these seriously, although on the first occasion people reminisced, “this punch is going to be passed out to everyone here. We all drank our punch, and then he said “you just drank poison and we will all die right here in the church together. The women were screaming oh no my baby my baby, and others just sat there. And then Jim said you didn’t drink poison” later commenting, ”Jim said this was a test of loyalty. He just wanted to see if we were truly committed, and that is how we would show it.” and if you put your trust and faith in him, you were rewarded and looked after. “If I had to go the dentist it was taken care of, if I had to go doctors it was taken care of, if I needed clothes it was taken care of”. These reasons all combined together to make the members of Peoples Temple trust and love Jim Jones. It also led them to take whatever he said seriously and in good faith, even though it ended up in such a downfall.
JONESTOWN:
THE PEOPLES TEMPLE AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
JIM'S COMMUNE THAT ENDED IN 909 DEATHS
Jim Jones often conducted what they called “white nights” in Jonestown, nights where they were practicing in the event they were under attack. On these occasions, they would often practice mass suicide. The members after a while often stopped taking these seriously, although