@nearlyincontrol This group certainly moved to Florida long before air conditioning! They believed in celibacy...never a good thing to ensure longevity!
Sort of reminds me of Jurassic Park! Great gnarly wood in the foreground... path makes a nice leading line... but I am not sure if I'd follow it... a bit creepy to me!
@danette Two possibilities spring to mind. Either all of this sect's adherents had a room temperature IQ, or one of its guiding principles was centered on an idea of extreme environmentalism and the "humans are a cancer on the face of the planet" style of ideology. I'm always intrigued to read about such things.
@nearlyincontrol They also believed in immortality! I'm guessing the group was shaken when their leader died. Here is a link to the sect. I'm sure there must have been a benefit for the leader. They called it a utopian society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreshanity I do not know if there was any link to David Koresh.
That's an eerily familiar collection of words, don't ya think?