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Part 1: Through Jones Colored Glasses

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What Influenced Jim Jones?

Jones had different influences. He was always skipping around different churches because like I said, he just had a, kind of a weird family environment. And so he came across someone who was a preacher, a female preacher who was part of the Quakers. That's where they taught him about his, you know, kind of got him to be like a child preacher. So those were obviously important things, but primarily the main influence that impacted Jones is Father Divine.

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