Jonestown

community. Eventually, over time people wanted to leave but were unable to leave Jonestown as they had no money. The followers had become so reliant on Jones to look after them they stop worrying about money. Discipline- Adults who were slacking off at work were forced to partake in public boxing matches against much superior opponents, which lasted hours. Jones was known for disciplining people who attempted to leave Jonestown. If he seen teenagers holding hands he would beat them. Sexuality-…

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(Zennie). In this situation, higher authority planted ideas within them, which then guided thirty-nine members to take part in a mass suicide, something unthinkable in normal terms. This is not the only example of something similarly happening, in Jonestown. Jonestown which was named after Jim Jones, lead 918 people to commit mass suicide after being exposed to be the killer of US Congressman Leo Ryan. Jones wanted to demonstrate, “what he termed a “revolutionary act” and proceeded to “drop a…

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has been know as a dangerous cult for many reasons. They are often referred to as Apostolic Extremist. Their leader is Jim JONES. They are also know to use much force to control their members. This cult is most famously know for the incident at Jonestown, November 18, 1978. There was commited a mass suicide of 909 members. One third of this amount was children. Many “Former members described being forced to give up their belongings, homes and even custody of their children. They told of being…

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to create paranoia in his followers, he made them believe that they were “just about to be destroyed” lucky for Jones a fire that burned down a temple helped validate his proposed statement, everyone is against them. This is when the beginning of Jonestown starts, he proposes for them to handle their own discipline, they must rat out those who have sex or those who sneak out, and people do. Punishments consisted of the community taking punches at you, until your knocked out, you then get woken…