 The group increasingly focused on the suppression of sexual desire ; Applewhite and seven others opted for surgical castration . They initially had difficulty finding a willing surgeon , but eventually found one in Mexico . In Applewhite 's view , sexuality was one of the most powerful forces that bound humans to their bodies and thus hindered their efforts to evolve to the Next Level ; he taught that Next Level beings had no reproductive organs but that Luciferian beings had genders . He also cited a verse in the New Testament that said there would not be marriage in heaven . In addition , he required members to adopt similar clothing and haircuts , possibly to reinforce that they were a non @-@ sexual family . 
 The group increasingly focused on the suppression of sexual desire ; Applewhite and seven others opted for surgical castration . They initially had difficulty finding a willing surgeon , but eventually found one in Mexico . In Applewhite <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>view , sexuality was one of the most powerful forces <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>bound humans to their bodies and thus hindered their efforts to evolve to the Next Level ; he taught that Next Level beings had no reproductive organs but that Luciferian beings had genders . He also cited a verse in the New Testament <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>said <a href='dey_it' title='4'><mark>there</mark></a> would <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>be</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>marriage</mark></a> in heaven . In addition , he required members to adopt similar clothing and haircuts , possibly to reinforce that they <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> a non @-@ sexual family . 
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