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Jim Jones: Cult Maniac
909 people's corpses lie lifeless in a religious colony known as Jonestown. They lie lifeless from the cyanide tainted kool aid ingested through their bodies (Donnely 271). The man at fault for this is a crazed, religious leader by the name of Jim Jones. He was responsible for the cult-like community of Jonestown that was riddled with abuse and secrets that changed the lives of the many who died there. Jim Jones, who was an American religious cult leader, was responsible for the deaths of nearly a thousand from mass suicide in his religious colony, and he had a huge negative influence on society.
James Warren "Jim" Jones was born on May 31st, in Crete, Indiana to parents James Thurman Jones and Lynetta Putnam …show more content…
The tropical weather caused his mental and physical health to decline. Jones was rumored to have forced sex on now former members, encouraged corporal punishment between members, faked healings and miracles, ordered ex-members who had left to be killed, and he had an increasing addiction to tranquilizers (Moore). Around the mid-1970s there was backlash against Jones recent behavior. Former members of the People's temple who called themselves "Concerned Relatives" organized a media campaign to expose Jones' brainwashing, financial corruption, torture, and child abuse inside of Jonestown (Chidester). Members of the government and others were sent to investigate Jonestown – so Jim Jones began to plan what he would name a "revolutionary suicide" ("Jones, Jim …show more content…
Jim Jones, the single man who remains responsible for the death of 909 from the mass suicide inside of his cult, had a vast negative influence on American society. Jim Jones changed how smaller religious groups were viewed forever and increased paranoia among the general public. He betrayed the trust of nearly a thousand and would forever be held accountable for their unjust death. Their families were forced to mourn the death of their beloveds who had been deceived by who they viewed as their trusted leader. Jim Jones actions inside of his religious cult would help serve as a learning experience for people who are living currently to not always trust, obey, and worship one singular person, as it will most likely backfire. If those 909 bodies found dead in Jonestown had just known these lessons, perhaps history would not have been made that day of November 18th, 1978 in Jonestown,
Jim Jones: Cult Maniac
909 people's corpses lie lifeless in a religious colony known as Jonestown. They lie lifeless from the cyanide tainted kool aid ingested through their bodies (Donnely 271). The man at fault for this is a crazed, religious leader by the name of Jim Jones. He was responsible for the cult-like community of Jonestown that was riddled with abuse and secrets that changed the lives of the many who died there. Jim Jones, who was an American religious cult leader, was responsible for the deaths of nearly a thousand from mass suicide in his religious colony, and he had a huge negative influence on society.
James Warren "Jim" Jones was born on May 31st, in Crete, Indiana to parents James Thurman Jones and Lynetta Putnam …show more content…
The tropical weather caused his mental and physical health to decline. Jones was rumored to have forced sex on now former members, encouraged corporal punishment between members, faked healings and miracles, ordered ex-members who had left to be killed, and he had an increasing addiction to tranquilizers (Moore). Around the mid-1970s there was backlash against Jones recent behavior. Former members of the People's temple who called themselves "Concerned Relatives" organized a media campaign to expose Jones' brainwashing, financial corruption, torture, and child abuse inside of Jonestown (Chidester). Members of the government and others were sent to investigate Jonestown – so Jim Jones began to plan what he would name a "revolutionary suicide" ("Jones, Jim …show more content…
Jim Jones, the single man who remains responsible for the death of 909 from the mass suicide inside of his cult, had a vast negative influence on American society. Jim Jones changed how smaller religious groups were viewed forever and increased paranoia among the general public. He betrayed the trust of nearly a thousand and would forever be held accountable for their unjust death. Their families were forced to mourn the death of their beloveds who had been deceived by who they viewed as their trusted leader. Jim Jones actions inside of his religious cult would help serve as a learning experience for people who are living currently to not always trust, obey, and worship one singular person, as it will most likely backfire. If those 909 bodies found dead in Jonestown had just known these lessons, perhaps history would not have been made that day of November 18th, 1978 in Jonestown,