Music professor said he was shepherd who would put followers on a spaceship
1. What is the appeal of the mixture of religion and science fiction found in Heaven's Gate? Assess why a cult of this sort can exist at the end of the 20th century.
2. Should there be laws to ban cults that cannot demonstrate a rational basis for their beliefs? To what extent might such legislation threaten mainstream religions? To what extent might it infringe individual liberties?
