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Religion RSS FeedsJapan: Security agency calls for extension of surveillance of Aum cult - The agency decided to file the request with the Public Security Examination Commission, concluding that the group could commit indiscriminate mass murders because it is still under the strong influence of founder, Chizuo Matsumoto, 53, also known as Shoko Asahara. The agency also asked for the surveillance extension to include Hikari no Wa, a new group established by Fumihiro Joyu, a 45-year-old former senior Aum member. The agency believes the splinter ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Judge allows reckless homocide charges in faith healing death of Madeline Neumann - A judge today ruled the reckless homicide charges stand against the parents of Madeline Neumann. They are accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor?s care as their 11-year-old daughter died.
Previously an attorney argued that if the case goes to trial, the courts will wrongly become entangled in constitutionally protected religious matters.... Ganas commune co-founder sues current and former members - The Ganas commune was formed three decades ago on the principles of sharing resources and talking out problems.
But one of its founders contends the group isn't abiding by those rules.
Jeffrey Gross has sued the New Brighton commune and 14 current and former members, alleging they booted him out last year and won't give him his fair share of the group's assets.... Church tries Goth Liturgy - At St George's Episcopal Church, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, people who sport spiked hair, black boots and eyeliner are welcome. The church celebrated The Goth Liturgy.The Goth Liturgy took off in England in the 1990s, Divis added, and may gain momentum locally if the congregations grow.Saturday night?s service will be followed by several more during Advent season at St. George?s, which ends at Christmas, Divis said.... Decision expected this week on whether parents will face trial in faith healing death - A judge is expected to decide this week whether to dismiss reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor?s care as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes.Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard has said that courts in two states have tossed out similar cases while courts in two other states allowed them to go to trial.... Los Angeles pastor used church credit cards for personal expenses - The pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest and most prominent black congregations in Los Angeles, used church credit cards to pay for at least $122,000 in personal expenses over a three-year period, including jewelry, family vacations, clothing and auto supplies, according to documents and church sources. Hunter also told The Los Angeles Times that he is working with federal tax officials to repay back taxes, penalties and interest amassed over 17 years.... RNB Roundup: Atheism ads get tax support; Holland bans Magic Mushrooms; Fritzl turns to Buddhism; More? - Today's RNB Roundup includes items about Islam, Christianity, Atheism, and Sikhism.Also: those seeking religious highs by munching on 'magic mushrooms' can no longer do so in Holland as the growth and sale of the plants is now banned.... Two teens file lawsuit against evangelist Tony Alamo over beatings - A beating administered by evangelist Tony Alamo and the man described as his ?enforcer,? John Kolbeck, at Alamo?s religious compound in Fouke last year caused ?serious and permanent injury? to a teenager?s left hand and wrist, according to a lawsuit filed by the teenager and another former church member.
Eighteen-year-old Spencer Ondirsek said in the lawsuit that Alamo struck him three times during the beating. At one point, he said, Alamo taunted him, saying, ?You think I like doing this? I love doing this !? The lawsuit was filed by Ondirsek and Seth Calagna, who is also 18, on T... UK pastor who claimed to produce ?miracle babies? another step closer to extradition - A controversial pastor who claimed he could give infertile couples "miracle babies" is a step closer to extradition on child abduction charges.
Two High Court judges have refused to give Gilbert Deya permission to appeal to the House of Lords against the order to extradite him to Kenya.... Europe court says no to turban on Sikh?s driving licence - In a statement, the court recognised that the rule on photographs 'amounted to interference with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion', but judged that this was justified
Freedom of religion 'did not always guarantee the right to behave in a manner governed by a religious belief and did not confer on people who did so the right to disregard rules that had proved to be justified,' the court said.... Copyright © 2008, Mulitple Sources of Income. All Rights Reserved. |