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‘The time is finished’: sect says its ’666′ leader will be ‘transformed’
Followers of José Luis De Jesus Miranda — a man who has claimed to be both Jesus Christ and the Antichrist — claim they and their leader will be ‘transformed’ on June 30th.
And, according to one of the cult members, “All those that are not believers are going to be destroyed.”
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Robert Schuller says his financial future is at risk
Positive thinking guru Robert Schuller has published a video in which he says his “financial future may be at risk” due to the bankruptcy of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries.
Crystal Cathedral Ministries says in a response that the $ 3.5 million settlement the Schullers demand would leave the ministry virtually no funds [...]
Former Aum fugitive says cult leader should hang; cult victim says he should not
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police late Saturday believes guru Shoko Asahara should hang for his crimes.
But one of the cult’s victims has called on the Japanese government to abandon the looming execution of the group’s leaders.
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Follower says he was expelled from FLDS for violating Warren Jeffs’ sex ban
As the year comes to an end and the followers of Warren Jeffs await the apocalypse he has predicted, they’re living under a challenging edict: they’re forbidden to have sex until Jeffs is sprung from a Texas prison.
“He has predicted that the walls in the prison where he’s at will fall and crumble,” [...]
False prophet Harold Camping says Oct. 21 is ‘probably’ definitely Doomsday
Family Radio preacher Harold Camping, who has a record of false doomsday prophecies, insist his new date of Oct. 21st is correct — probably.
A heretic himself, Camping has turned his formerly Christian radio network into, theologically, a cult of Christianity.
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Warren Jeffs’ Former Accuser Says Evidence In Polygamy Trial Will ‘Shock The World’
Ten women and two men were selected to sit on the jury in the sexual assault trial of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs late Tuesday, after more than 100 potential jurors were excused for admitting they’d previously heard enough about his background to no longer presume him innocent, the Associated Press reports.
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Cult leader Rocco Leo’s extradition from Fiji not likely, says Police
Australian Police are not looking to extradite fugitive cult leader Rocco Leo from Fiji, after he was arrested a week ago.
“If Fijian authorities determine that they are going to deport Rocco Leo we will execute that (arrest) warrant and if Rocco Leo is deported back to Australia we will extradite him from whatever [...]
Widow of Dove World Outreach Center says church turned into a cult
When Don Northrup founded Dove World Outreach Center in 1985, his widow says he never envisioned it becoming what it is today.
Then, it was a growing evangelical church with a congregation of almost 200 members. Now, a handful of people attend services in which ministers carry handguns and rail against Islam.
But [...]
Global Growth of Muslims to Level Off, Report Says
A new report forecasts that the number of Muslims around the world will grow over the next 20 years at twice the rate of non-Muslims, but that the rapid growth will level off.
Amaney A. Jamal, associate professor of politics at Princeton and a consultant on global Islam, said that the report could challenge [...]