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Anon looks into cults (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 26 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

The guy pictured, Marshall Applewhite, wanted to fuck dudes and was ashamed of it so he got castrated. Then, after his best friend and cult's co-founder died, he convinced a bunch of people that the world was going to end and the only way they could survive was by committing suicide so that their souls could leave on an alien spaceship hidden behind Hailey's comet as it passed by. Nobody can know what he was thinking but I'd wager he was just depressed and didn't want to die alone.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 40 minutes ago

Fun fact, their website is still up https://www.heavensgate.com/

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

so internalized homophobia is what got them all killed

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm more interested in wtf everyone else was thinking.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Respect elders, follow till death.