THE PEOPLE OF PEOPLES TEMPLE1

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Uploaded by on Feb 4, 2009

This is the second documentary made by David Gottlieb and James Ruxin on the subject of Jim Jones and his followers, People's Temple. This documentary was produced in 1979, one year after the massacre. Whereas the first production, (pre- Jonestown) PEOPLE'S TEMPLE was immediate and experiential, this production is investigative on a behavioral science level and cautionary. Please see this documentary in order (from 1-3).

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  • Thank you for the comment.

  • We can't define what is a religion as per our constitution. Listen again to what the late Dr West of UCLA is saying--"This is not what our founding fathers had in mind,"etc. There's all kinds of groups that get away with all manner of abuses who define themselves as religions. I wish it were not so. Is this a defect in our Nation's constitution? GOLLY!

  • It is understandable that politicians and average people could be deceived by Jones and the community he build around him. I personally co produced a documentary on the people and observed them for a large portion of time. I felt the phenom.was impressive and yet Jones was an enigma--spooky, strange, secret stuff, staged healings, etc.I don't think I was inclined to support Jones politically to the extent Harvey Milk did.

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  • She actually did. But it wasn't really suicide, it was mass murder.

  • Once again, thanks for posting. This is what a documentary should do; document history and having people tell their personal stories. Your stuff on People Temple should be entered into the Library of Congress.

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  • good job man, nice work

  • Why does this UCLA person keep INSISTING this reall a "church." JJ was very clear about that just being a tax evasion (why he was investigated). He was NOT any church, he preached directly that the people WERE the "church." (Man not God.) The preachings had nothing to do with christianity or any other religion, and many peoplewere not religious, but just leftists, (socialists, communists, progressives, etc.) Dishonest 2 pretend it was "religious" org and to obscure ties to socialism.

  • i know how to prevent it. stop comercials brainwashing mind control.

  • @badsign1980 Races living together, building socialism? The CIA would never come up with that. They'd do the opposite of that.

  • Mind controlled cults! OH BOY! Nothing new.

  • @putdownan8dude - are you mad? lolz You typed three comments to over a course of 18 minutes. Idiotic, crazed comments. But I digress.

  • @MrRedFredSaid btw.. that doesn't even make sense. who are YOU calling a moron, fucktard??? fuck you.

  • @putdownan8dude oh, and fuckin fuck you, dude.

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