Jonestown Massacre: Unfathomable mystery of why more than 900 people followed Jim Jones to Guyana

**Kazimiera** · 01-13-2018, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by jingorex

i'd have a beer with jim jones.

I'd be careful of drinking anything around him.

**Grace O'Malley** · 01-13-2018, 02:52 PM

If anyone is interested in looking at the subject in more depth this is a fantastic site. I've been fascinated by Jonestown for years.

http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/

**sean** · 10-16-2019, 02:30 PM

Jim Jones and Charles Manson are the two greatest psychopaths to exploit the waning days of the hippie movement to form a cult. They had slightly different styles though. And Jim dreamed big.

If you have any interest in Jones or Jonestown at all, then Tim Reiterman's "The Raven" is a must read. The dude was a journalist who was there when the shit went down and was shot on the airfield. The book's worth it for the last couple chapters alone.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-19-2019, 03:12 PM

Because most people can't think for themselves. Let's be frank about this: most people just follow the leader.

**~~Kamal900~~** · 10-19-2019, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

Because most people can't think for themselves. Let's be frank about this: most people just follow the leader.

Sadly, this is true especially today because of identity politics and all that jazz. Independent thinkers would always be outnumbered by lemmings.

**~~JamesBond007~~** · 10-19-2019, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

Because most people can't think for themselves. Let's be frank about this: most people just follow the leader.

"Most men would rather die than think, and many do" -- Bertrand Russell.

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS[64] (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell

**Lucile** · 12-30-2019, 04:27 PM

I'm fascinated by the story of Jonestown and I've read two books on the subject. Leo Ryan and who survived the shooting in Port Kaituma. It's like a big book. There are so many interesting stories related to Jonestown and I still think about some of the people who survived and lost their lives book of ra online. The best book on the subject is Raven by Tim Reiterman who was one of the reporters who accompanied