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Those who forget history...

Please notice that he gave money to the worst of the liberal Democrat politicians AND to the media. All of them are financial prostitutes and the masses are unable to see it. I'll bet this story received virtually NO play in the mainstream media. The truth shall set you free!

1 posted on 11/09/2004 7:35:11 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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The original Kool-Aid drinkers!


2 posted on 11/09/2004 7:38:24 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (Go sell jihad somewhere else. We're all full here.)
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> compound called Jonestown deep in the jungles of Guyana.

Hmm, do you think the Kerry followers could lease the compound for a few months? From their antics on DU recently, looks like most would be happy to drink the kool-aid.


3 posted on 11/09/2004 7:39:05 PM PST by EaglesUpForever
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A friend of mine lost her 5 kids and mother at Jonestown. She had left the cult before the final days.


4 posted on 11/09/2004 7:42:03 PM PST by ALASKA (I might have been born last yesterday, but I stayed up all night.....)
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I remember seeing the Powers Booth miniseries when I was about 11 years old. Gave me nightmares for a long time, and I even doubted all preachers for awhile after seeing it.


5 posted on 11/09/2004 7:44:31 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Victory!!)
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Actually I remember this story when it happened. It was played all over the media and the personality of Jim JOnes was analyzed ad nauseum. I believe the dead bodies at Jonestown made the cover of either Time/Newsweek or People magazine. It was actually hard to believe it was true at the time.

NOw, as far as the money connections being exposed, I cannot remember if that indeed was brought to light at the time.


6 posted on 11/09/2004 7:45:37 PM PST by austinaero
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Oh when I saw the headline I thought it was about BILL Jones.


8 posted on 11/09/2004 7:46:52 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Santorum 2008)
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They didn't commit suicide.. they were murdered. Look what happened to those who tried to escape and/or blow the whistle on JJ.


11 posted on 11/09/2004 7:51:00 PM PST by astonberry
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I'm thirsty for some Kool-Aid...then again I'll stick to water.


12 posted on 11/09/2004 7:51:42 PM PST by TSgt (Honored to be 1 Ohio vote for Bush!)
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jim jones is a wanker


17 posted on 11/09/2004 8:03:48 PM PST by GodfearingTexan
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

A friend of mine lost her 5 kids and mother at Jonestown. She had left the cult before the final days.


18 posted on 11/09/2004 8:08:41 PM PST by ALASKA (I might have been born last yesterday, but I stayed up all night.....)
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I remember seeing a documentary on the Jim Jones cult maybe a year after the suicides. The thing that struck me the most is how accepting the group was of people.

According to the documentary, they reached out to people and brought them in warts and all. They taught love, they practiced love, they performed acts of kindness.

I can remember thinking.."Dang, in many ways they out-Christianed us Christians".

But even though they did out-Christian us in the short-run, their foundation was bad. And that's what ultimately resulted in their fall. Their faith wasn't in God's word, but in Jim Jones.

Their is great joy in performing acts of love and kindness, whether it is done for the right reasons or for the wrong reasons.

And like anything else, Satan can mix 95% truth with 5% lie and lead people into a disaster.


19 posted on 11/09/2004 8:08:59 PM PST by DannyTN
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