Jim Jones

1 / 4 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…

"What you need to believe in is what you can see. If you see me as your friend, I'll be your friend. If you see me as your father, I'll be your father. If you see me as your savior, I'll be your savior." These are the last words spoken by Jim Jones to his following before all 909 of them joined in on an act of revolutionary suicide. Jim Jones was born in 1931 rural Indiana. He was a megalomaniac that suffered from various mental disorders and drug addiction. In the 1950s he worked as a self…

Jim Jones targeted those who were vulnerable, those who would be easily convince of his messages and promises. These people consisted of the less fortunate, poor blacks, ex-addicts, and the elderlies. He would use the foot in the door technique to recruit new members. This technique is based on the theory that people will agree to a large favor if you can get them to agree to a small favor first. Jim Jones demonstrate it by having recruiters ask passerby to help a poor person, or to donate five…

Jim Jones was born in rural Randolph county Indiana to James Thurman Jones and Lynetta Putnam. Lynetta was said to believe that she had given birth to the messiah. During the great depression, in 1934 the Jones family moved to Lynn Indiana. Jones was said to have studied on Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler. He concentrated on the strengths and weaknesses of each. Jones also developed a great interest in the idea of religion. Early on in his adulthood he…

Jonestown Jim Jones was born in 1931; he was from Crete, Indiana. In the 1970’s Jones was a popular cult leader, and claimed himself to be the leader of the Peoples Temple religious cult. Jones promised a utopia to his followers that were dedicated disciples. “On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre, Jones led more than 900 men, women and children to their deaths in a mass suicide by cyanide-laced punch.”(Editors).When Jim Jones promised a racially integrated…

in severity was the Peoples Temple based in Jonestown, Guyana. This particular cult was led by a man named Jim Jones. Jones had strong views on equality and wanted to create a place where people of all ages, races, and sexual orientations could live together in peace, therefore he started the Peoples Temple. The Temple was established in Indianapolis in the 1950’s. The Temple seemed to be a sort of Utopia and attracted many people who were longing for a sense of belonging. However, due to…

the peoples temple believed that Jim was their god or an human representation of god. This made it easier for Jones to manipulate the members of the temple, he would abduct people who were struggling and give them “a better life” “Jones: I've tried my best to give you a good life. In spite of allI've tried, a handful of people, with their lies, have made our life impossible. If we cant live in peace then lets die in peace.(Applause). We have been so terribly betrayed 
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Qualities of the Prince”, he illustrates an example of a leadership figure who began his life as a generous man, but soon reframed because it led him nowhere during a time of need “ Pope Julius II, although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, then decided not to maintain it in order to be able to wage war”(Machiavelli 329). Although Machiavelli’s ideal leadership figure must be miser, the singular action one must never do is spending their people’s money…

It was tailor made for political rallies and it rose Jim Jones to power. During the 70’s he took a different turn, he began taking drugs and became more paranoid. His paranoia caused him 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…

This paper is my reaction to the “Jonestown Cult Suicides - The True Story – Documentary” that published on YouTube May 21, 2014 and narrated by Paul McGann. It tells a story of a preacher named Jim Jones that created and lead a cult; Peoples Temple, in the late 1970’s. Ex-members of Jones’s congregation incriminated him of physical and sexual abuse, mind control, and coerced drugging. Jones and his members were the object of media frenzy. His church, the members, and his family of over 900…