http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:43:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23084 So far, 130 healers, including Fadkin, have passed the service's voluntary testing program, which promoters in the government say can determine whether someone has the inherent ability to cure. The program is limited to Moscow, but a Russian lawmaker is pushing to extend it nationwide and make it mandatory.

Skeptics scoff at the notion that such testing is meaningful and criticize the government for lending credibility to people who claim paranormal powers.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23084/russia-new-age-quackery/feed 0