Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
There are 'secret' plans to build a giant replica of the Rio de Janeiro statue Christ the Redeemer near the summit of Primrose Hill in London to promote the 2016 Olympics. The project, funded by the Brazilian government, has already divided opinion in the celebrity neighbourhood, amid fears it will... (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
During the mid-eighties Don Rimer managed to establish himself as an internationally known authority on 'Ritual Crime and the Occult.' Unfortunately, his work contributed to the 'Satanic Panic' hysteria of that time. (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
God wants Warren Jeffs and other FLDS members released from prison. The cult leader -- sentenced last August to life plus 20 years in prison for charges resulting from his 'spiritual marriages' to two teenaged girls -- says so in a slew of revelations, some of which have been published in newspape... (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
In the study of religion, we long ago gave up on creating a taxonomy that would—once and for all—allow us to demarcate the sacred from the profane and religious groups from secular. Nevertheless, there is something profoundly unreligious about Kopimism, and it is hard to overlook this glaring ... (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
The Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian church -- has announced its next publicity seeking opportunity. The hatemongers feel called to picket the funeral of Joe Paterno. (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
Violence inflicted on a teenager accused of being a witch was "wild" and "completely feral", a witchcraft expert has told the Old Bailey. Kristy Bamu, 15, drowned in a bath in his sister's east London flat after he was was beaten and tortured in 2010. (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 17 hours ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
The current issue of Skeptic Magazine features a cover article titled, "The Decline and (Probable) Fall of the Scientology Empire!" Scientology watcher Tony Ortega says for those who have wanted a compact overview of where Scientology has been and where it is going, this is a handy guide. (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 5 days ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
Mexico has a long history of faith healers and home remedies, but the problem has come to a head in the last few years with a constant stream of ads on television for more "scientific" sounding creams that supposedly lift or enlarge breast and buttocks, magnets that help users lose weight, or pills... (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 5 days ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
A senior member of Aum Shinrikyo -- the doomsday cult behind the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways -- has been charged in a kidnapping case, one of dozens of cult-related crimes in the 1990s. Prosecutors charged Makoto Hirata with "unlawful capture" and confinement Friday in connection with t... (original story)
Posted from Religion News Blog 5 days ago
everything Pagan/Wiccan : Pagan/Wiccan News
The polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs has taken out apocalyptic quarter-page newspaper ads all over the country. In contrast with previous Jeffs "revelations," which have foretold earthquakes, fire and tidal waves, the ad is fairly short and does not predict any specific biblical consequences or ... (original story)