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Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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You can be wrong and charismatic. I'm sure sociology and anthropology and psychology all can reconcile that.

There's a tweet thread on someone's journey with this that you might dig. Your comment reminded me of it:

"REALITY DISTORTION FIELDS & the HUMILITY OF ACCEPTING YOU'RE BEING INFLUENCED" https://twitter.com/CurziRose/status/1477788648812662784

Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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If 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.

Want to place a bet that CloudFlare is still around in 30 years? I'd gladly take the other side of that.

Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely you're aware of Jonestown, which was a much larger such event?

No? Again, I'm non-US.

Also read about Waco, if you’re into this sort of thing:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege

Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely you're aware of Jonestown, which was a much larger such event?

No? Again, I'm non-US.

You may have heard the expression “drank the koolaid” to mean someone has fully embraced an outlandish ideology, or even just fully committed to a cause. At Jonestown, many cult members committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced koolaid.

Koolaid is a sugary, flavored drink powder that is mixed with water. It was a staple for many kids in the 80’s and 90’s.

Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely you're aware of Jonestown, which was a much larger such event?

No? Again, I'm non-US.

Waco? Adam House (to take a non-US example)? No interest in true crime and/or cults? Both Heaven's Gate and Jonestown are extremely widely known events. All over the world.

Re: Left Alive And Unchanged: The Heaven’s Gate Website

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Yes. The article discusses this exact bit of SEO.
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