Heaven's Gate

Morris and the Anglin brothers started preparing for their escape months prior to their escape in June 1962. The intelligent men began their strategy with saw blades and sharpening spoons from the prison cafeteria to widen the air vents in their cells until the openings were large enough for them to shimmy through. The inescapable prison was starting to deteriorate and the three inmates used the crumbling walls of the building to their advantage. They covered their digging by crafting a…

“Two forty from Pier 33 to Alcatraz is now boarding! Final call!” My mom quickly checks the time on her grandma phone and realizes it’s now two forty-five. We sprint to the gates with our tickets in hand and fear in our eyes of missing the tour. Fortunately, the Caucasian man lied about the final call and we make it to the gate just in time. With a sigh of relief, my mom and I make our way down to the boat and up to…

How many prisoners escaped the Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island during its nearly 30 years of service? If you ask the government, they will tell you that nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz. But if you believe the movie “Escape From Alcatraz” starring Clint Eastwood, then you will know that the statement is otherwise proven wrong. Alcatraz held some of America's most cruel felons including murderer Robert Stroud, gangster Al Capone, and the “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Of all of the felons that had…

Alcatraz Mia Valle Alcatraz was once called one of the “Supermax Prison,” this was because it was a big place but not a lot of inmates there that lived or served a lifetime, because it was for the people who were really dangerous. When all the deaths were happening there at Alcatraz people were starting to wonder about the safety there at Alcatraz. They also had to shut down Alcatraz, which wasn't open for a very long time and hasn't opened since but they do tours. But people say, “To this…

The Heaven’s Gate theology was officially heralded on the world by Marshall Applewhite, who after suffering from mental problems of unexplainable nature said that he was inhabited by the souls of extra-terrestrials from the “Kingdom of Heaven.” Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettle met in a Texas hospital, where Bonnie was the nurse, while Marshall Applewhite was the mental patient (Passintino 1997). Heaven’s Gate theology cult groups front the gospel of suicide…

Since the beginning of time, people tend to believe fate has the biggest role in their life. As early as the 1500s, John Calvin preached that humans were predestined for their life on Earth, and there is nothing you can do change what you have been given. In reality, individuals have free will, which gives humans the opportunity to turn their life around. Although some may believe their actions are driven by fate, in truth, humans have free will to choose their actions and decide their choices…

Wessinger, Catherine. How the Millennium Comes Violently: from Jonestown to Heaven's Gate (New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2000). Catherine Wessinger begins her book with an introduction to New Religious Movements where she stresses their status as religions instead of the pejorative term ‘cults.’ Here she also discusses several challenges faced many NRMs including internal conflict, negative responses from law enforcement, and theologies that promote violence. Wessinger also dismisses…

Applewhite said that the alien mind that was once in Jesus Christ’s body was now in him.(Jim) Heaven’s Gate belief system was that the only way to achieve the “Next Level.” Applewhite believed he and his followers would have to leave their bodies to join the “Next Level.” Heavens gate began shortly after Marshall Applewhite was recovering from a heart attack. Jimmy explains,” Applewhite claimed that the near death experience that led him…

Shakespeare uses the image of the Lark to show that suffering is worth it for love. He wrote, “Like to the lark arises at daybreak it sings and flies. It delivers its song to “heaven's gate”( Shakespeare 1). Here is saying that he arose from the “sullen”, dark, earth and flew away to the gates of bliss and contentment because of the love that was given to him. More importantly, Shakespeare uses the comparison of himself to a king to show how even the memory of love is worth all the…

Christianity is a monotheistic religion that is based on the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who they believe is their Messiah. Christianity, which was formed in the 1st Century, was based off of Judaism, a religion that also believes in Jesus but does not believe that he was the Messiah. Followers of Jesus call themselves Christians and have devoted their lives to the word of their God and live the way He has asked them to. Christians believe that Jesus was put to death in…