Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Planet Earth Is...

about to be recycled...your only chance is to leave with us.

Context? Those were the words of Marshall Applewhite (known as Do by his followers); the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult. From Wikip: The Heaven's Gate group was against suicide but they believed they had no choice but to leave Earth as quickly as possible. After claiming that a space craft was trailing the comet Hale-Bopp, Applewhite convinced 38 followers to commit suicide so that their souls could board the supposed craft. Applewhite believed that after their deaths, a UFO would take their souls to another "level of existence above human", which Applewhite described as being both physical and spiritual. This and other UFO-related beliefs held by the group have led some observers to characterize the group as a type of UFO religion.

I was doing some research on these guys and stumbled across this image of all of them post-suicide. Remember they were all wearing identical black outfits and those Terminator Nikes with the purple shrouds covering their faces? I remember I bought a pair of those after seeing the movie in 7th grade. That'd be cool if Do's prophecy were true. I would've gone and "Just Did It" with Do also.

2 comments:

Daniel Fan said...

What a macabre posting. I'm sure your daughter would not want you to "Just Do It" as Do and his followers did...

GRYODY said...

I like your statement and rememberance of what is this weeks 13th anniversery of the Heaven's Gate earthly exit. I have written a memorial book for them titled, HEAVEN'S GATE A MEMORIAL Established 2009. It can be found on amazon or Barnes And Noble.com. If it sparks your intrest scope it out.