Thirty-nine people dead. One leader. One belief. One destiny.
The Heaven’s Gate cult is currently being held responsible performing the largest mass suicide in world history. Twenty-one men and eighteen women of different cultures and ages committed suicide in Canada under the rule of Marshall and Bonnie Applewhite. Unlike other cults, the members join because it stood for everything they believed in. Those thirty-nine people gave up their former beliefs, family, rationality, and even personal thoughts to be involved with this Christian based cult. Not only did they believe in some Christian beliefs, but they believed in UFO’s. To an everyday person these people seem crazy, but to the members it seems like they are simply making their relationship with God closer. I believe that The Heaven’s Gate cult is one of the most interesting and unique groups in the world because of how they began, what they believed in, and the extremes that they went to to become initiated.