The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
Most people believe they know a cult when they see one. Do you? Can you pick the cult out of the description of the following three religious group? A young man with physical strength and musical talent found himself ostracized from his religious community. Taking a few malcontents with him, he began a new commune
READ MORESometimes it has to happen to a celebrity before the world pays attention. In 1993 acclaimed American Jazz pianist Chick Corea was disinvited from a concert in Stuttgart, Germany. The government of the German state of BadenWurttemberg canceled the concert because Mr. Corea is a Scientologist. For many, this was the first indication that all
READ MOREIn November 2009 the Catholic Church in Italy was faced with a "Crucifix Conundrum." Catholic crucifixes adorn every room of the public school system. In northern Italy, Soile Lautsi, a mother of two, filed a complaint against the Catholic practice, claiming it violated the secular intent of public schools in Italy and denied her the
READ MOREHow too many modern-day believers succumbed to the lure of political power and lost the essence of the Gospel Illustration by John Williams How did a democracy, whose Statue of Liberty represents a beacon of freedom to the world, find itself in a fulcrum of chaos and misdirection following a fair democratic election, judged so
READ MOREThen Chuck and Stephanie Fromm began having people over for Bible studies, the last thing on their minds was the possibility of being cited and fined by the city they lived in, but that’s exactly what happened. As residents of San Juan Capistrano, California, they are hardly new in town. They moved into the city
READ MOREA Book Review . . .Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980. Rick Perlstein. Alarmed at what they saw as the decay of morality in the nation, religious fundamentalists John Conlon and Bill Bright in 1976 organized a group of activist protestants entitled the Christian Freedom Foundation. Previously the Southern Baptist Association sought to keep religion out
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