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Peoples Temple

On November 18, 1978 more than nine hundred people died in one of the largest mass murder/suicides in history. The man that implemented and carried out that atrocity was James Warren Jones, otherwise known as Jim Jones, a self proclaimed Second Coming (God). His exposure to an intensely emotional Pentecostal church service influenced and shaped his future beliefs and actions. In 1960, despite his lack of theological training, Jim Jones became an ordained minister. He made racial equality one of goals. Jim Jones also used fear arousal to recruit his followers by Genocide and thermonuclear war.
His ability to persuade was more successful with him becoming an ordained minister. He used his charisma to persuade people to join his ministries. People used snap judgments. They thought he was wonderful. They did not take the time to find out what he was really like. It seems as if they were looking for a sense of direction and belonging. They probably had......

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