by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 26 of Pillars of Faith
Blame it on the Boogie
Pastor Doyle Davidson doesn’t believe in mental illness. “I do not believe that any mental illness exists other than demons, and no medication can straighten it out, other than the power of God,” the Texas preacher said.
The founder of Water of Life Ministries [...]
by VorJack
Via the New Humanist, the following is a screen shot from the Arkansas KKK (click to expand):
What more needs to be said?
If you have a few hundred followers, and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you Pope.
—Bill Maher
I was going through some old files recently and I found some notes for a ministry I wanted to start. Looking back, it’s hard to believe I was this brainwashed. Unfortunately I was quite sincere.
Here are some of the “goals” I had written out:
To spread a passion for the glory and supremacy of God in [...]
by VorJack
There’s a story at the NYT about the plight of people who are trying to leave the Church of Scientology. The article focuses on Christie and Chris Collbran, a couple who joined in their teens and worked for the top Scientology administrative group, Sea Org.
They signed a contract for a billion years — [...]
by VorJack
NPR has a story about the Unification Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the problems it’s having with losing members and the attempts it’s making to win them back. The text and a link to the audio are here.
Basically, the American wing of the church has always been modest in number, and those [...]
by VorJack
I feel a little bit dirty for posting this, but here goes:
Wife of televangelist Benny Hinn files for divorce
The wife of televangelist Benny Hinn has filed for divorce from the high-profile pastor, whose reputation as an advocate of prosperity gospel has attracted millions of followers and criticism from lawmakers and watchdog groups over his [...]
The case of the boy being starved to death for not saying Amen is now on trial. The mother thought the boy was going to be resurrected, and she still believes he is coming back. Score another one for “faith.”
For more than a week, Ria Ramkissoon watched passively as her one-year-old son wasted away, [...]
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