Man dressed as Darth Vader spared jail for attack on founder of Jedi church
In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 — 0.7 percent of the population — listed Jedi as their religion.Full story: Man dressed as Darth Vader spared jail for attack on founder of Jedi church
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Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood
The founder of the Jedi religion inspired by the Star Wars films was thrown out of a Tesco supermarket for wearing his distinctive brown hood. Daniel Jones, 23, who has 500,000 followers worldwide,...
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Jeremiah Duggan did not commit suicide, coroner rules
The coroner also ruled that the fact that Jeremiah Duggan had revealed himself to be Jewish while attending a conference of the extreme Larouche organisation may have had a bearing on how he died....
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Cult leader Lia Eden wants UFO to pick up her followers
Cult leader Lia Eden claims that a UFO piloted by the archangel Gabriel wants to pick up her followers. She has therefore requested that Indonesia's President and Jakarata's Governor grant the UFO...
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Polygamous FLDS cult erects wall around meetinghouse
The insular Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is building a "fortress-type" wall around its meeting house in Colorado City, Arizona. Observers believe the wall is being...
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Anti-gay bakery owners must pay $135.000 to lesbian couple
The Christian owners of a bakery in Oregon have been ordered to pay $135.000 to a lesbian couple they refused to bake a wedding cake for. Aaron and Melissa Klein said their refusal to bake for the...
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International Cultic Studies Association: Upcoming Events
The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic or high-demand groups, alternative movements, and other...
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Brazilian Evangelicals set up a ‘sin free’ alternative to Facebook
The people behind Facegloria -- said to be a sin-free alternative to Facebook -- want to take on Facebook, Twitter, and the world. Aimed initially at Brazil's booming 'Evangelical' movement, the...
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Religion News, Wednesday July 15, 2015
Scientology quacks urged veto of Texas mental health bill. Watch how dozens of Yazidi women and children escape from the clutches of ISIS barbarians. Why a Wheaton chaplaincy staffer quit the...
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Escaping Polygamy — and Scientology
'Sister Wives' sugarcoats polygamy. 'Escaping Polygamy' shows what the lifestyle is really like. Come to think of it, that's also what Alex Gibney did in his Emmy-nominated documentary, "Going Clear,'...
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Are you old enough to remember Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
In 1981 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spent $5.75 million on a remote piece of property in Oregon and invested millions more to build Rajneeshpuram as a spiritual retreat for thousands of his red-frocked...
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Nobody joins a cult, but it is easy to get radicalized
Today: stories about the Palmarian Catholic Church, how easily people get radicalised, and what IS jihadists have in mind for Europe’s cities. Also: tongue-in-cheek, How do Operating Thetans get in...
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Does the UK’s anti-radicalisation program alienate Muslims?
Today's edition includes stories about a radicalisation prevention program that may backfire. A protest against Whole Foods over its link to Marc Gafni. Iglesia ni Cristo, a powerful cult of...
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The attitudes of Western European states towards new religious movements
Research: a brief overview of the attitudes of Western European states towards new religious movements is an interesting article by Jean-François Mayer, founder and editor of Relioscope -- an...
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Shincheonji “New Heaven and New Earth” cult infiltrating churches
UK: Churches warned of 'deceptive cult' linked to South Korea infiltrating congregationsHundreds of British churches, including some of the UK’s largest congregations, have been warned against...
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Religion & Cults News – Wednesday
The Berlin attack is right out of the terror handbooksThe world’s deadliest terrorist groups are increasingly open about their intentions, tactics, and targets. Last month, Rumiyah, the slickest...
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Religion and Cult News, Saturday
The sentences of three German men found guilty for their leadership roles at the infamous Colonia Dignidad cult in Chile have been increased.The cult's founder, former Nazi Paul Schaefer, was sentenced...
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Man dressed as Darth Vader spared jail for attack on founder of Jedi church
HOLYHEAD, Wales: A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.Arwel...
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Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood
The founder of the Jedi religion inspired by the Star Wars films was thrown out of a Tesco supermarket for wearing his distinctive brown hood.Daniel Jones, 23, who has 500,000 followers worldwide, was...
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