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Heavens Gate
Title: Heavens Gate
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 592 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Heavens Gate
Heavens Gate Heavens Gate and the Branch Davidians are a good example of Stanley Milgram’s theories. It shows how people respond and follow what authority says. Heavens Gate was a cult founded by Marshall Applewhite referred to as “Do” by his members. He convinced 39 people that he was dying of cancer and he persuaded them that if they followed him to death, a spaceship in the tail of the comet “Hale-Bop” would come and …showed first 75 words of 592 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 592 total…too, until I found out that what he discovered helped us understand more about groups and how they think. Milgram’s experiments shows that people will follow a leader, if they believe in them. People with strong beliefs in an influential leader are usually condemned a sad fate chosen by the leader. In the case of Heavens Gate the fate was death. Willingness to die in the ultimate obedience a follower can offer a leader.
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