As the nation goes into a cult panic over the Heaven's Gate mass suicide, I am amazed how fast some people forget our long national coziness with cults. It seems that cults are scary. Cults are unChristian. Cults are New Age.
Cults are dangerous.
In a word, Heaven's Gate is being turned into Heavengate. Yes, the RR is planning to have a field day with Heaven's Gate. New Agers are high on their hit list. According to CNN and Washington Post stories, Heaven's Gate leader Applewhite was homosexual. Some of today's RR leaders were considered Jesus Freaks when they were young.