religion as propaganda for change.pptx

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RELIGION AS PROPAGANDA FOR

CHANGE: A STORYOF JAMES WARREN

(JIM) JONESANDTHE PEOPLES TEMPLEPresented By:

Apple Kris E. Javier


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"I represent d ivine

pr inc iple, totalequali ty, a society

where people own al l

th ings in common,

where there's no r ich

or p oor, where there

are no races.

Wherever there are

people struggl ing fo r

just ice and

r ighteous ness, there

I am."- Jim Jones,fou nder, Peoples

Temple


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I. CONTEXT


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II. JIM JONES UNMASKED


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A. BASIC INFORMATION

Name: James Warren(Jim) Jones

Born: 13-May-1931

Birthplace: Crete, IN

Died: 18-Nov-1978

Location of death:Jonestown, Guyana


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PARENTSOF JIM JONES

FATHER: MOTHER:

James Thurman Jones Lynetta Putnam

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Jones Wife: Marceline

Baldwin

Jim Jones with some of his

adopted sons.
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B. JIM JONES

POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT

Joseph Freitas Jr.George Moscone

Jerry Brown
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C. INFLUENCES TO JIM JONES

FATHER DIVINE MAO TSE TUNG


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D. JIM JONES PERSONALITY

Charismatic

politically savvy

visionary

persuasive persecuted

manipulative

abusive of women

abusive of drugs

Egomaniac


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III. REVIEW OF KEY EVENTS

1953: Jim Jones opens his own independentchurch in Indianapolis.

1964: the Disciples of Christ ordain Jones.

1965-71: Jones supposedly believes a nuclear

holocaust is coming and uses this as an excuse tomove his congregation to Northern California. Hischurch grows and becomes prominent. He isnamed foreman of the Mendocino County grand

jury.

1971: Peoples Temple buys a building in downtownSan Francisco and spins off another branch in Los

Angeles. Headquarters is moved to San Francisco.


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REVIEW OF KEY EVENTS

1971-73: The Temple membershipgrows very large and it offers socialprograms, jobs and health care.

1974: Peoples Temple leases landfrom the government of Guyana in aremote jungle area.

1975: The temple turns out itsfollowers for rallies political campaignsand helps elect candidates in SanFrancisco.


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1976: Mayor George Moscone appoints Jones to

the city's Housing Authority Commission. Jones

gets favorable media coverage and national

politicians seek him out. However, his megalomania

and paranoia is becoming more visible. He nevertravels without bodyguards and packs public

appearances with followers who applaud him.

Summer 1977: New West magazine publishes a

story that exposes Jones, his fakery, abuses andquestionable finances.


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August 1977: Jones moves to Guyana and creates

Jonestown.

1977-78: About 1,000 Temple members move to

Jonestown.

June 1978: Temple defector Deborah Layton is

interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle and

exposes the brutality and apparent plans for mass

suicide at Jonestown.

Fall 1978: Relatives of Jonestown residents push

for an official investigation.

November 7, 1978: Representative Leo Ryan says

he will go to Jonestown and investigate.


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November 17: Ryan arrives at Jonestown.

November 18: Some residents advise Ryan theywant to leave Jonestown. Ryan tried to leaveGuyana with the defectors, but is shot down at the

airstrip by Jonestown gunmen. Ryan, NBC Newsstaff Robert Brown and Don Harris, San FranciscoExaminer photographer Greg Robinson anddefector Patricia Parks are all murdered. Othershide in the jungle.

November 18: Jones orders his people to commitsuicide by taking cyanide. Those who won't arekilled. More than 200 children are murdered. 914bodies are found at Jonestown, including JimJones.


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IV. PEOPLES TEMPLE AND JONESTOWN

People's Temple, San

Francisco


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Jonestown: The Life and

Death of Peoples Temple

is a 2006 documentary

film made by Firelight

Media.The documentary

reveals new footage of the

incidents surrounding the

Peoples Temple and its

leader Jim Jones who led

over 900 members of his

"Church" to a settlement

in Guyana called

Jonestown where he

orchestrated a masssuicide with poisoned

punch in 1978.The film

premiered at the 2006

Tribeca Film Festival

where it received the

Outstanding Achievement

in Documentary award

and was broadcast

nationally on Monday

April 9 2007 on PBS.'s

documentary program

"American Experience".


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A Photo in

Jonestown

Brochure

TEACHINGS OF JIM


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Apostolic

Socialism

"Principle" or

"Divine Principle

= Love= Socialism

Gospel of

socialist

redemption

TEACHINGS OF JIM

JONES


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COMPARISON OF ISRAEL AND CALIFORNIA

Israel the Promised LandThe New Promised Land of

California
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ISSUES ABOUT JIM JONES


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PEOPLES in JONESTOWN


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Ex-members, particularly Tim

Stoen, and Al and Jeannie Mills(formerly named Elmer and

Deanna Mertle), who initiated a

campaign against Peoples

Temple with multiple fronts.

LEO RYAN
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ALLEGEDLY TO BE THEREASON FOR THE DEATH

OF MORE THAN 900

PEOPLE IN JONESTOWN.

THIS AID DRINK CONTAINS

CYANIDE.


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MASS SUICIDE OR MASS MURDER?


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AERIAL PHOTOS OFJONESTOWN


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Christine Miller

Agnes Jones

Kimo

Some of the Victims

Lew Jones, his wifeTerry and son Chaeoke.


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Jim Jones'

"rainbow

coalition" of men,

women and

children of allages and races --

died from

drinking cyanide-

laced Flavor-Aid.

Some may have

been coerced bya cadre of armed

guards. At least

287 of the people

murdered in

Guyana were

children, and SanFrancisco's

"politics as

usual" made it all

possible.

Special Report about the Peoples Temple


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WRITE-UPSREGARDING

THE DEATHS

OF THE

PEOPLE IN

JONESTOWN.


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Thegravestone

marking the

grave of some

of the peoplewho died in

Jonestown,

Guyana.


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V. ASSESSMENT

Psychosocial condition of Jim

Jones

Social foundation (inevitable

fear of nuclear threats, postwar

effects etc.)Charisma of Jim Jones

Jim Jones case was a very

elaborative example of Paul

Dawsons assertion: Personalitydetermines patterned behavior.

Public and political support


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AVERSIONFORTHETRUTH

EXISTSINDIFFERENT

DEGREES, BUTITMAYBESAID

TOEXISTINEVERYONEOFUS

TOSOMEDEGREE, FORITIS

INSEPARABLEFROMSELF-

LOVE- Blaise Pascal

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