Jonestown (people’s temple) is one of the most controversial 'cults'. The main reason for this is because 919 people committed suicide on the 18thNovmber 1978. When researching Jonestown it was in nearly every book I looked at, Jonestown is used in a lot of the anti - cultists campaigns as they say that Jonestown was the most dangerous cult there was. It has been argued that Jim Jones wasn’t a clergyman but a CIA agent undercover, the most common argument is that the group of Jonestown was religion gone wrong. The reason there are so many arguments surrounding Jonestown is because so many people committed suicide and people can't seem to understand how Jim Jones got so many to commit suicide. However I feel that the people must have been happy to drink the poison and also give the poison to their young children and babies, as there isn't enough evidence to prove otherwise.
Below is a link to one of the death tapes of jonestown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uzEAYv6RT8.
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