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The logo used by the Heaven's Gate group
Heaven's Gate was the name of an American religious group led by
Marshall Applewhite and
Bonnie Nettles. Thegroup's end coincided with the appearance of
Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.Applewhite convinced thirty-eight followers to commit
suicide so that their
souls could take a ride on a
spaceship that they believed was hiding behind the
cometcarrying Jesus. Such beliefs have led some observers to characterize the group as a type of "
UFO religion."[sup]
[1][/sup] They believed that the planet Earth was about to be recycled (wiped clean, refurbished and rejuvenated), and that the only chance to survivewas to leave it immediately.[sup]
[2][/sup]The group was formally against suicide, but they defined "suicide" to mean "to turn against the Next Level when it is beingoffered."[sup]
[3][/sup] They wereconvinced that their "human" bodies were only "vehicles" meant to help them on their journey.
The group believed in several paths for a person to leave the Earth and survive before the "recycling", one of which was hating this worldstrongly enough:
"It is also possible that part of our test of faith is our hating this world, even our flesh body, to the extent to be willing toleave it without any proof of the Next Level's existence".
Peace.