WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has revamped a list of religious faiths and traditions it uses to provide services to military members after Mormon Republican lawmakers blasted the agency for not classifying the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as…[Continue Reading...]
With a 3-2 Clearwater City Council vote approving a street handover, the Church of Scientology's Flag Services Organization won a tentative victory in its downtown expansion efforts. The Church of Scientology’s "spiritual headquarters" in the heart of downtown Clearwater may…[Continue Reading...]
Rising pop star Debbii Dawson has shared her striking new single Kool Aid, offering another compelling preview of her forthcoming EP Where Have All The Good Men Gone?, due for release on 26 June via RCA Records. Blending theatrical pop…[Continue Reading...]
Sometimes, desperation can lead people into trouble. This isn’t to say that desperation is a negative trait, because it’s something you genuinely feel at a specific moment due to your circumstances. For example, when I was in school, I was…[Continue Reading...]
The Cult Education Institute has assembled one of the largest archives of information about controversial groups, some called "cults," and related information on the Web. This archive contains thousands of press articles, court documents, and essays. Collections of articles pertaining…[Continue Reading...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amare Global Holdings Inc., its chief executive officer, a founding distributor, and the company’s former chief science officer, alleging the multilevel marketing company falsely promoted dietary supplements as…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Defense Department slashed its religious designations list from over 200 choices to only 31 — a major reduction in the number of religious affiliations it officially recognizes. In doing so, the department reclassified The…[Continue Reading...]
The art critic who died surrounded by pills and a liquor bottle in a Brazilian hotel room was traumatized from her time in a hellish boarding school where she was forced to eat her own vomit during stomach-churning humiliation rituals.…[Continue Reading...]
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has agreed to file charges against Buddhist monks arrested over various crimes under the names listed on their birth certificates, provided the respective sect (nikaya) of such monks take steps to disrobe them. The agreement between…[Continue Reading...]
There is a delicacy and there is a purpose to making a movie that tells the story of a cult, especially when telling the story of Heaven’s Gate, the cult that is responsible for the highest casualty rate by mass…[Continue Reading...]
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