http://religion.rssnewsworld.com |The Book of Mormon|The Old Testament| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:41:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:41:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26575 Mormons operating independently of the Mormon Church -- and in direct contradiction to the church's edicts on the subject -- have posthumously baptized Anne Frank in a Mormon ritual referred to as 'Baptism for the Dead.'

In response the LDS Church has issued its strongest response yet to the violation of its agreement not to do proxy baptisms for Holocaust victims who are not related to a church member.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/anne-frank-posthumously-baptized-in-mormon-ritual/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ousted-flds-sect-member-receives-visiting-rights/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ousted-flds-sect-member-receives-visiting-rights/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:03:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26574 A man excommunicated from the FLDS cult won a partial court victory in a lawsuit he filed against Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Lawyers say the ruling could open the door to more lawsuits from those ousted by Jeffs.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ousted-flds-sect-member-receives-visiting-rights/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/church-of-scientology-demands-right-to-underpay-workers/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/church-of-scientology-demands-right-to-underpay-workers/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:36:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26573 The Church of Scientology in Australia has asked the Federal Government for an exemption to the Fair Work Act so they do not have to pay workers the minimum wage.

Last September the cult was found to be subject to Australian labour laws after an investigation into allegations it paid employees who were members of its clergy as little as $10 a week.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/church-of-scientology-demands-right-to-underpay-workers/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/dog-skeletons-witchcraft-books-found-in-home/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/dog-skeletons-witchcraft-books-found-in-home/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:45:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26572 Two people are in custody after police found more than a half dozen dismembered dogs in a home in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

The police also found items related to witchcraft and the occult.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/dog-skeletons-witchcraft-books-found-in-home/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-who-banned-blood-transfusion-for-boy-3-lose-court-battle/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-who-banned-blood-transfusion-for-boy-3-lose-court-battle/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:13:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26571 A three-year-old boy can be given a blood transfusion during surgery despite religious objections from his Jehovah's Witness parents, the High Court in Ireland has ruled.

Jehovah's Witnesses, theologically a cult of Christianity, promote un-biblical teachings regarding blood and blood transfusions.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-who-banned-blood-transfusion-for-boy-3-lose-court-battle/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-member-indicted-on-fresh-charges/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-member-indicted-on-fresh-charges/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:57:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26570 Prosecutors in Japan have indicted Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, on fresh charges of involvement in a blast at a Tokyo condominium and the throwing of a firebomb into the group's Tokyo headquarters in 1995.

The attacks were staged in a bid to disrupt police investigations into the cult.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-member-indicted-on-fresh-charges/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/churches-forced-to-stop-farsi-worship-in-tehran-iran/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/churches-forced-to-stop-farsi-worship-in-tehran-iran/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:17:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26568 Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has ordered the last two officially registered churches holding Friday Farsi-language services in Tehran to discontinue them.

The services attracted the city’s converts to Christianity as well as Muslims interested in Christianity.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/churches-forced-to-stop-farsi-worship-in-tehran-iran/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/nz-government-funds-scientology%e2%80%99s-anti-drugs-quackery/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/nz-government-funds-scientology%e2%80%99s-anti-drugs-quackery/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:39:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26567 A controversial drug-awareness program widely considered to be a front group for the Church of Scientology has received funding from the Government of New Zealand to spread its unorthodox views through schools and community groups.

"This kind of quackery should not be in our schools," says the director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/nz-government-funds-scientology%e2%80%99s-anti-drugs-quackery/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/faith-healing-couple%e2%80%99s-6-kids-in-temporary-state-custody/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/faith-healing-couple%e2%80%99s-6-kids-in-temporary-state-custody/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:19:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26566 Six children of an Oregon couple arrested in the faith-healing death of their 16-year-old son have been placed in temporary state custody.

Russel and Brandi Bellew each face mandatory prison sentences of six years and three months if convicted of second-degree manslaughter.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/faith-healing-couple%e2%80%99s-6-kids-in-temporary-state-custody/feed/ 0 http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/eddie-long%e2%80%99s-wife-calls-off-divorce/ http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/eddie-long%e2%80%99s-wife-calls-off-divorce/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:20:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26569
It is the second time in three months that Vanessa Long has called off plans to divorce the controversial preacher.]]> http://religion.rssnewsworld.com/2012/02/eddie-long%e2%80%99s-wife-calls-off-divorce/feed/ 0