The Heaven's Gate Cult

Heaven 's worship was founded in the early 1970' s by Marshall Apple White and Bonney Nettles. Applewhite is recovering under the care of Mr. Nettles, his nurse. Applewhite claims he and Lamy are the two witnesses mentioned in the Apocalypse. They have to prepare for recycling for the inhabitants of the world. To get supporters / fans, Applewhite and Nettles first opened a specialty store. The bookstore did not work very well, so they embarked on this road.

In 1997, 39 members of the Temple of Heaven committed suicide in San Diego, California with the aim of following comet Hale - Bopp to catch up with UFOs. Marshall Apple White and Bonney Nettles founded the Heavenly Gate in 1974. Its members are focused on web design, science fiction, castration and cleaning impurities. Regarding group suicide, they write on their website: "We have deeply discussed this topic and were psychologically prepared for this possibility. We found members of the heavenly gate When wearing black clothes and black and white Nike decade sneakers and wearing short hair, they were initially identified as men, but over half of them These suicide projects inspired many popular songs, produced SNL sketches, and produced a lot of promotions (not necessarily welcomed) for Nike Decade sneakers, among them One is currently on eBay of $ 6,600.

In 1997, the door of worship of heaven showed stubborn self-deception in the world. 39 members of the cult organization committed suicide as the spaceship was convinced that they brought their souls to heaven. A few days before they committed suicide, the cult members bought telescopes worth $ 3,600, but they came back only because of equipment defects. Self-fraud is not good, but some self-deception is healthy. Children who feel that teddy is genuine are meeting the need for comfort, and as a result they are not suffering. Suppressing the painful truth such as aging and death is an adaptive way to cope with overwhelming reality. However, the more serious the fraud becomes, the higher the cost will be.