he Aetherius Society is a new religious movement founded by George King in the mid-1950s as the result of what King claimed were contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences, to whom he referred as “Cosmic Masters”. The main goal of the believer is to cooperate with these Cosmic Masters to help humanity solve its current Earthly problems […]
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Jimmy Swaggart, in full Jimmy Lee Swaggart, (born March 15, 1935, Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.), American televangelist and gospel music performer. He was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988 after a sex scandal involving prostitutes. Swaggart’s father was a sharecropper before becoming a Pentecostal preacher in the Assemblies of God denomination in the 1950s, and Swaggart was immersed in the church’s culture from his youth. His cousins Jerry Lee Lewis,
The Worldwide Church of God (WCG) is a Christian denomination that was founded in 1933 by Herbert W. Armstrong. The WCG is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has congregations in over 100 countries. The WCG’s beliefs are based on the Bible, and the church teaches that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and
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Ho No Hana Sanpogyo is a Japanese new religious movement founded by Hogen Fukunaga in 1987. The group is often referred to as the “foot-reading cult” because of Fukunaga’s claim that he could diagnose physical illness by examining the soles of an individual’s feet. Ho No Hana has been accused of a number of fraudulent
Why Are Russian Cult Followers Worshipping Gadget Hackwrench? Sometimes some crimes go slipping through the cracks, but bizarre religious movements never do. Like the one in Russia based on the classic Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers cartoon. More specifically, it’s a religion for Gadget Hackwrench – the mechanically handy mouse who invents most of the tools used
im Bakker: A Life of Faith, Scandal, and Redemption Jim Bakker is a controversial figure in American history. He is best known as a televangelist who founded the Praise the Lord (PTL) Club, a popular Christian television program that aired from 1974 to 1987. Bakker was also the founder of Heritage USA, a Christian theme
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The Freedomites, also known as the Sons of Freedom, were a radical sect of the Doukhobors, a community of Spiritual Christians who began a mass migration from Russia to Canada in 1898. The Freedomite movement first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts of British Columbia. The Freedomites were
Monty Python and Religion: A Critical Analysis Monty Python is a British comedy troupe that was active from the 1960s to the 1980s. The group is best known for their television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, as well as their films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The Pythons
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The Order of the Solar Temple (OTS) was a cult and religious sect that claimed to be based upon the ideals of the Knights Templar. OTS was founded by Joseph di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva, as l’Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire (OICTS), and later it was renamed Ordre du Temple
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The Branch Davidians were a religious group that was founded in 1935 by Victor Houteff. The group was originally a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but they later broke away from the Adventists and formed their own church. The Branch Davidians believed that the end of the world was imminent, and they prepared
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