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Cultish: Ground Zero Jonestown

Cultish

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We Didn't Commit Suicidal Action

The deaths in Guyana have raised serious questions about how religious movements can get off track. The Center for Reporter Rita Diamond consulted with the head of a Christian Research Center in Anaheim. Members were coerced into surrendering their meager life savings and forced to sign suicide pledges. They develop what could be called a religious paranoia in which everybody is against us.

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