In Texas 1993 there was a guy named Vernon Howell who was a part of a group named branch Dividians. Vernon Howell changed his name to David Koresh and created a cult. A cult means a religious group which promotes worship of a human leader and devotion of one's life to a specific purpose. David made a cult than stored a whole bunch of gun powder and guns and made an army which he said he wanted to make an army of God.…
The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a killing of about 120 people that were going through Southern Utah in September of 1857. The Massacre happened on September 11, 1857. The men, women, and children were traveling from Arkansas to California, on the Baker Fancher wagon train. After they left Arkansas, the Fancher party went west through Kansas and Nebraska territories before entering Utah territory. In Utah the party went by Fort Bridger and Salt Lake City traveling south until getting to Cedar City.…
Jim Jones, the leader of The People's Temple, was born in Crete, Indiana on May 13, 1931. He was known to have come from a dysfunctional family, which many believe caused him to do the things that he had done. From watching the film, we learned that Jim Jones was obsessed with religion and death from a young age. It is said that he killed small animals and later conduct funerals for these animals. Another thing that effected Jim Jones, was the fact that his father was an alcoholic, which made his mother work to support his family.…
Name of concept 1: Persuasian Description/definition of concept 1: The act of causing people to do something or believe something Discuss how you see this concept depicted in Jonestown: Jim Jones was very good at getting an audience to believe anything he says. He persuades the masses a couple of times. The first example would be when he persuades them into thinking that everyone is againt them. He tells the population that the United States and the Congressman that later arrives are in some aspects of evil.…
On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” more than 900 members of Peoples Temple Church died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones. Jim Jones used blind faith, promise of reward, and violence to shape the identities of his followers. His followers were following by blind faith and used that to get followers. He let any race be apart of the church. Let any race in his Peoples Temple Church and that brought more people in.…
In the documentary, Meet the Mormons, we are shown the lives of six devoted members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During the movie the viewers are exposed to the day-to-day life of these individuals and how they balance family church and other activities. The first of the six is Mormon Bishop Jermaine Sullivan. Sullivan is a father, academic counselor, and a Bishop of the Atlanta Georgia branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.…
Members must leave behind their old friends and family and life for their new brothers and sisters. The cult leader is seen as a prophet or disciple from their absolute highest being. The members are expected to hold unquestionable…
Indeed, Jehovah Witness and Mormons are in our area of surrounding spreading their belief and practice to those willing to listen. I have had an encounter with both religion in my astrayed life time. Nevertheless, it did not deter my faith and belief about God and his Son Jesus Christ. Some people I have meet in life lost their faith in God, due to tragedy and the upsets of life. The acquisition of these thoughts and disappointment in life is an easy mark for false teaching to abide.…
Even combinations of both like the cult that Jim Jones created. Jim Jones was a man who had been through a lot in his early childhood. He was son of a disabled WWI veteran who belittled him.…
Kool-aid kills Exclusive, secretive, and authoritarian. These are three words that can be used to describe a cult. And in the 1970s, you could link all three words to Peoples Temple. Originally created as religious denomination, it soon started growing darker and darker, parallel to it’s creator, Jim Jones. Together, both creator and followers spiralled into madness until their mass suicide in 1978.…
My answer for this question was “the 'towers' so to speak that are at each cardinal point representing the elements. Some traditions use them, some do not.” Some people misjudge this word, and even the search bar does it for the Jehovah Witness's publication that they put out, however, it is “The Watchtower” and this is talking about the plural Watchtowers. The watchtowers are where the watchers or guardians live. The guardians can be a wide range of things depending upon your tradition, also depending on the tradition is how many.…
INTRODUCTION The Jehovah’s Witness religion is a Christian movement with 6.3 million followers worldwide with 0.002% in India. This community does not accept blood or blood products based on their biblical teachings. This belief when compounded with a trauma scenario in India where there is alack of awareness of this community leads to creation of obstacles in their treatment plan along with legal, medical and ethical challenges for the health care provider1. ABSTRACT The awareness of the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witness’s in India is very poor.…
The Branch Davidians did not stand down and fought back. “The result was a 51 day standoff between Koresh and Federal agents” (Koresh). This event left Koresh, all his followers and the compound up in flames for proceeding to listen to a destructive leader's commands. In addition to normative social influence, these cults used the psychological method groupthink.…
Another cult that is famous for its actions in the control the leader had over the followers includes the Manson family. Although Manson himself never committed any of the murders, for which he now serves a life sentence in a California jail. It is believed that he had such control over his followers that they committed several heinous murders at his direction. On the outside, the people who are involved with cults seem as ordinary as other people from all walks of life. The Jehovah’s Witness and the Mormons both dislike being put in such a category because of the negativity that comes with the word cult (Questions…
Assessment Interview Report I decided to interview Pastor John, who is the senior pastor of the New Life church in Tooca, Georgia. I wanted to get a new perspective of curriculum in the way of making disciples. I knew that he was on the cutting edge of the missional community group movement in the church. I believe that I can use this information in my future ministry.…