http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23644/banana-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23644/banana-cult#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:16:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23644 A sex cult – whose members were promised a bumper banana crop if they engage in public sex – has surfaced in Papua New Guinea province, local newspaper The Post Courier reports.

The man and his followers fled naked into the wilderness when police tried to arrest them over the weekend.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23644/banana-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23137/suspected-witch-burned-alive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23137/suspected-witch-burned-alive#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:52:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23137 A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.

Her death adds to a growing list of men and women who have been accused of sorcery and then tortured or killed in the South Pacific island nation, where traditional beliefs hold sway in many regions]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23137/suspected-witch-burned-alive/feed 0