Similarly Heaven’s Gate cult co founder Marshall Applewhite was gay and apparently was uncomfortable with his his attractions to fellow male cult members so found a way to incorporate a solution to this problem into the cult teachings: He discouraged members from having “earthly desires” to prepare for leaving their bodies behind as they…
Similarly Heaven’s Gate cult co founder Marshall Applewhite was gay and apparently was uncomfortable with his his attractions to fellow male cult members so found a way to incorporate a solution to this problem into the cult teachings: He discouraged members from having “earthly desires” to prepare for leaving their bodies behind as they waited to be taken up to the Next Level of spiritual evolution by a spaceship, and explicitly required all cult members to adopt a de-sexed appearance both in having the women cut their hair short and having all the members dress in gender neutral clothing, and also encouraged castrations for fellow males (performed in-house by a cult member)
No, but I watched the documentary series with interest given the parallels I’d heard about with exiting gender ideology from detransitioners, especially regarding the interviews with survivors, one of whom observed how highly intelligent the recruits all were, which mirrors how intelligent a lot of the survivors of trans medicalization seem to me to be (and which contradicts notion that only unsophisticated people fall for this stuff) One interviewee said he thought it was helpful with growing the cult that members were smart to aid in attracting new members
Similarly Heaven’s Gate cult co founder Marshall Applewhite was gay and apparently was uncomfortable with his his attractions to fellow male cult members so found a way to incorporate a solution to this problem into the cult teachings: He discouraged members from having “earthly desires” to prepare for leaving their bodies behind as they waited to be taken up to the Next Level of spiritual evolution by a spaceship, and explicitly required all cult members to adopt a de-sexed appearance both in having the women cut their hair short and having all the members dress in gender neutral clothing, and also encouraged castrations for fellow males (performed in-house by a cult member)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11210146/?ref_=ext_shr_sms
Have you read Lalich's Bounded Choice? Completely fascinating on Heaven's Gate.
No, but I watched the documentary series with interest given the parallels I’d heard about with exiting gender ideology from detransitioners, especially regarding the interviews with survivors, one of whom observed how highly intelligent the recruits all were, which mirrors how intelligent a lot of the survivors of trans medicalization seem to me to be (and which contradicts notion that only unsophisticated people fall for this stuff) One interviewee said he thought it was helpful with growing the cult that members were smart to aid in attracting new members