Cultishalso makes the point that there’s no such thing as brainwashing. There are age-old techniques at manipulation and peer pressure but even in Jonestown, not everyone drank the koolaid. Followers argued with Jim Jones, even after years of indoctrination by him. Some were forced into suici...
premises on April 19, 1993. A fire broke out and 76 of the occupants died, including many women and children. The location of the former compound is located in Waco on Double EE Ranch Road but is not accessible to the public. Jonestown: Then Michèle Vignes, Getty Images Jonestown: Then ...
And to acknowledging that it is a tall order to root community and connection in love (noting that community and connection are not themselves inherently positive – think Jim Jones/Jonestown). Thing is, we have the capacity to meet this tall order. What we need is commitment to the daily ...
Jonestown: Now The dwellings from the Peoples Temple remained standing for more than a year after the horrific incident took place. Today, the infrastructure has become completely overgrown and is devoid of any signs of human activity. Its location is close to the small town of Port Kaituma, ...
He was very guilty BOTH times he did this. So he knows this is behavior I do not want. Yet he continues. Strong language and a 1x nose to the middle puddle then outdoors only reinforces his behavior of not wanting to pee or poop when I take him out. I am at my wits end. Any...
“At the end of the day, the knife might be the oldest tool on Earth,” Carrato says. “It needs to do the same thing it did when cavemen were shaping rocks into sharp edges. That’s what’s been consistent for Gerber over our 84 years. The ability to deliver on that cannot chang...
¹Religious historian Jonathan Z. Smith (Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982], xiii) noted how beneficial it was in “making the familiar seem strange in order to enhance our perception of the familiar.” ...
Inevitably, he moves to cults, the Moonies and the ultimate persuasion horror story, Jonestown. Not so inevitably, he avoids hysteria and demonization, even of Jim Jones, and points out that brute force is required at the extreme end of the persuasion spectrum. Levine's final chapter offers ...
The world will come to an end if bankers don’t get money, they told Americans in 2008. And if they did away with roads, or trucks … it’s Mad Max time, right? Well, how about when the bees didn’t show up? One species out of a scientifically estimated five-hundred million ...