New Guinea's "Cargo Cult" Alive And Well
But are they the only one?

Remember as a child being taught of the 'Cargo Cult' in Papua New Guinea? For those who don't know, the CC started in World War II by a group of very isolated natives in PNG. Every so often, and American or Australian cargo plane would either crash or would dump extra cargo off of their aircraft into the wilds of New Guinea.

Hence, the natives of the rugged mountains saw riches fall from the sky. Next thing you know, we have those who worship the big cargo-god-in-the-sky.

Well, it seems as if the Cargo Cult is alive and well and honchoed by a certain Steven Tari who is revered by his followers as 'Black Jesus'. Oh, and Black Jesus, oops... I mean Steven Tari, also has a bevy of 'flower girls' for the cult king Tari. The girls were reportedly used as sex objects by the cult leader. Lovely.

But that got me to thinking... are there any other wild and whacky cults out there that worship a 'god' that has stuff just fall outta the sky or whatever?

Hmmm...

I've heard urban legends of a "Whitefish Cult" around Coney Island, N.Y. Seems that a plethora of the darn things wash ashore every high tide. WfC members believe that 'The Great Bumpy Balloon Maker in the Sky' will one day magically airlift them 'Glow in the Dark Heaven' one day where everything just so happens to be ribbed for her pleasure.

In the wilds of southeastern North Carolina, there is a "Toofus Cult". The followers of the TC done hear'd tell of god-like men who folks can go to an' gets new toofusiz to replace the ones that done falled out. As they say in the Toofus Cult; "know whatchya get when ya get twenty of us all together? A full set uh teeth". (If any of you have ever been to Brunswick County, N.C... you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about)

There are also unsubstantiated rumors about an "Entitlement Cult" that worships something called the 'Dink-god'. Adherents to the EC won't even think of working for a living... the Dink-god keeps money falling from the sky and landing in their laps on the 1st of every month. Some speculate that "Dink" is actually a bastardization of the initials D.N.C.

Then there's the CCC. No, not the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This is the "Cult of the Catholic Caveman". According to Mrs. Caveman, "don't listen to that idiot California cracker husband of mine. He just thinks he's God".