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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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zsezse215 (2 hours ago) Show Hide
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Jonestown. Another CIA success story.
IOWABOY1000 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Ok people,It doesn't matter who you vote for,who you pray to or how smart you are.Evil is evil.This man MURDERED those people.Forcing them to kill themselves.I pray for those people.And as for evil fuckers like him well I hope hell has a hot spot to burn him good.
WorldWarGreen (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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ain't no heaven if you kill yourself
IOWABOY1000 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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I think you go if your forced which in MY eyes is murder no suicide.God bless them all but the wicked
FatherWarhol (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Jim Jones sounds a bit southern

take note
RealTrueTarget (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Either the biggest mass suicide in recent times or the biggest look alike mass suicide in recent times. The truth lies out there but there is a possiblity that Jonestown had been raided that night.
buddhasknowbest (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Religion claims there is a better existence after this one. By doing so, it DEVALUES this life. All the world religions do this. Heaven makes Earth appear like garbage and Reincarnation makes this life cheap.

Atheism suggests that this is our only life. That makes this life MOST valuable. We should use it wisely and appreciate it. It is brave and honest.

I feel so sorry for those children. I wish those adults had a better access to education. Religion preys on the poor and stupid.
mcrofl (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Religion doesn't claim there's a better life than this one, christianity and the islam do. That's not the same. Religion is far more than that, religion is the way you think, hell I even think Atheism is a religion.

Yes, that's opinion as there's no definition to religion.

Education doesn't solve everything, what if the education is corrupt? It's the exact same thing, you've got to trust your surroundings, your opinion will always be based on what you know, not on 'the truth'.
SolomonGrundy101 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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How about if that person was named "Jesus Christ" and lived 2000 years ago? Is it any more reasonable to believe that than to believe the same about Jim Jones?
SolomonGrundy101 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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imagine all the people
sharing all the world
=
mass suicide and murder.

Well, not really.

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