PEOPLE'S TEMPLE PART 2

Part 2 of the first documentary ever produced on Jim Jones and his followers.

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[davgot47]

Golly Lisa , as much as Jim Jones became pretty damned unhinged and was ultimately responsible for the death of 1000 human beings, I do believe he stood for racial equality. Very early on he stood up for Black Folks. Otherwise he was extremely dangerous and mentally and emotionally messed up .

[davgot47]

I do not agree that there is a "natural need" for Christianity. We do not know at what point Jones was sincerely on the side of Black People--because his support of African Americans goes way back into the darkest days of segregation--and at what point were they just pawns for his egomania. We just do not know... He was a demagogue but not all of them are successful at attracting that many people.

[davgot47]

The term "Madman" is pretty broad. Having said that, and also being around Jones and his group,I also believe that description. What is amazingly as though is how many people can be convinced by a Madman to follow this same Madman--to be rocked into satisfied submission, to call him "Father" and to be scared by rhetoric and his interpretations of a threatening world, onto suicide... Ultimately TRAGIC.

[davgot47]

What are Stephan's insights? Can you share them with me?

[davgot47]

What was cool about him?

[davgot47]

Hey--very interesting insight into what's on the screen. Also, dogs can sense earthquakes before we humans can.

[turkeysdemocracy]

1. He certainly exploited weaknesses and created a loyal leadership clique around him, especially in Guyana.

2. His U.S. performed autopsy was that the bullet trajectory was static suicide - hardly uncommon amogst messianist leaders.

3. His church became a parasitic attempt to draw from other social movements, in the 1970s parishioners attended protests against evictions of Filipino Americans to try and recruit some of that community because they were missing from the rainbow.

[Mobee211]

@davgot47 Take a look at Jones' inner circle....all white people. The black folks never held high ranks in his church. They worked in the fields like slaves at Jonestown. Several of them realized this and left. Many others were trapped there at Jonestown. Jones just wanted a place in history...he didn't give a damn about equality. He raped women and men and tortured children.

[kykim6440]

prey upon the destressed people. Jim Jones is rotting in Hell. Couldn't even drink the poison he so told his cult would not hurt them and they would die peacefully, What a chicken shit. I would not doubt for one second he never intended to to drink the poison and someone decided he should die too...so they put a bullet to his head.

[lisakn27]

Jim Jones didn't stand for racial equality. He used black people as slaves. He was mean to them all.

[dtjesus101]

as soon as the cameras were turned off, Jim Jones #*&%ed that rooster.....and the dog too.

[charlenemonique1]

Jim Jones was a demagogue.That's why he appealed to the people so much.With the blacks he played on segregation and equality along with other concerns that we have and had.He did'nt care about them or anyone else really.And he playedn people's natural need for love and christianity.He was your model monster.The devil incarnate.

[MAGirlable]

@davgot47 Stephan believed that Jim Jones was a mad man. While there's no evidence to suggest that Stephan's assertations are correct, we can be sure that Jim was abusing precription medications and had been so for nearly a decade before Jonestown. He also believed his father's worst fear was being alone and was passionately concerned with people's perception of him. Stephan also believed Jim was shot by an aide and did not commit suicide.