‘Cult’ Is an Inaccurate, Unhelpful and Dangerous Label for Followers of Trump, QAnon, and 1/6
In the twentieth century the word “cult” (originally meaning “worship”) became a pejorative word that…
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‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 2 Recap: A Family Man With a Wild Side
Spoiler: this recap covers some of the crucial investigative developments featured in the second…
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Are We Living in a Simulation? Bad Religion, Bad Media Combine in New Doc, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’
Brother Laeo Mystwood looks at the camera, his body obscured by a 3D avatar. He…
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Satanic Temple Protests Pseudoscientific Therapies for Satanic Abuse and Witchcraft
If you happened to walk past San Francisco’s Parc 55 hotel this past weekend, you…
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Defending Minority Religions, Despite Some Bad Practitioners
In the latest addition to It’s Your Fault, The Cubit’s series on blame in contemporary society, RD associate editor…
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Ask the Dust: Unbelievers, Bunker-Dwellers, Anti-Natalists
You have questions, big questions. Ask the Dust has answers. From the serious to the sacrilegious, no…
Read More‘Slender Man’ Murder Attempt Wasn’t Media or Madness
This Internet is abuzz with speculation about a bizarre attempted murder in which two 12-year-old…
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Why We Won’t Let Jonestown (Or 9/11 or Sandy Hook) Die
The latest work to contend with the brutality of Jonestown begs the question: why are we still reliving this tragedy nearly 35 years later?
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“Cult” Cinema Comes of Age
While Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master provides the latest (and greatest) vantage point, 2011 saw the release of three solid films on the topic. Why now?
Read MoreOlympics Opening Ceremony as Satanic Ritual
The bell of evil tolls for thee.
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