2007-06-23 05:57:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You know, just in case...
2007-06-23 05:59:49 · update #1
It's kind of hard for rotting corpses to pilot a plane...
*snicker*
2007-06-23 05:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I went and looked them up.
I do not believe that airlines can ask about the religion of their pilots, but with the Patriot Act now, who knows.
Seems like this is a pretty small cult. The likelihood of having to suicidal copilots from it are slim.
Name: Heaven’s Gate.
Founders: Marshall Herff Applewhite (aka "Bo" and "Do"; 1931-1997) and Bonnie Lu Nettles (aka "Peep" and "Ti"; 1927-1985)
Year Founded: 1975
Sacred
or Revered Texts: How and When Heaven's Gate May Be Entered, which can still be assessed at various sites listed in the Links below, and numerous written testimonials. It may even be argued that a screenplay the group wrote to spread its message could be classified as a "sacred text."
Size of Group: Thirty-nine (39). Heaven's Gate came to public attention when they committed mass suicide on March 27, 1997. The mean age of the group members was 46.7, more than twice the average as initially reported. The sex ratio was about equal. All members are believed to have perished. Group membership probably never exceeded two hundred (200) when Balch and Taylor studied them in the 1970s and early 1980s. The turnover was high in the early life of the group; perhaps as many as one thousand (1,000) persons were affiliated at one point or another. After the early period of active recruitment of new members, the defining feature of membership was gradual attrition. In 1994 two members visited sociologist Robert Balch and reported that there were twenty-four (24) members.
2007-06-23 13:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Linda R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, for the airline to even ask the pilots what their religion is for business purposes is illegal and could open them to a whole barage of lawsuits.
2007-06-23 13:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by cathbouda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but you have to be a certifiable nut to know that.
2007-06-23 13:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought all those guys comitted suicide? They're still around?
2007-06-23 13:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Graham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that about Christian Pilots!
Smart thing to do too!!!
Ditto...........
2007-06-23 13:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard this.
2007-06-23 13:00:42 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no that is not true LOL
2007-06-23 13:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋