Joseph Smith in the 1820s is authentic.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23610/bob-bennett-forgery-charges-against-book-of-mormon/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23491/lds-church-rebaptizes-polygamists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23491/lds-church-rebaptizes-polygamists#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:24:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23491 Prominent fundamentalist Mormons, most of whom were excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for practicing polygamy while they were alive, have been posthumously re-baptized in LDS temples, a Salt Lake City researcher says.

"The LDS Church appears to be reinventing its polygamous history, as it ushers excommunicated Mormon fundamentalists back into the LDS fold through a postmortem back door," Helen Radkey wrote in her report.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23491/lds-church-rebaptizes-polygamists/feed 0