Heaven's Gate

This piece is in reference to the "Heaven's Gate"
UFO cult who, in 1997, committed mass suicide (39 of the members). They believed that when they left their "earthly containers (their bodies)," they would meet up with God, whom they believed was traveling in a spaceship that was - at that time - hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet.

The video may seem to some crass and insensitive, and perhaps, to some extent, it is, but I believe it's entirely possible that the Heaven's Gate people may have been right, and may, in fact, be in their Heaven right now, in a state of eternal bliss, and therefore, likely don't give a shit about this video. Their religion is, at least to me, as plausible or implausible as any other religion.

The groups leader, Marshall Applewhite, was referred to as "Do," as in musical notes - "Do, Re, Mi, etc." His associate, "Ti," had already left her earthly container some twelve years prior to the 1997 mass departure.

A bit of trivia: The group members were fans of the TV shows The X-Files and Star trek; One of the 39 cult members was Thomas Nichols, whose sister, Nichelle, played Lt. Uhura on "Star Trek."

Here's a short bio on Applewhite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite

And here's a bio on the Heaven's Gate group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(cult)


The song was was written, performed, and recorded by my friend Kevin and I back in 1997. The images I found on the Internet.


s. to prel, ex. as iP Hi

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[Burzum78]

heaven can wait!

[gooberry]

¡De acuerdo, mi amigo de los internets!

[bonnienettles]

As the co-founder of heaven's gate I can assure you that we were wrong.

[gooberry]

Welcome back from the dead, you ninety-year-old wonder.... I guess the cancer went into remission, hunh?

[Griever1965]

I need a pizza for the second half.  Half pepperoni, half sausage.

[gooberry]

Thank you, Bernie Green!

[soulseeker95]

Those poor people were decieved by a false teacher and they followed him to a devils hell. Know they are burning forever. Took thier own life in vain. Only to burn, burn and burn without ceasing.

[YAWLOCO]

wow this song is so fucking annoying...

[starofsatan666]

Damn... Missed the ship in 97'

[meowerthecat]

@soulseeker95 duuuuurrrr durp durp durp

[jhendrix7911]

@soulseeker95 are u fucking dumb??? because they believed some shit they go to hell? they were evil people??? ur a fucking moron

[tomiguess]

other than the suicides - i see no difference between these cults and other religions.

[dcardinaldrag]

fucking sad!

[MrJyade]

i dont like it!!!

[ixfxi]

@soulseeker95

whats all this stupid talk about hevin and hell. they died and theyre dead, game over. no heaven, no hell.. just death and cremation. good riddens, we have enough weirdos in this world.

[azer239]

hey i made that ufo!