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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 01:13 PM
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Most bizarre cult ever
from Chuck Sheperd's News Of the Weird

In 1990, News of the Weird reported on a World War II "cargo cult" on Tanna, one of the 83 islands comprising the republic of Vanuatu (located between Papua New Guinea and Fiji). (Such cults are known for regarding as magical the food and supplies that Americans brought to military staging areas on the islands, and they continued to pray for more "cargo" for decades after Americans left.) In May, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, violence broke out on Tanna when Christian breakaways, calling the cargo business nonsense, fought with supporters of "John Frum," the iconic American whom the cultists worship. About 25 people were hospitalized, according to police dispatched from Vanuatu's capital of Vila.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 01:16 PM
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1. I think those folks who claimed to clone a human
Edited on Fri Jun-11-04 01:20 PM by bif
Are wierder. The Raelians. They believe in aliens too.
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 01:21 PM
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4. I know a girl who started getting into their literature
I was never quite sure if she was joking or not.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 01:20 PM
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2. Most Bizarre cult is right here in America: Neo-Conservatism
Any questions
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 01:21 PM
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3. and the Movementarians... they are weird too
Na-na na-na na-na LEADER!















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