Among the dead was Thomas Nichols, brother of the actress Nichelle Nichols [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_gro...
Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website
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#12They still respond to emails. Try it. It’s wild.
Did… did you email them? Why? What did they say back?
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#13The article makes it look like the existence of this cult is an extremely widely-known fact and thus it doesn't need much introduction. But I only learned about it after clicking this link.
It weirds me out that some people are so amenable to this kind of thing, enough to kill themselves.
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#14http://www.heavensgate.com/
Now that's a website. Love the modern styling.
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#16http://www.heavensgate.com/
How come they offer German translations (out of all languages)?
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#17They still respond to emails. Try it. It’s wild.
Did… did you email them? Why? What did they say back?
On a semi related note, Ted Kaczynski is still alive and was responding to letters as of November. He got moved to a medical prison last month so I'm not sure how well he's doing, but it is utterly fascinating to be able to correspond with people who are both intelligent and insane.
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#18Fun fact, back in 2017 when I was a junior in highschool, I would meet this friend of mine often at her house. She lived pretty far into this gated community that was right on the edge of where Rancho Santa Fe ends. I really don’t remember how the topic came up, but she told me that the mansion where the Heavens gate cult had killed themselves was literally a 5 min walk. I knew about the cult, but I never knew it all took place in San Diego lol when I went home, I looked up the distance of her house to the address of the mansion (it took a little bit because I failed to notice they changed the address, which is 18241 Paseo Victoria) it was shocking to see that it really was like 5 min away.
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#19The article makes it look like the existence of this cult is an extremely widely-known fact and thus it doesn't need much introduction. But I only learned about it after clicking this link. It weirds me out that some people are so amenable to this kind of thing, enough to kill themselves.
There are many human weaknesses, the desire for meaning in life leads some people to be susceptible to this kind of thing both causing it and falling victim to it.
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#20If I ever fall under the influence of a suicide cult. I hope I can convince them that I should be the one to stay behind and "maintain the website" ^_^
I’ll join the same cult and tell the others it doesn’t require that much effort. Just put it up on cloudflare free plan after renewing the domain for 30 years. Then hopefully I’ll dip out of the cult without anyone noticing.