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Saugus: HOA structures vandalized with anti-Semitic symbols - The Signal
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
My kids were taught to be tolerant of other peoples religious beliefs and because I'm old enough to have know some Holocaust survivors, made sure my kids would never be okay with such a disgusting act. As far as the inconsiderate individuals who did ...

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theriskyshift.com (blog)
CBRN Weapons and Non-State Actors
theriskyshift.com (blog)
Ever since the 1995 sarin attack of the Tokyo Subway by the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo (“Aum Supreme Truth”), there has been a growing fear that non-state actors, especially terrorist groups, might decide to resort to Chemical, Biological ...

theriskyshift.com (blog)
CBRN Weapons and Non-State Actors
theriskyshift.com (blog)
Ever since the 1995 sarin attack of the Tokyo Subway by the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo (“Aum Supreme Truth”), there has been a growing fear that non-state actors, especially terrorist groups, might decide to resort to Chemical, Biological ...

Willamette Week
Scientologists Commemorate That Time They Emptied All the WW Boxes
Willamette Week
Scientologists from across the country turned the verdict into a referendum on religious freedom, and the court declared a mistrial. The posters advertising last weekend's party make that connection ... It's very long, and has been excerpted by an anti ...

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PR Web (press release)
Scientology: How We Help—Taking Back our Communities with The Way to ...
PR Web (press release)
“We greatly admire the work of V.J. Smith and MAD DADS,” says Nancy Schumacher, Director of Public Affairs for the Church of Scientology of Twin Cities. “MAD DADS is making our neighborhoods safe. Their commitment to the families of Minneapolis is ...

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Legion of Christ priest: “What God expects of me now is to care for my child ...
Patheos (blog)
A prominent American priest of the Legion of Christ religious order has decided to leave the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child years ago. The Legion said Saturday the Rev. Thomas Williams, a moral theologian, author, lecturer and ...

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With Ariel Castro, Precedent Suggests No Death Penalty
New York Magazine
Fritzl brought three upstairs and presented them to his unwitting wife as children Elisabeth had abandoned at the house before returning to the religious cult she had joined. Punishment: Fritzl, 73, was charged with incest, rape, coercion, false ...

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International Business Times
Culture Clash: Vatican Condemns Mexican 'Death Saint' Cult As Blasphemy
International Business Times
"Religion celebrates life, but here you have death," he said. "It's not religion just because it's dressed up like religion; it's a blasphemy against religion.” But, according to BBC, the cult traces its origins to Mexico's colonial period and has a ...
Vatican in a Bind About Santa MuerteNational Geographic

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The severity of charges against a 'Christian' couple accused of starving their 13-year-old adopted daughter to death depends on whether they girl's age can be verified.

Also: Once again, the Scientology cult has photoshopped one of its events to make it appear more people were there than bothered to show up.

Plus: declaring saints -- Catholic Church vs. the Bible (We've got a winner).

Full story: Hana Williams’ starvation death; Scientology photoshops; Saints…

EEOC Sues Company for Forced Practice of Scientology
Workforce Management (blog)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed against a Miami, Florida, medical service provider, alleging that it has violated Title VII's religious discrimination provisions by forcing its employees to practice Scientology. According to the ...

The Phoblographer (blog)
Church of Scientology Photoshops an Image, Internet Catches It and Laughs ...
The Phoblographer (blog)
According to Gizmodo, the Church of Scientology has been caught with their pants down. The organization had a meeting recently with only a couple hundred people, but the Church claimed that it gathered well over 1,000. And to prove it, they showed off ...

Scientology Is as Bad at Photoshop as It Is at Not Brainwashing People - Gizmodo
Gizmodo
The Church of Scientology held an event for the opening of a new facility in Portland over the weekend. The crowd was around 450-750 people. But the church claims it was more like 2,500, and it Photoshopped in the proof.

Five Essay Prompts for Game of Thrones 3×7: 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'
New York Observer
I guess this goes back to an earlier question we had: what separates a religion from a cult? Because sure, if you are a kindly youth pastor at a summer camp and a kid starts defecting to the dark side, that's probably cause for alarm, and you should ...

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Boing Boing
Scientology sucks at photoshop
Boing Boing
As Scientology's numbers and influence decline, the company religion is desperate to maintain appearances. Mark 'Wise Beard Man' Bunker managed to get shots and videos of this weekend's gala opening in Portland (despite a keystone kops runaround ...
Scientology Is as Bad at Photoshop as It Is at Not Brainwashing People - GizmodoGizmodo
Church of Scientology accused of photo shopping the crowd at recent event in ...Daily Mail
Church of Scientology Photoshops an Image, Internet Catches It and Laughs ...The Phoblographer (blog)
Washington Times -Opposing Views
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Rep. Bag-ao mulls raps vs Ecleo ally
Minda News
The PBMA is a quasi-religious cult founded by Gwendolyn's father, Ruben Ecleo Sr., and has since become their family's political power base. “There are factual and circumstantial evidences that are leading to the probability that it (murder attempt) is ...

Ken Livingstone's favourite Islamist spreads Jew-hatred in Gaza
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
If all that was depressingly predictable, less so, was the range of voices opposed to Qaradawi's cult of death. Yes, Israel, of course. After all ... important religious authorities in the Sunni world. Mahmoud Al Habash, the Palestinian Authority's ...

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Apropos of Our Doubtful Religiosity
AllAfrica.com
In the terrible narratives of the "ombatse" cult massacre of policemen last week, rituals and secret oaths were ostensibly being defended by spilling human blood, a far cry from the tolerance of previous forms of paganism. As a multi-religious and ...

Osun Defender
PDP: Patching A Leaking Umbrella
Osun Defender
Last Friday, Jonathan held emergency talks with his security chiefs over a recent spate of bloody violence in the country which left about 350 dead in less than a month, in mostly ethno-religious clashes. In the most recent case last Tuesday, Ombatse ...

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Van Veteeren
Film News
The investigation points towards a sinister church cult (aren't religious cults always sinister?), with the killings carried out to punish those having turned their backs on their religious community. Desperately trying to prevent further ritual ...

Nashville Church of Scientology Celebrates 63rd Anniversary of Dianetics
PR.com (press release)
Today, L. Ron Hubbard's works are studied and applied daily in over a thousand Dianetics centers, Scientology churches, missions and organizations around the world. The Dianetics Seminar has seen much success in Nashville where it is delivered out of ...
Church of Scientology Hosts Community Theater EventWatch List News (press release)

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