KESQ-TV: Father Divine

KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, CA interviews a La Quinta man, the adopted son of International Peace Movement founder Father Divine. He's making a bid for the leadership of this controversial church. This is not connected to previous investigations of the Church of Scientology.

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[Mrfamu96]

Sorry, Tommy G. You might as well do charity work in California and give up on obtaining Woodmont and the millions that Father Divine left behind. I do missions work in Mexico. You might do better at that, too. FD was awesome and the reason why he married a 21 year old woman points to who his successor was to be....sigh.

[MrRedFredSaid]

@jessrabit429 - lol, yeah. That's what I've read. Who can blame her? Jim Jones wanted to waltz in and take control from her. Now that's chutzpah.

[MrRedFredSaid]

@Soulblackman - visit the alternative considerations of jonestown site if you're interested. It's pretty clear that Jones was strongly influenced by Father Divine. And there's mention of it there. It's no secret. If you read up on both religious movements, you can see the parallels.

[hammondxc3]

Mother Divine is alive and well I was just with her for banquet at the Woodmont Estate and Father has both preserved and maintained her! She is as radiant as ever

[jessrabit429]

@soulblackman Mother Divine and jim jones had met before and she pretty much told him no thanks.

[Soulblackman]

I do not believe it was common knowledge. From what I understand, Jones went to visit Divine's homes and that was it. He did not meet him. Is Mother Divine still alive, or a the time of Jones' life?

[oldschoolsituationz]

@Soulblackman visit mother divines site at libertynet. to understand father divine you must understand his composition of religious philosphy. he merged pentecostalsim with new thought and emmersed it all in a bible based quasi-socialist package. he didnt fall into the traps that other movements encountered because he was deemed safe. there are elements of his movement that i myself adhere to. his entire focus was none individualistic and endeavored to make real the actualization of the kingdom.

[oldschoolsituationz]

@Soulblackman he did. it was common knowledge that he on more than one occassion visited father divine at woodmont. mother divine confirms that much and tell her impression of jones. he endeavered to imitate father divine. keep in mind father divine was the most famous socalled cult leader in american history and the first black successful religio-humanitarin movement in this country. he wasnt quite like prophet jones sweet daddy grace or elijah muhammad. he was somewhat more fairly accessible.

[Soulblackman]

@Soulblackman I don't think there's any proof to this. Outside of that, I simply don't believe Divine would have been accessible to Jones.

[yorubablk3]

Why do you doubt that?