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Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story: My Journey With the Cult of...
"Artists Peter and Karen Schless were seduced by Scientology's celebrity spirituality, and detoured from Hollywood careers to join its extremist group, the Sea Org. In leader David Miscavige's inner...
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Sexual assaults and violent rages: Inside the dark world of Buddhist teacher...
Sogyal RinpocheMick Brown Telegraph.co.ukSeptember 21, 2017In August last year, Sogyal Rinpoche, the Tibetan lama whose book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying has sold more than three million copies...
View ArticleSnap Judgment's Glynn Washington on growing up in a 'cult' and how to tell a...
Christopher SpataTampa Bay TimesSeptember 25, 2017Glynn Washington, the creator and host of NPR's "Snap Judgment," will bring his live show to the Tampa Theatre on Sept. 29. Photo courtesy Snap...
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Snap Judgment's Glynn Washington on growing up in a cult and how to tell a...
Glynn WashingtonChristopher Spata Tampa Bay Times September 25, 2017Glynn Washington, the creator and host of NPR's "Snap Judgment," will bring his live show to the Tampa Theatre on Sept. 29. Photo...
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Change of Blood Lineage through Ritual Sex in the Unification Church
by Kirsti L. NevalainenJanuary 18, 2010"Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, has declared himself as the Messiah and Lord of the Second Advent. He claims he has come as the Messiah at...
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Surveillance of doomsday cult spin-off group ended by judge
Fumihiro Joyu of Hikari no WaRYOTA GOTOAsahi ShimbunSeptember 26, 2017 A court lifted government surveillance of an offshoot of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that orchestrated deadly sarin gas...
View ArticleAfter Jehovah's Witnesses Ban, Russia Takes on Scientology with Controversial...
DAMIEN SHARKOV NewsweekSeptember 25, 2017An assemblage of Russia’s top human rights activists is pleading with President Vladimir Putin to reverse decisions that threaten the Church of Scientology’s...
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How a dead U.S. evangelist inspires London's reviled street preachers
William BranhamPair who shame women are adherents of William Branham, who has links to the KKK and Jim Jones.CBC News September 25, 2017Two men notorious for preaching and haranguing women on London...
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As China's Economy Slows, 'Business Cults' Prey on Young Job Seekers
As China’s Economy Slows, ‘Business Cults’ Prey on Young Job SeekersJAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and IRIS ZHAONew York TimesSeptember 27, 2017TIANJIN, China — Some look like high-tech firms, promising young...
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Church of Scientology headquarters moving to downtown Guelph
40 Baker Street is the new Church of Scientology hub of operations for CanadaChris Seto Guelph MercurySEPTEMBER 28, 2017The building at 40 Baker St. is to become the new Canadian headquarters for the...
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Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism
When author, Christine Chandler, signed up for a simple meditation retreat, she had no idea she would be severing emotional ties with her ordinary life, in order to obey the intense practices of...
View ArticleSome Worry About Judicial Nominee's Ties to a Religious Group
LAURIE GOODSTEINNew York TimesSEPTEMBER 28, 2017One of President Trump’s judicial nominees became something of a hero to religious conservatives after she was grilled at a Senate hearing this month...
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The Cautionary Tale of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
Their sins and scandals were extreme, but it’s too easy to dismiss them as an aberration.HEATH W. CARTERChristianity todaySEPTEMBER 19, 2017PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's...
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Cults on campus: UK students being targeted by dangerous groups
John ShawUniversity PaperSeptember 1,2017You probably don’t think of yourself as being a target for cults. No one does.That type of paranoia is normally reserved for conspiracy theorists and those who...
View ArticleWitch doctors are sacrificing children in drought-stricken Uganda
Doreen AjiamboReligion News ServiceSeptember 26, 2017KATABI, Uganda (RNS) — Jackline Mukisa sobbed as she described how her 8-year-old son was found in a nearby swamp in February without teeth, lips,...
View ArticleRUSSIA: Jehovah's Witness Bible, Jewish, Christian, Muslim books banned
Victoria ArnoldSeptember 29, 2017Forum 18Banned as "extremist": Jehovah's Witnesses' New World Bible, other Jehovah's Witness and Muslim books, an article on the Jewish concept of the Holy Land, a...
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Miniseries on infamous cult standoff with federal agents riles Waco city...
Kelsey Bradshaw San Antonio Express-News September 29, 2017WACO on The Paramount Network - Series Premieres January 2018.On Feb. 28, 1993 federal authorities began a siege on the Branch Davidian...
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We’ve banned cancer cures from being marketed to vulnerable people—so why do...
It should be illegal to profit from psychic services. Let’s see if they are so committed to ‘comforting’ the bereaved if they’re not making money doing so.Felicity HannahProspect MagazineSeptember 29,...
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The mysterious Yellow Deli and its "cult" status
The University EchoSeptember 13, 2017Year after year, incoming students hear rumors about the Yellow Deli restaurant and those who work there mostly without ever attempting to know the truth.“My first...
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Women of Quebec's far right come out of the shadows
Their increased visibility is a troubling sign that such groups are becoming more mainstream, experts sayCATHERINE SOLYOMMONTREAL GAZETTE September 30, 2017 One is a hairdresser in Lévis who sometimes...
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