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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suicide of the cult followers shows that they lacked the very basic principle of life: one must have the will to live. Were these people seeking something that did not and could not exist? CHEVAUN BEDDY Pretoria, South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

INSIDE THE CULT OF HEAVEN'S GATE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...dead, angels, ghosts, demons, unclean spirits and a miraculous cure for blindness, it's clear that there is an enormous mass of ignorance here. Should we be truly surprised that the Heaven's Gate leaders hoodwinked their followers? The leap from biblical beliefs to the absurdities of this particular cult is a small one. ANNE NICOL GAYLOR, President Freedom From Religion Foundation Madison, Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...good news? Cult leader Applewhite gets the recognition he craved by being on the cover of your magazine. The bad news? He doesn't know about it. Or does he...? M. ARNOLD GLUECK Newport Beach, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...cult members were right, they could be sailing away now on that UFO, admiring their shiny new containers, sampling new foods and trying to write a computer program that would let all of us back on Earth know that it worked. SUSAN SHAW Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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