tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post6345183906411635131..comments2024-02-10T04:44:11.614-05:00Comments on Jonestown Apologists Alert: Jonestown Survivor: "I Am So Tired Of Hearing Jim Jones, Jr. Confess And Profess His Undying Love For This Sociopath...."Tom Kinsolvinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696831283935899290noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-29095782474531958092010-07-09T17:04:56.337-04:002010-07-09T17:04:56.337-04:00Great insights on this blog about how the Jonestow...Great insights on this blog about how the Jonestown story is often romanticized in a completely inaccurate way. What do you think of the National Geographic channel's "Jonestown: Nightmare in Paradise?" http://natgeotv.com/uk/jonestown-nightmare-in-paradiseJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964558785470431188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-40932405050415636582010-05-16T06:31:53.158-04:002010-05-16T06:31:53.158-04:00We shouldn't be surprised at Oprah - She's...We shouldn't be surprised at Oprah - She's free PR for every whack-job self-help scam out there, from Scientology to the latest diet fad.<br /><br />However, the cancer of Cult Apologism still makes me ill - It's intellectual fig-leaves being bought and sold. Anyone remember James Lewis and Gordon Melton flying to Japan, on the Aum Shryinko dime, to 'investigate' the Sarin Gas attacks? They looked at what the cult gave them, said "Oh, they couldn't have done it", and promptly got told humiliated when the Japanese courts convicted Aum for the attacks.David J Mudkipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-62505244389330741462010-05-13T10:35:16.157-04:002010-05-13T10:35:16.157-04:00We should listen. We should listen and try to unde...We should listen. We should listen and try to understand in order to prevent. We shouldn't judge. We should just fucking listen. I am not going to pick and choose the voices of those whose opinions I share. I personally did not have Jim Jones as a father, so I listen. I want to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-49660865561208206442010-04-29T19:34:53.139-04:002010-04-29T19:34:53.139-04:00Amen, Jennifer. To me, Tim Stoen is the most inte...Amen, Jennifer. To me, Tim Stoen is the most interesting of the surviving "inner circle".Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-42406126088244459412010-04-14T14:53:31.731-04:002010-04-14T14:53:31.731-04:00Sounds like Rhonda who can't come out of the c...Sounds like Rhonda who can't come out of the closet has a strong opinion. I have always wondered about people who hide in the shadows and shout out statements that can't be challenged or discussed.<br /><br />I wonder because it makes me think the vaildity of her thoughts may not be there. It sounded like Jones, Jr would have answered the questioned she posed, But when you do that from the shadows he' never have a chance...to bad? Or maybe this Rhonda doesn't wasn't to hear the truth and believe what she wants too. I am sure the autor of this blog feels the same way too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-35148073702183835752010-03-18T01:05:25.219-04:002010-03-18T01:05:25.219-04:00The problem there is that for there to ever be a d...The problem there is that for there to ever be a documentary like that, then it will have to implicate some of the survivors. There are a few things the survivors don't seem to want to admit. They don't wanna admit they were communists. They don't wanna admit that they thought that Jim Jones was, at the very least, some sort of deity. You can understand why they disavow that life but when you leave that sort of thing out of the narrative, it makes for some really disjointed storytelling. Nelson edited out part of an audio snippet where Jones threatened an old man with his super powers. The way it played, he just sounded like he was being mean. You hear Jones say, "I have the power to send you home, but it won't be on Pan Am." But he editted out the part where he referenced that the powers he was talking about were his God powers. <br /><br />Again. I get why they don't wanna associate themselves with that,but it's part of the story .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827464299415582466.post-8942051913057662082010-03-01T19:12:20.023-05:002010-03-01T19:12:20.023-05:00So if Congressman Ryan hadn't been shot, their...So if Congressman Ryan hadn't been shot, their ideals would have blossomed? Which ones the child torturing, the money laundering? These people decided their way of living was better than the rest of us, kidnapped the elderly to collect that Social Security all the while looking down their nose at us. Will a documentary ever come out that shows what truly vicious monsters this man and his cohorts in the inner circle were? I realize that most of these people were duped, but it seems that many of them knew exactly what the deal was.Jennifernoreply@blogger.com