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Heavens Gate Thirty Nine
587 wordsHeavens Gate Heavens Gate and the Branch David ians are a good example of Stanley Milgram's theories. It shows how people respond and follow what authority says. Heavens Gate was a cult founded by Marshall Applewhite referred to as Do by his members. He convinced 39 people that he was dying of cancer and he persuaded them that if they followed him to death, a spaceship in the tail of the comet Hale-Bop would come and take them to the New World. To enter the ship they needed to leave their bodies...
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Ufo Sightings Unidentified Flying
1,167 wordsAlmost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers. The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced the wrong way. No solid proof has shown that U...
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Heavens Gate Cult Leaders
1,592 wordsOn March 29 th, 1997, thirty nine men and women took their own lives in the belief that they would travel to a space ship hidden behind the Hale-Bop comet. The Heavens Gate cult planted these beliefs within their members, resulting in a mass death. It is cults such as these that weave a sense of panic through society. What defines a cult? A cult is a group that has an intense devotion to a person, object, or set of usually new ideas. Cultus is a Latin word translating into to cultivate or to pla...
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Heavens Gate Cult Leaders
730 wordsRecently I read an article about the Heavens Gate Cult, and I wondered why on earth would someone get involved in a cult whose purpose seemed so ridiculous. How can you make sense out of the suicide of 39 people? How can you explain behavior that seems so strange? Should we just assume that people who follow this kind of cult are weirdos, stupid, insane, evil, or is there something more to it? I decided to do a little online research to find out a little more about cults. I found out that cults ...
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Heavens Gate Demonic Forces
1,312 wordsOn March 26, 1997, in what has become known as one of the most noteworthy mass suicides in history, thirty-nine men and women affiliated with the Heavens Gate cult took their own lives by ingesting a combination of Phenobarbitals mixed with applesauce and alcohol. Each was dressed all in black, their faces covered by a purple shroud. Those who wore glasses had them neatly folded next to their body, and all had identification papers for the authorities to find. The house was immaculate, tidier ev...
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Kingdom Of Heaven Heavens Gate
1,009 wordsThe Heavens Gate Cult The Heavens Gate cult is one of literally thousands of millennial cults, including hundreds of UFO-based cults around the world. They attract followers by promising escape from expected cataclysmic events that supposedly will signal the end of this millennium. The Heavens Gate cult is the last stage in the almost three-decade transformation of a vagabond couples UFO delusions into a sophisticated Internet suicide cult. The Heavens Gate cult was led by a man named Marshall A...
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Heavens Gate Stanley Milgram
797 wordsHeavens Heavens Gate Heavens Gate Heavens Gate and the Branch David ians are a good example of Stanley Milgram? s theories. It shows how people respond and follow what authority says. Heavens Gate was a cult founded by Marshall Applewhite referred to as? Do? by his members. He convinced 39 people that he was dying of cancer and he persuaded them that if they followed him to death, a spaceship in the tail of the comet? Hale-Bop? would come and take them to the New World. To enter the ship they ne...
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Ufo Sightings Unidentified Flying
1,104 wordsThe Effects of UFOs on People By Steve Edwards Almost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers. The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced...
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