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From: jpalonus@halcyon.com (Jennifer Palonus)
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Here's an interesting excerpt from the Heaven's Gate web site (mirrored
on www.pathfinder.com):

Then on September 25-26, 1995, from a secluded location, we issued a
statement that went out - "on line" - around the globe, for our sixth
public interaction. The statement entitled "Undercover 'Jesus' Surfaces
Before Departure" was posted to the World Wide Web and to 95 UseNET
newsgroups on the Internet, potentially reaching millions
simultaneously. And in keeping with our policy of "speaking in tongues,"
on October 11, 1995, we posted a higher, more generic translation,
entitled "'95 Statement by an E.T. Presently Incarnate ." The response
was extremely animated and somewhat mixed. However, the loudest voices
were those expressing ridicule, hostility, or both - so quick to judge
that which they could not comprehend. This was the signal to us to begin
our preparations to return "home."

Jenny
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Since reason is man's basic means of survival, that which is proper to
the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes
or destroys it is the evil.  - Ayn Rand

http://pathfinder.com/@@hKse6QYAtJ29KcmQ/news/heavensgate/
http://www7.concentric.net/~Font/
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