“The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force”
Posted in peoples temple cult on Feb 3rd, 2010
spirituallysmart.com There’s a lot more to this. I got overwhelmed with the amount of peculiaritys to this case. It’s very sad. And incredibly it seems like all the polititians were in on it. They gave Jim Jones credence right to the very end. It wasn’t a cult. It was a group of people who were [...]
Posted in peoples temple cult on Feb 3rd, 2010
Interesting audio of the notorious Rev. Jim Jones and his people from the Peoples Temple and Jonestown, Guyana. We all know the horrific and tragic story of this group, yet the FBI collected over 900 audio tapes of the Reverend’s sermons, private talks and discussions, catharsis and taped phone conversations. I will try to post [...]
Posted in peoples temple cult on Feb 2nd, 2010
Two songs from the Peoples Temple Choir 1972 LP “He’s Able”. Rev. Jim Jones, pastor.
Posted in peoples temple cult on Feb 2nd, 2010
Jonestown was the informal name for the “Peoples Temple Agricultural Project”, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana, South America formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult from California led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious in November of 1978, when 918 people were massacred, forced to drink poison at gunpoint, in the settlement as [...]
Posted in peoples temple cult on Feb 1st, 2010
Jones talks of being upset with Hue Fortson over allowing the press to conduct unauthorized interviews on the steps of the church. He inquires about the sex lives of his members amongst various discussions.