A 26-year-old woman who joined a cult-like church after ‘running away from home’ has been seen in public.
Doctors are not liable for the death of a Jehovah’s Witness who refused a blood transfusion.
Do Muslims prefer to see — or not see — a woman’s face while she is out in public?
Bob Larson, who views himself as a ‘reverend’ and a ‘cult expert,’ nowadays markets himself via his team of Teenage Exorcists. Uhuh…
Jehovah’s Witnesses are in for yet another major doctrinal change which will drastically change their position.
Meanwhile, some Christians see the current problems in Syria in light of prophecy.
And in Papua New Guinea, a man known as ‘Black Jesus’ has been killed.
Among today’s religion news briefs: a Canadian community tries to keep Scientology’s Narconon quacks from establishing a ‘drug rehab’ center.
A judge rules that a Jehovah’s Witness can be given blood if necessary.
Cult expert Steve Hassan talks with a representative of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, and with a survivor.
And read this before you donate clothes to Planet Aid.
The doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses keep changing — in what the organization claims to be “new light.”
Narconon, a ‘drug rehab’ based on the quackery of Scientology cult founder (and fantasist) L. Ron Hubbard, has lost its Oklahoma state license.
You attended a Rick Ross concert? You’re fired!!!
A teenage member of Jehovah’s Witnesses says forcing a life-saving blood transfusion on him would be akin to rape.
Also: are you a handsome man? Then you’d better stay out of Saudi Arabia.
The recently established Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists represents an international group of campaigners against the Watch Tower Society — the legal entity behind a religious cult whose members are known as “Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
The organization’s founders are committed to pursuing responsible and well-informed activism against the Watch Tower Society’s harmful teachings and practices.
An Australian cult expert takes issue with the cruel Jehovah’s Witnesses practice of shunning — while an independent senator has renewed calls for a national cult-busting agency.
Also: Watching the Pope — Then and Now (Spot the difference).
And Rastafarians tell a court they use drugs for religious reasons.
In today’s Religion News Briefs: As Protestants decline, people with no religion, “Nones”, are rising in number. Protestants are less than half of Americans, while Nones are one in five.
Also: a priest arrested for carrying a concealed gun told police he was ‘asked to get rid of it during a confession.’
Plus: More doctors honor religious objections to blood transfusions; And why jams and marmalades may be banned from church fetes.
In today’s roundup: a UFO cult promotes the Swastika; yet another one of Jehovah’s Witnesses needlessly dies in obedience to the cult’s teachings; and the Trinity Broadcasting Network is reeling from yet another revelation.
Also: do people join cults due to depression? Plus: links to additional religion news stories of note.
An Australian court ordered the parents of a cancer-stricken child to put aside their religious beliefs and allow her life-saving treatment including a blood transfusion.
Countless unnecessary deaths have resulted from the Jehovah’s Witnesses cult’s unbiblical teachings regarding blood transfusions.