Restauración de los 10 Mandamientos. Heaven's Gate. The logo used by the Heaven's Gate group Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religious Millenarian group based in San Diego, California, founded in the early 1970s and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985).[1] On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had committed mass suicide[2] in order to reach what they believed was an alien space craft following the Comet Hale–Bopp, which was then at its brightest.[3] According to Jacques Vallée in his 1979 book Messengers of Deception,[4] the group began in the early 1970s when Marshall Applewhite was recovering from a heart attack during which he claimed to have had a near-death experience.
He came to believe that he and his nurse, Bonnie Nettles, were "the Two", that is, the two witnesses spoken of in the Book of Revelation 11:3 in the Bible. Applewhite and Nettles used a variety of aliases over the years, notably "Bo and Peep" and "Do and Ti" (pronounced doe and tea). Family International. The Family International (formed as the Children of God (COG), renamed Family of Love and later to The Family), is a New religious movement often referred to as a cult (by such academics as Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi[1] and John Huxley[2]) started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, United States, with many of its early converts drawn from the hippie movement.
Overview[edit] TFI initially spread a message of salvation, apocalypticism, and spiritual "revolution" against the outside world, which the members called "the System", resulting in controversy. In 1976,[3] it began a method of evangelism called Flirty Fishing, using sex to "show God's love" and win converts.[4] TFI's founder and prophetic leader, David Berg (who was first called "Moses David" in the Texas press), took the titles of 'King,' 'The Last Endtime Prophet,' 'Moses,' and 'David.' History[edit] The Children of God (1968–1977)[edit] The Children of God ended as an organizational entity in February 1978.
Beliefs[edit] Aum Shinrikyo. Aum Shinrikyo (currently known as Aleph) is a Japanese cult listed as a terrorist organization by several countries.
The group was founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984. The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when it carried out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. The name "Aum Shinrikyo" (オウム真理教, Ōmu Shinrikyō?) Derives from the Sanskrit syllable Aum, which represents the universe, followed by Shinrikyo written in kanji, roughly meaning "religion of Truth". In English "Aum Shinrikyo" is usually translated as "Supreme Truth". In 1995, the group claimed they had over 9,000 members in Japan, and as many as 40,000 worldwide. Aum Shinrikyo has been formally designated a terrorist organization by several entities, including Canada,[2] Kazakhstan[3] and the United States.[4]