Transmissions From Jonestown2 Joulu 2020

Episode 14 Evangelical Profit

I believe in Jim Jones. Many of you have seen the photograph. An elderly woman dressed in her Sunday best with a resolute, if not revolutionary sparkle in her eye. But what did Jim Jones believe? Jim Jones, the pied piper of lies, will forever be remembered as the self-proclaimed prophet who led his flock to the slaughter. Traditional Churches immediately distanced themselves from the Peoples Temple Christian church after the tragedy in Jonestown claiming that Jim Jones only used religion to introduce people to socialism. To assume that whatever the temple believed cannot be found in the Bible might seem reasonable, even comforting. Surely the foundation of a communist suicide cult could only grow outside of traditional religions and on foreign soil. But this assumption is wrong. Join us as we examine Jim Jones beliefs and his adventures with the Holy Ghost.

This is a deep dive into the early religious influences and theological evolution of Jim Jones, tracing the roots of his god complex and examining how American evangelical traditions, Pentecostalism, and the prosperity gospel helped shape the Peoples Temple. Drawing from interviews, archival sermons, and historical context, the episode offers a nuanced portrait of Jones as both a product and manipulator of American religious fervor.

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Episode 21 Sunday Service Liar's Communion

Jim Jones had a gift for recognizing and cultivating a person's capacity for magical thinking or the belief that unrelated events are connected by invisible, supernatural threads. Those who followed J...

15 Elo 20211h 59min

Episode 20 Sunday Service Leave Room for the Holy Ghost

The paranormal healing ministry drew new members to Peoples Temple with Jim Jones' promises of supernatural support for the cause. The divine gifts physically took a toll on Jim Jones as he felt the s...

15 Elo 20211h 20min

Episode 19 Sunday Service Hands Clasped

Welcome to the Sunday Service, a 3-part immersive experience exploring Jim Jones' paranormal ministry and the mystery of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. Your first visit to Peoples Temple will invo...

15 Elo 20211h 7min

Episode 18 Where there's smoke

Denise was three years old when her family joined Peoples Temple. Like so many early childhood memories, obscured by the lenses of time, Denise's recollections are vivid emotional snapshots that pain...

21 Touko 20211h 24min

Episode 17 He's Able

Music was often peoples first, and last impression of Peoples Temple. From the moment you walked into a temple service, the music created a certain atmosphere. The voices of the choir lifted the spiri...

5 Maalis 20211h 45min

Episode 16 MK United

In the charged atmosphere of the mid-1960s, Jim Jones moved Peoples Temple westward, seeking a new beginning in California's radical counter cultural awakening. In Redwood Valley Jim Jones embedded hi...

2 Tammi 20212h 24min

Episode 15 The Nuclear Family

Long before Jonestown, Jim Jones was preaching a prophecy of nuclear annihilation down to the exact minute it would begin. In this episode, we trace how Cold War hysteria, doomsday visions, and a now-...

16 Joulu 20201h 4min