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#144 What Christians can learn from the Jim Jones / Jonestown Massacre, with Cultish

The Alisa Childers Podcast

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The Road to Jonestown

The road to jonestown started in the 18 hundred at started in 18 in the 18 nineties, where a man named samuel morris wanted to bring a divine economic socialism to america. They believed that they could become gods incarnate, but there had to be a guru or leader who could help someone unlock the potential within themselves. And so how does jim jones fit into this? In 19 56, he moved his small, little church over to the peace mission movement,. He said, hey, some of you come with me, all right, because your church is dwindling out. I now have the god incarnate. i will take this to aonother level.

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