Alamo flier seeks help for release
Linda HaymesArkansas OnlineAugust 28, 2016HE'S BACK ... Just when you think you've heard the last of Christian evangelist Tony Alamo ... you haven't. Yes, he's been serving a 175-year prison stint in...
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Inside the Aetherius Society: A church stranger than Scientology
AUGUST 28, 2016Nathan ChurchNews.com.au IN A leafy suburb of Fairfield, 5km south of Brisbane, there sits a charming white wooden farmhouse.A tyre-swing hangs from a tree that seems transplanted from...
View ArticleRaelians promote Go Topless Day in Vancouver and more than 50 other cities on...
GEORGIA STRAIGHT by Charlie Smith on August 27th, 2016 The GoTopless.org website has a simple slogan: "Free your breasts! Free Your Mind!"And this message is encouraging women in nearly 60 cities,...
View ArticleJudge to decide dispute over Trout Run records request
By Danielle E. Gaines NewspostAugust 30, 2016A judge will decide whether Frederick County government must turn over emails to attorneys representing the Church of Scientology’s real estate arm.The...
View ArticleThe Long Search for the Missing Child Brides of a Mormon Polygamist Sect
VICEBy Nate CarlisleAugust 30, 2016randon S Blackmore listened carefully. He had to hear past the hissing sound in the recording, and the panting. One voice on the recording was unmistakable,...
View ArticleStudent Academy Award Winners Unveiled
The Hollywood ReporterAugust 29, 2016The winners of this year's Student Academy Awards were announced on Monday, with honorees coming from AFI and USC, as well as DePaul University and Michigan State...
View Article'Cultural Mormons' Adjust The Lifestyle But Keep The Label
August 28, 2016NPRLEE HALEOn a recent evening in Manhattan's Upper East Side, a group of women have gathered to chat. They're seated in the living room of a cozy one-bedroom apartment."I consider...
View ArticleThe History of Fake Meat Starts With the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Atlas ObscuraBy Ernie Smith AUGUST 17, 2015 Veggie burgers and imitation meat are downright common these days, but it took a long time for meat analogues to earn respect at the table.But eventually, it...
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Food stamp fraud trial postponed amid disputes over polygamists' religious...
By NATE CARLISLE | The Salt Lake TribuneAug 30 2016 A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the trial for 11 members of a polygamous sect who are accused of misusing food stamp benefits.The trial had been...
View ArticleCorpses, Pythons, Sleep Deprivation: Meditation Rituals in Thailand Can Be...
What in the WorldThe New York TimesBy BRYANT ROUSSEAU AUG. 30, 2016 A decomposing body may not seem like an ideal meditation aid, but at some of Thailand’s tens of thousands of Buddhist temples, it is...
View ArticlePAPER TRAILS: Tony Alamo, Katy Perry's nod to Little Rock musician, Arkansan...
Arkansas OnlineArkansas Democrat-GazetteStory by Linda HaymesAugust 28, 2016 HE'S BACK ... Just when you think you've heard the last of Christian evangelist Tony Alamo ... you haven't. Yes, he's been...
View ArticleTV Program - Holy Hell
September 1, 2016 at 9 p.m. ETCNN – Holy Hell"Holy Hell" reveals an intimate, never-before-seen world inside Buddhafield, a mysterious spiritual sect that filmmaker Will Allen joined and became its...
View ArticleSarah Ferguson, first Word of Life defendant, sentenced for manslaughter
WKTVBy Joleen Ferris Sep. 1, 2016 UTICA - The first Word of Life defendant to be sentenced proclaimed her love, through tears, for the brother she whipped to death and the other, whom she assaulted....
View ArticleJudge: Polygamous sect member can write to Warren Jeffs
Salt Lake TribuneAssociated PressSeptember 1, 2016A polygamous sect member who believes writing to imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs is essential to his eternal salvation will be allowed to continue...
View ArticleAmerica's New Lesson in Tolerance
What one of the Supreme Court’s most humiliating mistakes tells us about the debate over Colin Kaepernick’s national-anthem protest.· The Atlantic· September 1, 2016· GARRETT EPPS“We almost...
View ArticleShe beat her son with a hanger - and said Indiana's religious freedom law...
Washington PostBy Kristine Guerra September 1, 2016 The 7-year-old boy had a total of 36 deep purple bruises across his back, on his arm and on his thigh.He had a loop mark on his ear that, court...
View ArticleReligious Freedom Doesn't Protect Child Abuse
An Indiana woman’s claim that she beat her son because of her faith is unlikely to succeed in court, but it could have implications for how Americans perceive these kinds of arguments in the future.·...
View ArticleI took Scientology's personality test, and the results weren't good
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016Emma Reynoldsnews.com.au @emmareyn I’M sat at a wooden desk answering multiple choice questions with a pencil, occasionally erasing my answers and colouring in a different circle.No,...
View ArticleFalun Gong followers urge Canada to censure China
September 2, 2016 Hamilton SpectatorBy Kelly Noseworthy Guda Zheng feared for his life every minute of every day for four years.Born in China, Zheng, 52, says he was persecuted in 2011 for being a...
View Article“Treatment Centers” for Troubled Teens Are Gothic Nightmares
Slate.comNora Caplan-BrickerAugust 24, 2016Most residential treatment centers that promise they can turn around the lives of troubled teenagers are dangerous places with a proven track record of making...
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