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Out of America: Behind the bronze doors of the masons’ HQ

In its US incarnation, Freemasonry is primarily a social and philanthropic organisation. Full story: Out of America: Behind the bronze doors of the masons’ HQ

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Freemasons: A Secret Society, Spilling a Few Secrets

The Freemasons are not giving out the secret words that members are supposed to say to get into meetings. But the Masons are giving public tours of the New York Grand Lodge Headquarters. Full story:...

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Masons struggle with racial separation

The Masons, the storied fraternal order whose members have included Mozart, George Washington and John Wayne, has become entwined across the Deep South with the remnants of another tradition in these...

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Court: Masons Religious Group

As such, Masons would fall under the protections of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), the landmark law that says government may not infringe on religious...

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Masons try to be esoteric, relevant

The Masons are a secret society -- and they're totally open about it. Full story: Masons try to be esoteric, relevant

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Frat boys: Masons drum up members among Hub rockers

Stodgy lodges, traditional initiations and secret handshakes would seem to be the antithesis of punk rock. But a diverse group of Hub rockers are embracing centuries-old fraternal ideals to become the...

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Masons brace for new Dan Brown novel

With Dan Brown's newest novel, The Lost Symbol, hitting bookstores Sept. 15 -- much of it rumored to revolve around Masonic myths -- the Masons are in pre-emptive damage-control mode, Religion News...

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Freemasons hail Dan Brown’s latest novel as “good fun”

While the fictional story lines about conspiracy and the Catholic Church in "The Da Vinci Code" caused an uproar among some Catholics and drew censure from the Vatican, a senior representative of the...

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EU to hold atheist and freemason summit

Brussels is to hold an EU summit with atheists and freemasons in the autumn, inviting them to a political dialogue parallel to the annual summit the bloc holds with Europe's religious leaders. While...

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Judge backs Freemasons’ role

The role of Masons in public life won the backing of a High Court judge, who yesterday dismissed claims that the order’s secretive ways made Freemasonry an unhealthy influence on officialdom. Mr...

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Cult leader Lia Eden wants UFO to pick up her followers

Cult leader Lia Eden claims that a UFO piloted by the archangel Gabriel wants to pick up her followers. She has therefore requested that Indonesia's President and Jakarata's Governor grant the UFO...

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Polygamous FLDS cult erects wall around meetinghouse

The insular Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is building a "fortress-type" wall around its meeting house in Colorado City, Arizona. Observers believe the wall is being...

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Anti-gay bakery owners must pay $135.000 to lesbian couple

The Christian owners of a bakery in Oregon have been ordered to pay $135.000 to a lesbian couple they refused to bake a wedding cake for. Aaron and Melissa Klein said their refusal to bake for the...

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International Cultic Studies Association: Upcoming Events

The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic or high-demand groups, alternative movements, and other...

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Brazilian Evangelicals set up a ‘sin free’ alternative to Facebook

The people behind Facegloria -- said to be a sin-free alternative to Facebook -- want to take on Facebook, Twitter, and the world. Aimed initially at Brazil's booming 'Evangelical' movement, the...

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Religion News, Wednesday July 15, 2015

Scientology quacks urged veto of Texas mental health bill. Watch how dozens of Yazidi women and children escape from the clutches of ISIS barbarians. Why a Wheaton chaplaincy staffer quit the...

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Escaping Polygamy — and Scientology

'Sister Wives' sugarcoats polygamy. 'Escaping Polygamy' shows what the lifestyle is really like. Come to think of it, that's also what Alex Gibney did in his Emmy-nominated documentary, "Going Clear,'...

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Are you old enough to remember Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?

In 1981 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spent $5.75 million on a remote piece of property in Oregon and invested millions more to build Rajneeshpuram as a spiritual retreat for thousands of his red-frocked...

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Nobody joins a cult, but it is easy to get radicalized

Today: stories about the Palmarian Catholic Church, how easily people get radicalised, and what IS jihadists have in mind for Europe’s cities. Also: tongue-in-cheek, How do Operating Thetans get in...

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Does the UK’s anti-radicalisation program alienate Muslims?

Today's edition includes stories about a radicalisation prevention program that may backfire. A protest against Whole Foods over its link to Marc Gafni. Iglesia ni Cristo, a powerful cult of...

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