Do Christians Know How to be Spiritual?: The Rise of New Spirituality and the Mission of the Church
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities The security at the red-brick and glass-walled horseshoe of the John Joseph Moakley courthouse on Boston's waterfront was unusually tight. Anybody who was not a member of the city's bar association was swept with a search wand. Photo IDs were checked. Mobile phones were taken from...
Dogwood Tales (Free subscription) | yesterday
Religion is inherently ridiculous. Believing in something with no evidence and making a virtue of credulousness. Dressing up in silly costumes and swanning about in gilded palaces or hi-tech glass cathedrals whilst espousing the moral benefits of poverty. Insisting that the world is only 6000 years old in the face of all the evidence. Spotting holy images in a piece of toast or bird shit on a wing...
io9 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Not only was Scientology founded by a scifi writer, but its greatest enemy - the Anonymous group - models itself after a comic book character. Now members of the alien-loving religion are on trial in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
DiscernIt (Free subscription) | yesterday
FROM LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS RESEARCH WHY are Joel Rosenberg and Frank Peretti Appearing With New Age/New Spirituality Sympathizers? Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. (I Corinthians 10:21) Why are so many Christian leaders continually appearing with personalities who [...]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
St. Petersburg Times | The Hollywood Reporter e.Republic was chosen from among six bidders for the magazine. Several of the principals of the California media company are members of the Church of Scientology, and the St. Petersburg Times has been running stories critical of the church. "It's a business deal," says Times Publishing veep Andrew Corty . "We didn't want to exclude anybody...
Computer World (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A New Jersey teenager was sentenced to a year in jail and was fined $37,500 after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a DDOS attack on the Church of Scientology Web site.
Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Mommy zombie no more? Katie Holmes somehow convinced Tom Cruise to enroll their daughter Suri Cruise in a Boston Catholic pre-school which of course is not a Scientologist school. Rumors were Tom and Katie Holmes were in a heated battle over what school their daughter, Suri Cruise, should attend. It seems Cruise wants his daughter to follow his religion of “Scientology” and Katie wants...
Library Grape (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Right on for Senator Xenophon (yes, that's his real name) : An Australian senator has called for a criminal investigation into Scientology, alleging that the cult is "an abusive, manipulative, violent and criminal organization." The senator's name is Nick Xenophon. This is going to be good. From the Sydney Morning Herald : Senator Xenophon yesterday used parliamentary privilege to attack...
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
According to a press release yesterday from the Church of Scientology, a New Jersey federal district court has sentenced Dmitriy Guzner for his part in a cyber attack on Scientology websites last January. Nineteen year old Guzner who, in May, plead guilty to one count of computer hacking, was given a sentence of 366 days in prison, 2 years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $37,500. Guzner...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A new book claims the Top Gun star had a tendency to chat to ashtrays, bottles and other inanimate objects Just a teeny tiny amount of space left to say, hey, guess what? Tom Cruise? He's a bit fricking weird! Yuhdoansay. In Blown For Good, the latest book by an escapee from the Galactic Confederacy, AKA Scientology, Marc Headley claims that Cruise would talk to inanimate objects "for hours"....
The Freethinker (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
IT just goes from bad to worse for those poor, beleaguered Scientology nutsters. After the major hit they took in a court in France recently, and their loss of prominent member Paul Haggis, they are now licking their wounds from a mauling inflicted by an Australian politician. Senator Nick Xenophon, whose surname suggest that he might be [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd( ) Quarter winners of the 26th year of the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest were announced today by Joni Labaqui, the contest Director.
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd( ) Quarter winners of the 26th year of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest were announced today by Joni Labaqui, the contest Director.
Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Dangerous dismissal of psychiatry and mental health problems must be part of a Senate inquiry into the Church of Scientology , a Melbourne cult-counsellor said yesterday Cult Counselling Australia director Raphael Aron said Scientologists put vulnerable people at risk by taking them off psychiatric drugs and treatment, instead treating them with vitamins and E-meter readings.
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