http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23889 Of course it isn't all that unusual for a pastor to claim healing powers. Witness the blow-dried televangelists of America and elsewhere, who often advertise their dramatic healing powers in infomercials.

But in western Kenya the belief in the supernatural is far deeper, and the line between Christianity and the occult is thin at best.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:14:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21948 Harshbarger's tale begins at home in Indiana, where a lack of religious guidance combined with his parents' divorce led him to become a bitter, disaffected teen with an appetite for the sensational, including tales of supernatural phenomena.

While in college, he befriended a co-worker at his day job who was already a Satanist. The two made plans to form their own cult and set about recruiting members.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/refuge-ministries/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21781/order-morning-star-occul http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21781/order-morning-star-occul#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:12:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21781 Joy Johnson and Joseph Craig are standing trial in a sexual assault case that includes allegations of channeling demons and caging a man.

Prosecutors have referred to the couple as 'cult leaders.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21781/order-morning-star-occul/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21279 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21279/occult-psychi-exorcis/feed 0