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Crete is an unincorporated community in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] History. A post office was established at Crete in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918. [3] . The community may have been named after the pet name of Lucretia, a local young woman. [4] Geography.
Description. James Warren Jones was born on May 13, 1931 in Crete, Indiana [1] and the family moved to Lynn, Indiana in 1934. [2] He was invited to church by his neighbors, and it was those sermons that sparked Jones’ interest in religion and leadership.
- Early Years
- Marriage and Family
- Healing Rituals
- The Origins of The Peoples Temple
- Move to California
- Drugs, Power, and Paranoia
- The Jonestown Settlement and Suicide
- Death
- Legacy
- Sources
Jim Jones was born in the small town of Crete, Indiana, on May 13, 1931. Since his father James had been injured in World War Iand was unable to work, Jim's mother Lynetta supported the family. Neighbors considered the family a little odd. Childhood playmates remember Jim holding mock church services in his home, many of which were funeral services...
While working in a hospital as a teenager, Jones met Marceline Baldwin. The two were married in June 1949. Despite an extremely difficult marriage, Marceline stayed with Jones until the end. Jones and Marceline had one child together and adopted several children of various ethnicities. Jones was proud of his "rainbow family" and urged others to ado...
Jones soon began preaching specifically to African-Americans, whom he most wanted to help. He often used "healing" rituals to attract new followers. These highly staged events claimed to heal people's illnesses—anything from eye problems to heart disease. Within two years, Jones had enough followers to start his own church. By selling imported monk...
Founded in 1956 by Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple started in Indianapolis, Indiana as a racially integrated church that focused on helping people in need. At a time when most churches were segregated, the Peoples Temple offered a very different, utopian view of what society could become. Jones was the leader of the church. He was a charismatic man w...
As the Peoples Temple grew increasingly successful, scrutiny of Jones and his practices grew as well. When an investigation into his healing rituals was about to begin, Jones decided it was time to move. In 1966, Jones moved the Peoples Temple to Redwood Valley, California, a small town just north of Ukiah in the northern part of the state. Jones p...
From the outside, Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple looked like an amazing success; the reality, however, was quite different. In fact, the church was transforming into a cult centered around Jim Jones. After the move to California, Jones changed the tenor of the Peoples Temple from religious to political, with a strong communistbent. Members at the...
Once Jones had convinced many of the Peoples Temple members to move to what was supposed to be a utopian commune in the jungles of Guyana, Jones's control over his members became extreme. It was apparent to many that there was no escape from Jones's control; this control was leveraged, in part, by his use of mind-altering drugs to manage his follow...
While most of his followers (including children) died from being forced at gunpoint to drink cyanide-laced grape punch, Jim Jones died on the same day (November 18, 1978) of a gunshot wound to the head. It is still unclear whether or not it was self-inflicted.
Jones and the Peoples Temple have been the subject of many books, articles, documentaries, songs, poems, and movies about the events in Jonestown, Guyana. The event also gave rise to the expression "drinking the Kool-Aid," meaning "believing in a flawed and potentially dangerous idea;" this phrase derives from the deaths of so many Peoples Temple m...
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Jim Jones.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 Nov. 2018.“Jones Commune Found Stocked With Drugs to Control the Mind.” The New York Times, 29 Dec. 1978.“The Culture of Jim Jones: An Analysis of Reactions to the Jonestown Tragedy.” Alternative Considerations of Jonestown Peoples Temple.15 de jun. de 2022 · By Madison Greco. Who was Jim Jones? Jim Jones wearing his signature sunglasses. Wikipedia. Born in 1931 in Crete, Indiana, Jones was brought up in the throes of the great depression.
Mai 1931 in Crete, Indiana, USA; † 18. November 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana) [1] war ein US-amerikanischer Sektenführer und der Gründer des Peoples Temple. Über 900 seiner Anhänger kamen 1978 bei einem von ihm befohlenen Massenmord bzw. -suizid im Urwald von Guyana zu Tode. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Familie und Kindheit.
Indiana. Indiana ( / ˌɪndiˈænə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.
The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe.
