Why would people join his church. Are positions of formal authority a major boost of self that many people looking for purpose. easily get caught up into? Any comments?
2006-08-28 11:35:57 · 7 answers · asked by Corey 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jim Jones did was most "preachers" do. They sell the idea of hell and damnation. He becomes their god and gains their power and trust. This ideology is only capable of being sold to weak, feeble minded people who have not idea of their own spirituality. Think about it, he told them to drink poison and they obliged.
2006-08-28 11:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by Angie T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the earmarks of a cult...a very charismatic leader. People were attracted to him because he was very appealing in what he said. I was in my 20's at the time, and I remember the horror of the Jonestown suicides. Those poor people. I can only imagine (and shudder) to think how Jim Jones will be judged before God, with all those lives on his hands.
2006-08-28 11:59:39 · answer #2 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim Jones was a very charismatic individual. He could talk people into anything. He and Charles Manson were alike in this.
2006-08-28 11:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he did the same things that all preachers do. He set himself up as the one intermediary between God and man and told the people that their only means of salvation was to listen to him.
2006-08-28 11:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He used the Spirit of the Devil, plain and simple.
2006-08-28 11:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone said signs and wonders
2006-08-28 11:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He offered FREE Kool-Aid....it was hot down there.
2006-08-28 11:41:02 · answer #7 · answered by Gray Rock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋