Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religious cult based near San Diego, California. It was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite
"If you want to go there, then you have to follow me, because I'm the guy who's got the key at the moment"
Heaven's Gate I
Which finally leads to Applewhite's final message
Marshall Applewhite's Final Message
Or as David C Pack puts it...
"My job was to tell you what God says, not to make a pronouncement. So tell you what God says. I've shown you from the Bible. The best I could believe me. This series is more over than it could ever be. You saw tonight and have heard for over five years and you know, 500. And I don't know, way up there, way over 560, 70, 80 hours, because we cut so much out in the early, early years. They were long, but you've heard it and you've seen it. And it looks like we might have about five days... So we might close the series saying, come Lord Jesus.
God speed this day and good night."
Just to show you how whacked out Pack is, Applegate is actually easier to understand than Pack is, and that alone should scare anyone!
ReplyDeleteApplegate was insane, but he was a gentle soul who delighted in seeing his followers flourish within the bizarro-world of the cult. He had a few followers who came and went from "the classroom" several times with his permission and blessings. And although he tried to suppress and eliminate all his human feelings, it is evident that he actually felt affection (maybe more) for some of his flock.
ReplyDeletePack is just a control-freak monster who believes (consciously or unconsciously) that it is his prerogative to make other men his slaves. He visibly loathes the people who are weak enough to get ensnared in his web.
Yes, except for the whole suicide thing, Applewhite seems like a much better influence on his people. And if it turns out that both RCG and Heaven's Gate are suicide cults, I would call Applewhite's the more benign.
Dave has always been proud of his "precision of thought". He's got one hell of way to define precision.
ReplyDeleteApplewhite reminds me of a $50 quack cure video for herpes. This despite there being no cure, only medications to suppress the symptoms. He claims to be the returned Jesus Christ. Such self exaltation is always the source of their power over their followers.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why the ACOG leaders are giving themselves every manner of fancy pants titles. THE EXALTED ONES.
Well, Marshall never broke into an intense but "I can prove it, I can prove it, I can prove it, I can prove it, I can prove it!"
ReplyDeleteDave Pack just plainly believes and emphatically at that, that his self importance and understanding and wisdom and interpretations are far above any other human that ever lived.
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ReplyDeleteIf you take the wine at Dave's Wadsworth Passover this year, you may be in for a surprise.
The average ‘lifespan’ of any cult seems to be somewhere between 20 and 25 years. Applewhite, Jim Jones, David Koresh.. Their cults lasted for about that long, then they reached their boiling point and there was no other way out.
ReplyDeleteDavid Pack started the RCG in 1999, a bit over 20 years ago. Any questions anyone?
David Pack started the RCG in 1999, a bit over 20 years ago. Any questions anyone?
ReplyDeleteRod Meredith started Global in 1993. Gerald Weston took it over. Will Brad Schleifer take over the RCG when David Christ ascends to his Father, or will the whole thing collapse?
Same question about Gerald Flurry and whether Stephen Flurry and Wayne Turgeon will cooperate after That Profit dies, or whether they will form competing splinter sub-cults.
“.. Will Brad Schleifer take over the RCG?”
ReplyDeleteNah.. I don't think Brad Boy has the balls for it. He’s a spineless weasel.