There was a story in the Times today about the leader of a Doomsday cult who attempted suicide after realising his world-ending prediction may not be correct. In the report it says that members of his religious group have been hiding in a cave since November, believing that the world would end in May. I'm not sure why he decided to get out now, rather than wait the extra month. Perhaps he couldn't face the potential embarrassment...
While it's unkind to mock those with an obvious mental problem, his method of attempted suicide was interesting. He was found with his head on a tree stump, bashing himself on the head with a log. The images this conjures up are like something from a Monty Python sketch.
The article goes on to say that members of the sect were provided with a cow for milk, as they refused to drink from a carton that had a bar code on it. I found another report on Reuters that explains this. Apparently, food packaging barcodes (and credit cards) are "satanic". It's weird enough that one person can come up with these wacky ideas, but how would you manage to convince others?
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