Michael Galeotti Sr., a former United States Marine turned religious leader, finds himself at the centre of an explosive cultural reckoning following the publication of a bombshell memoir by Hollywood actress Bethany Joy Lenz. The founder of Wild Branch Christian…[Continue Reading...]
A Clearwater City Council member rescinded his endorsement of a candidate after a tense back-and-forth with her husband, a Pinellas County commissioner, about the council’s vote last week to give a stretch of public roadway to the Church of Scientology.…[Continue Reading...]
Key points Several studies have demonstrated that AI chatbots can be trained to decrease conspiracy theory belief. However, other research has shown that AI chatbots can increase belief in conspiracy theories. The effects of LLMs on conspiracy beliefs matters less…[Continue Reading...]
After Clearwater Mayor Bruce Rector hit the gavel to end a City Council meeting Thursday evening, the audience in the Clearwater Main Library erupted in applause and cheers. Scientology members had lined up outside the library several hours before the…[Continue Reading...]
New revelations about former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following the dictates of her spiritual guru while she was a member of Congress have resurrected interest in her family’s involvement with Chris Butler and his Kailua-based Science of Identity…[Continue Reading...]
A manifesto left by the armed suspect who opened fire at a hotel on Monday and killed a Montreal police officer doesn’t explicitly mention ‘incel,’ but experts say the content is consistent with the ideology that’s rooted in extreme hatred…[Continue Reading...]
June 23 (UPI) -- Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation Tuesday targeting an alleged financial fraud scheme at Banco Digimais and ordered freezing assets equivalent to some $125 million. Banco Digimais is an institution controlled by evangelical bishop Edir Macedo,…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Canada are warning of possible copycat attacks after three people died in a shootout in Montreal and the assailant’s lengthy manifesto, which called for “a new bloodletting”, was posted online by a far-right outlet. The document contains many…[Continue Reading...]
Eight years after a deadly Toronto attack brought the "incel" movement into the public spotlight, reports have again bought concerns about the ideology following Monday’s deadly shooting in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood. The incident left a Montreal police officer and a…[Continue Reading...]
Across Africa, pastors and lay Christians who would love to attend Bible school but can’t afford to do so are being approached, and seemingly befriended, by strangers offering them the chance to do so for free. An aggressive missionary cult…[Continue Reading...]
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