Heavenās Gate combined Christian eschatology with science-fiction-adjacent beliefs in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Members held that founders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles were the two apocalyptic witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11 and that they had minds able to channel extraterrestrials. Followers believed that the next stage of human evolution would be aboard alien spacecraft. The group stressed strenuous ascetic practices in order to prepare for the transition to the supposed Next Level on a spaceship, with a particular emphasis on celibacy.
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