March 6, 2007
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
Jim Jones was not your typical self-proclaimed messiah. The man preached love for all races and classes, freedom of speech and socialism through Christianity. In 1978, Jones and more than 900 followers, known as Peoples Temple, moved from California to Guyana. They were going to build the ideal society. Dubbed Jonestown, after Jones himself, it was to be a utopia for the disenfranchised; a place where believers of all races and classes could lead self-sufficient lives as equals, far away from the oppression and immorality of the USA.
Then, on November 18, 1978, it all came crashing down. Within hours, 909 Peoples Temple members were dead, either poisoned or shot by their own hand, or someone else's. In the fallout, Jonestown has become known as one of the worst cults in modern history. It is an example of how extreme methods of mind control and abuse of power can lead to seemingly incomprehensible acts of violence.
So, how did hundreds of ordinary, rational people attempting to build an ideal society turn to lunacy, mass suicide and murder? What the hell happened in Jonestown? Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, a documentary featuring never before seen archival footage (including footage shot on November 18, 1978), survivor interviews and some of Jones’ sermons, is an attempt to answer these questions.
The film has been getting rave reviews from critics, and frankly, seems too fascinating to miss. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, which is part of Hot Docs's monthly film series Doc Soup, will premier in Toronto at the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.) on Wednesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. To see the trailer click here and for more info check out Hot Docs. Tickets are $12 and the 9:15 p.m. show is free with a student ID.
On March 13, 2007, VisionTV will be airing the docudrama Jonestown: Paradise Lost at 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. ET.
Photo from Apple Trailers.
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Concrete Blonde has a really cool song about Jonestown, named, interestingly enough, "Jonestown" on their "Mexican Moon" cd.
It's starts with some sound clips of Jimmy-Boy, which are pretty creepy.
i like the brian jonestown massacre. that guy seems like a real dick.
Lots of cults around, 900 died at Jonestown thousands have died from Jehovah Witness bogus ban on blood transfusions.
Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower is an orwellian world and a doomsday destructive cult with a supremacist doctrine to hate all dissidents.
The Watchtower is a total ripoff,their core doctrine is that Jesus ALREADY had his second coming in 1914 and made them da boss.
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Danny Haszard
I was at the screening tonight and it was fantastic. The most amazing stuff is the footage from the actual night before and morning it happened, watching the news crew interviewing all these people who'd all be dead in mere hours (and some people dead within minutes).
The Danny Haszard Cult now has a few followers.
Danny has adopted the universal cult-leader stance of presenting himself as both a victim, and a type of
savior showing the way to salvation. He is of course successful with only those who reject an honest
investigation and give themselves over to the control and teachings of someone who teaches hate.
These traits, of being a victim and a leader intensely interested in saving others, are of course at the very
essence of Cults and their delusional leaders.
Though offering a pretense of help, however, his offering lacks conciliatory and genuine assistance to
Jehovah's Witnesses, fellow "victims" for whom surely he must hold some kind of good intent.... But, no,
he sadly and pathetically just tries to create separation and anger, tries to divide families, tries to destroy
happiness, and teaches a withdrawing from and a rejection of the accepted freedoms of speech of our
society.
He suppresses the truth in favor of his own vitriolic hate. His efforts are reflective of a perception of
personal grandeur and a fixation on his own self-worth.
Also a trait of Cult leaders, Danny lacks the fortitude and purpose in life to accomplish good for himself
and others without needing the adulation of others he can dupe. Cult leaders need to build their own self
-esteem and to feed their own personal aggrandisement, and to strengthen their own wobbly beliefs by
grasping for the approval of followers. Anger is so often a front for fear and weakness. It is the weak
person, usually accompanied by weak reasoning, who turns from truth and uses anger and fear as a
motivator. Those similarly inclined or susceptible become followers of cult leaders like Danny Haszard.
He has actually made himself more of a slave to the Watchtower than he ever was as a member - he is
addicted to his fears and anger, addicted to attacking, delusional as to the success of his efforts to tear
down the faith of others, and uses hate as a tool to appeal to those similarly lacking in faith, or honesty, or
dignity, or self-worth, or personal esteem.
Remarkably his entire purpose in life in now linked to a preoccupation with the Watchtower.
This cultish behavior includes efforts to drawing off a following for himself....He has set himself up as an
authority figure who works hard to attract followers.
This is the new Danny Haszard Cult.
HUH??
NOTICE:SPAM COMMENT above by 'JAMES' IS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES STALKER
Who's Danny Haszard?
Stalking Jehovah's Witnesses trolls just eaten up with jealousy over Danny Haszard
Troll flamebaiters--Your notions though many are not worth a penny When it gets down to facts, the apologist does not respond back, everything about the Jehovah's Witnesses troll is deception because you are a supremacist cult who feel no need to be truthful with unbelievers who are all,"gonna die at armageddon anyway".