Jonestown

The cult existed throughout the history from the beginning. In Webster's dictionary, cult is defined as "a religious worship system, having a kind of loyalty to people, principles, etc." During the past three decades, many religious beliefs have resulted that "thousands of people give up families, friends, education, and career and follow the guidance of leaders they never meet" I brought it. The views on why people are attracted to cults are varied. "Martin Marty, professor of religious history at the University of Chicago, condemned the growth of cults due to frustrated people 's frustration at first glance" (United States of America.

Joanstown Massacre, (18 November 1978), a mass murder of members of the California People's Temple Worship - Suicide is a request for Jim Jones' guilty guardian Jonestown Agricultural Commune at their charismatic leader Jim Jones It was. Due to the deaths of more than 900 people including about 17 years old and 17 years old, this event became one of the greatest deaths in American history. Jones opened his first church in Indianapolis in the mid-1950's. At that time, he had no specific sect or theological training. His congregation was known for his ethnic integration, and he was particularly advanced at that time (Jones himself was a white man). In 1960, the congregation of Jones, which was then known as People's Temple, became a member of the disciple of Christ, and four years later, Jones was appointed as a church.

On November 18, 1978, an American cult organization known as "Jonestown Massacre", under the guidance of leader Jim Jones (1931-78), over 900 members of the American cult organization gained large scale became. Suicide was killed by suicide. A large-scale suicide murder case occurred in so-called Joanstown 's settlement in Guyana, South America. In the 1950s, Jones established a People's Temple in Indiana, then transferred his congregation to California in the 1960s. In the 1970s, when the media gained negative attention, a powerful missionary moved to Guyana's jungle with his 1,000 followers and promised to build a utopian community there. On November 18, 1978, a representative of the American who investigated the allegation of abuse at Jonestown, Leo Ryan was killed together with four delegates by Gunman of Jonestown. On the same day, Jones ordered his followers to take toxic fists while armed security guards standing by them