Wolrd Religion

A month after South Australian police raided more than a dozen properties associated with the bizarre Adelaide-based Agape Ministries doomsday cult, several questions remain unanswered.

But for independent senator Nick Xenophon the weapons found during the raids are a chilling reminder that decisive action must be taken to prevent cults getting footholds in Australian society.

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To its supporters, who include some of the country's most powerful people, Rhema is a welcome coming together of two of South Africa's favourite pastimes, conspicuous consumption and Christianity.

To its critics it's a prosperity cult.

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