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‘Fiction opened my eyes’: author Jodie Chapman on growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged doomsday, end times, Jehovah's Witnesses, survivor story

I used to knock on people’s doors and tell them the end of the world was coming. We were born imperfect, I would say, and soon will come the day of Armageddon when we will all be tested. Be good and…[Continue Reading...]

Liberty University, Founded by Televangelist Jerry Falwell, Gets Record Fine for Campus Safety Violations

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged fines, Liberty University, unsafe campus

Liberty University, the fundamentalist Christian college founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell, gets record $14 million fine from the Dept. of Education for violating campus safety laws and punishing women who reported sexual assaults, investigators say.[Continue Reading...]

EXCLUSIVEJim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s son reveals a side of the infamous televangelists that you’ve NEVER seen before – as he lifts the lid on his late mother’s scandalous legacy and his ‘complicated’ relationship with his ailing father

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged family life, Jim Bakker, personal lives, Tammy Faye Bakker

The son of infamous 1980s televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner is set to reveal the true story of his family's colorful life in an upcoming documentary. Ahead of its release, Jay Bakker, 48, spoke to DailyMail.com about the…[Continue Reading...]

Q&A: How Instagram influencers profit from anti-vaccine misinformation

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-vaxxers, misinformation, online influencers

While Instagram might have a reputation for superficiality—a realm of exquisitely filtered images—it is now eclipsing other social media as a news source. The platform is increasingly filled with information, some of it pernicious and distributed via influencers. Researchers at…[Continue Reading...]

Amway’s revenues continue decade-long slide, dropping to $7.7 billion

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Amway, MLM, multi-level marketing, sales falling

Multilevel marketing giant Amway reported a 5% decline in earnings year over year, which the company attributed to a strong U.S. dollar and the ongoing fallout of pulling out of Russia. The Ada, Mich.-based company sent out an earnings press…[Continue Reading...]

Why Americans keep getting roped into multilevel marketing schemes

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, MLM schemes, multi-level marketing, scams

Most multilevel marketers have rebuttals at the ready when potential recruits accuse them of peddling a pyramid scheme. One of the canned comebacks for Donald Trump’s late-aughts MLM—because, of course, Trump once had his own MLM—is a doozy: “If you…[Continue Reading...]

HBO Releases ‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Trailer From ‘Leaving Neverland’ Director (Exclusive)

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, conspiracy theories, documentary, InfoWars

HBO has released the first trailer (below) for its upcoming documentary chronicling the rise and fall of one of the most controversial and disgraced voices in American media: Alex Jones. In The Truth vs. Alex Jones, filmmaker Dan Reed (Leaving…[Continue Reading...]

Deputy Idaho Attorney General to assist prosecution in Chad Daybell trial

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial

FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - The murder trial of Chad Daybell is set to start April 1 in Ada County, and when it does, there will be a new attorney helping the prosecution. Judge Steven W. Boyce recently approved a…[Continue Reading...]

Tom Cruise Is Reportedly Moving Into The Church Of Scientology’s UK Headquarters

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise, UK

Tom Cruise is making moves to be as close to the Church of Scientology as possible. According to The Daily Mail, the actor is set to move into Saint Hill Manor – the former home of Church of Scientology founder…[Continue Reading...]

Court orders government to hand cult founder’s remains to daughter

Published March 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, Aum subway gassing, Japan, Shoko Asahara

A court ordered the government on Wednesday to hand over the hair and cremated remains of the executed Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara to his second daughter after a top court ruled in 2021 that she can take them…[Continue Reading...]