RELI 214 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Young Life
1 Dec 2015
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Jim jones was born in 1931 in the usa. He was a pastor in his young life, until he opened his own church in indianapolis. Upon believing a nuclear war is coming, he moves his church to northern california, where is become larger and more prominent in society. During this time, the church begins to offers social programs, jobs and health care to people in northern. Jim jones wanted the peoples temple to be a community where people lived equally. People joined because he promised them freedom and unity. He convinced others of his beliefs by using religion and claimed to be god on numerous occasions. In 1977, allegations brought on by past members surface, making jones start the steps, such as buying land in guyana, He build a village called jonestown, which he called a socialist paradise. However, paradise would be the opposite of its description.
