FOUNDERS
Applewhite was born in this state
What is Texas?
: Heaven's Gate combined UFO beliefs with this theological term meaning "study of last things."
What is eschatology?
Approximate peak membership of Heaven's Gate
What is 200?
How many people died in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide
What is 39?
According to scholar Zeller, Heaven's Gate survived because Applewhite heightened the distinction between these two things
What are the body and the soul?
Nettles practiced this belief system that held all major religions came from one ancient religion
What is Theosophy?
The enemy beings in Heaven's Gate theology who tried to trick humans.
What are Luciferians?
The daily allowance members received when they worked outside jobs
What is $5.25?
The comet whose passing triggered the mass suicide
What is Hale-Bopp?
This American right allowed Heaven's Gate to legally exist and recruit members
What is freedom of religion?
Applewhite spent 6 months in jail in this state, where he developed his extraterrestrial beliefs
What is Missouri?
The name for the stage of evolution where the soul escapes the human body
What is the Next Level?
What is the name of the two's first follower
What is Sharon Morgan?
The drug mixed into pudding or applesauce as the method of suicide
What is phenobarbital?
The other major mass suicide event referenced in the presentation, which occurred about 20 years before Heaven's Gate
What is Jonestown?
Applewhite and Nettles called themselves "The Two," believing they were the two witnesses from this book of the Bible
What is Revelation?
The two nicknames used by Applewhite and Nettles
What are Ti and Do?
The name of the trust fund member who financially supported the group
Who is David Van Sinderen?
The color of the shrouds placed over the members' bodies
What is purple?
This technology, still used today, was key to Heaven's Gate spreading its message — and their site is still online
What is the internet?
Before founding Heaven's Gate, Applewhite left this university amid rumors of an affair with a male student
What is the University of St. Thomas?
Scholars classify Heaven's Gate as this type of movement
What is a New Religious Movement?
One of Heaven's Gate's prior names
What is Human Individual Metamorphosis,The Anonymous Sexaholics Celibate Church, Total Overcomers OR Total Overcomers Anonymous?
The videos members filmed before dying, functioning as suicide notes
What are exit statements?
According to the presentation, dismissing Heaven's Gate as "just a cult" misses what it reveals about ______
What is society?