Tag: Cult
It’s not the end of the world when doomsday prophets get it wrong
Peter Collett May 20, 2011.
Print: The Guardian
A psychologist examines what happens to cults when their doomsday predictions fail.
Cult members ‘planning mass suicide’ discovered praying for end to sexual immorality
By Nick Allen September 19, 2010.
Print: Telegraph
Members of a religious cult feared to be planning a mass suicide in a California desert were discovered hours after they went missing.
Is Scientology a Cult? Is Paul Haggis the Next Martin Luther?
David Gibson October 28, 2009.
Print: Politics Daily
In this opinion piece, David Gibson (who lists himself as Catholic) considers the nature of Scientology and its cult-like characteristics.
Mexico drug cartel with its own ‘bible’
Ioan Grillo July 24, 2009.
Print: The Telegraph
La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, claims its thugs are devout evangelical Christians and has its own “bible.” The group’s beliefs call for members to abstain from drugs themselves and do charity work, but to torture or kill anyone who betrays or opposes them.
Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology ‘cult’
Anil Dawar June 1, 2009.
Print: The Guardian
A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.
The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion.
Polygamist ranch life revealed in documents
Associated Press April 2, 2009.
Print: msnbc
It was a year ago that the outside world got its first glimpse beyond the battered green gate of the YFZ Ranch. And the view was mesmerizing.
In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control Is Shunned
Barbara Bradley Hagerty March 31, 2009.
NPR
In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control Is Shunned
The Quiverfull movement: creating children to be soldiers of Christ
Pamela Dolan March 31, 2009.
STL Today
The Quiverfull movement: creating children to be soldiers of Christ
Members of Black Metal sect ‘torched chapel’
Tim Finan February 26, 2009.
Telegraph.co.uk
A court in Brittany heard yesterday how four members of a fanatical Black Metal anti-Christian sect went on alcohol fuelled rampages smashing ancient granite crosses in cemeteries and torching a 16th century chapel classified as an ancient monument.
