Yeah, the Oneida community was a Christian community who believed that they were called to become sinless and establish a physical kingdom of God; they practiced free love, but coupled it with semi-celibacy among male members, and the community fell apart after the founder’s unbelieving son inherited the leadership role.
They were kind of interesting, but it is kind of just typical of the Christian utopianism that was becoming popular in the 19th century; honestly, the cult that believed that the oceans would turn to lemonade at the end of time was much more eye-catching when I was reading about this movement.
My dude for a brief moment I thought you were referring to the kitchenware. Thought you were gonna practice a writing system with some of these:
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