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Alternative
Religion/ features/
Cults/
Doomsday
Cults
Aum Shinrikyo:
The group behind sarin nerve gas attacks
on the Japanese subway; after the conviction of the group leader and several
members, this group now claims to be peaceful.
Heaven's
Gate
Thirty nine members of this group participated in a group suicide in
the wake of the Hale-Bopp comet, believing bthey would be whisked away
by benevolent ET's.
Branch Davidians
An apocalyptic Christian group whose paranoia of the government may have
been justified.
Order
of the Solar Temple
Murder and suicide, with an interplanetary twist.
Rajneeshees
Poisoned an entire village with salmonella in an attempt to gain political
advantage.
Phineas priesthood
Church
of Jesus Christ, Christian
The Family
Jim
Jones/ Jonestown
"Revolutionary
suicide" left scores dead.
Manson
Family
Movement for the
Restoration of Ten Commandments of God
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