Russia jails Jehovah's Witness for six years - lawyer
Alexander MarrowDECEMBER 16, 2020ReutersA Russian court in Siberia jailed a Jehovah’s Witness adherent for six years on Wednesday after finding him guilty of extremist activity, his lawyer said, part...
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Corner Brook university professor explores COVID-19 conspiracy theories in...
Stephen RobertsThe Chronicle HeraldDecember 17, 2020A Corner Brook university professor has co-authored a new book exploring the emergence of pandemic conspiracy theories.Grenfell Campus folklorist...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/18/2020 (Jehovah's Witnesses, Eritrea, Religious...
Jehovah's Witnesses, Eritrea, Religious Freedom, Homeschooling, France, Islamist Extremism, Cult Recovery, Order of Saint Charbel, Little Pebble, Australia, Legal Reuters: Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah's...
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Religious communities line up for newly restored recognition
The Brussels TimesDecember 18, 2020Around 50 to 100 local religious communities in Flanders have applied for recognition by the Flemish government, minister Bart Somers said today.Somers, minister for...
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Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman’s NY horse farm for sale after Nxivm case
Aaron FeisNY PostDecember 24, 2020 Now this is a step up from a condemned sex den.A 234-acre horse farm owned by Seagram’s heiress and Nxivm higher-up Clare Bronfman in upstate New York has hit the...
View ArticleWhat is a Thought Reform Consultant?
Consultation refers to a voluntary relationship between a professional helper and help-needing individual, family, group, or social unit in which the consultant is providing information that enables...
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'Maybe I'm Brainwashed': How the NXIVM Cult Followed Damon Brink to Vermont
PAUL HEINTZSeven Days December 23, 2020Damon Brink believed he had found a path to spiritual fulfillment, self-awareness and financial success. Days into his initial training with a mysterious group...
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Pandemic heightens dangers to international religious freedom
Dale GavlakCatholic News Service WorldDecember 30, 2020AMMAN, JORDAN — Christians and others practicing their faith experienced serious challenges to religious freedom around the world this year,...
View ArticleThe Sunk Costs Fallacy
Julia GalefBig ThinkSeptember 25, 2013The sunk cost fallacy means making a choice not based on what outcome you think is going to be the best going forward but instead based on a desire not to see your...
View ArticleEx-NXIVM Cult Member Tells All!
Roberta GlassTrue Crime ReportDecember 27, 2020Ex-NXIVM member Susan Dones talks to Roberta about teaching the NXIVM curriculum, starting her own NXIVM center and how and why she ultimately left the...
View ArticleHelping People Escape Authoritarian Cults - with Joseph Kelly
Jon Atack, Family & FriendsJanuary 2, 2021Jon Atack: Helping someone to leave an authoritarian group or abandon destructive beliefs. Cult intervention specialist Joseph Kelly also talks with Jon...
View ArticleSpirituality is all very well but don't let it turn you into a smug monster
The GuardianBarbara EllenJanuary 2, 2021"It would appear that the mindfulness movement is overrun by preening narcissists. Who could have guessed? A Dutch study by Roos Vonk and Anouk Visser, entitled...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/2/2020
Recovery Workshop, Gregg Schoof, Rwanda, Uganda, Legal, Mount Gerizim Baptist Ministries, Hillsong, Sexual Abuse, Televangelists, Child Marriage, Israel, LegalOnline Workshop/Support Session January...
View ArticleDanny Masterson Harassment Suit Must Go Through Scientology Mediation, Judge...
Pat SapersteinVarietyDecember 31, 2020 The stalking and intimidation cases brought by four women who have accused TV actor Danny Masterson of rape must now go through mediation within the Church of...
View ArticleMormon Church Sued For Allegedly Covering Up Boy Scouts Sex Abuse
In the seven lawsuits each representing seven different male victims, attorneys say church officials never notified authorities about abuse allegations.Huffington PostDecember 28, 2020PHOENIX (AP) —...
View ArticleA Loving Provision'? How Former Jehovah's Witnesses Experience Shunning...
Julia GutgsellICSADecember 21, 2020 This presentation offers a general introduction into the field of ostracism and presents a high-level overview of the research findings presented in Julia's MSc...
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Inform January webinar: "Becoming Religious"
The webinar will take place from 5.30-7.30pm on Thursday 14th January, on the topic “Becoming religious: How and why beliefs and practices are transmitted.” It will explore the motivations of minority...
View ArticleInside the 'Twin Flames Universe' run by a couple who claim to 'channel'...
Stephanie Linning MailonlineJanuary 7, 2021Jeff and Shaleia Ayan, of Michigan, founded the Twin Flames UniverseClaims to help guide members towards their soul mate, or 'twin flame'But former members...
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TM and Cult Mania
TM and Cult Mania is a non-fiction book that examines assertions made by the Transcendental Meditation movement. The book is authored by Michael Persinger, Normand Carrey and Lynn Suess and published...
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India's ashrams: Havens for spirituality or scandalous snake pits?
Deutsche WelleJanuary 11, 2021 The Indian web-series "Aashram" has created a stir after showing sexual abuse by Hindu holy men. Religious activists say depictions of sex and drug abuse by holy men...
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