What do Outsiders think?
The belief of the Heaven’s Gate Cult is hard to believe for outsiders, but because of Do and Ti, the new leaders of this cult, it has spread throughout the minds of many people. Outsiders have always thought of heaven's gate members as "weird" or as not having the "right" religious thoughts.Many people believe different things, but most are not as crazy and "out there" as these few members. Because the stipulations are so strict to get in, people often think that the members have something to hide or are stuck up in a way. Of course these people that assume these things aren't educated in the subject at all, but it is how some people feel about them.
Some other common beliefs of outsiders are..
That Do is a killer.
Some people believe that Do is the only reason that most of the members of Heavens Gate are dead now. A large percent of that group think that Do brainwashed these people. They believe that he went out an found the most gullible people in that he could find and taught them they way he and his wife believed.
Heavens Gate isn't a cult.
Some people think that Heavens Gate is not a cult because it does not follow that one rule that most cults do: all members are from similar backgrounds. Heaven's Gate members were so diverse that it made people think that they weren't defined as a cult.