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Contrary to what is popularly reported in the media, the FBI files document the Peoples Temple as a mainstream religious congregation, with statements on behalf of the group by a range of political figures including Senators Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, Henry Jackson, Sam Ervin Jr., Warren Magnuson and Mike Gravel, Congressmen Philip Burton, Ron Dellums and Don Edwards, Congresswomen Bella Abzug and Patsy Mink.
The papers demonstrate wide support for the organization. Actress and activist Jane Fonda wrote: “I also recommit myself to your congregation as an active full participant—not only for myself, but because I want my two children to have the experience.”
They also show its leader, Jim Jones, as a respected minister of the Disciples of Christ, the Protestant church of former President Lyndon Johnson and millions of other Americans.
And they show that while the church underwent a long period of harassment, surveillance and infiltration at the hands of government intelligence agents, these intensified once the group, founded in Indiana, relocated to San Francisco, and particularly after its headquarters moved to Guyana.
Indeed, in 1977 and 1978 came anonymous threats against the Peoples Temple, accompanied by random acts of violence against group members. It was in late 1977 that heavy pressure began on Ryan to visit Jonestown—pressure which built to a crescendo shortly before he agreed to go. Those pushing him to take action against “cults” included psychologist Margaret Singer, while others, among them Tim Stoen, a former member and top aide to Jim Jones with alleged ties to the CIA, pressured Ryan to visit Jonestown. (See “The Real Cult,”.)
Mass Murder
Although many others lost their lives on November 18, 1978, according to Dr. C. Leslie Mootoo, then chief medical examiner of Guyana, the overwhelming majority of the deaths at Jonestown were murders, not suicides.
Dr. Mootoo, the government’s top pathologist and the first physician on the scene,told Freedom that many had died from injections of cyanide.
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TerryDon79
Again, I already explained why I said my philosophy was superior. I won't repeat myself to you, I explained it already and you are not properly addressing that explanation. I made the explanation in my previous post, so you should look at my reply to you and answer that.
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TerryDon79
Again, I already explained why I said my philosophy was superior.
Throwing Jim Jones name around doesn't help your case about whether or not souls exist. Implying it led to mass suicide shows you can't be bothered delving deeper into it. But that's par for the course whenever you jump into spiritual subjects; why is that?
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TheConstruKctionofLight
Throwing Jim Jones name around doesn't help your case about whether or not souls exist. Implying it led to mass suicide shows you can't be bothered delving deeper into it. But that's par for the course whenever you jump into spiritual subjects; why is that?
You are exactly right... He is not using logical reasoning and is instead using appeals to emotion to try to support himself.
Actually, kid. I was using the Jim Jones case to show YOU how dangerous cults can be.
I guess staying in school wasn’t a priority for you.
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TerryDon79
Are you going to continue using the c-word? You are really not helping your stance by saying that.
I won't repeat myself again.
originally posted by: XXXN3O
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TerryDon79
Again, I already explained why I said my philosophy was superior.
Wow, thats a first
Don't mind me though, im just reading through the comments at the moment. But never heard anything like that before... WOW!
originally posted by: TerryDon79
a reply to: SourceTruth
YOU’RE complaining about insults? The same kid who said to others on this forum they don’t have souls?
Seriously kid. Go get laid. Have a beer. Grow up a bit. Have some damn fun!
originally posted by: TerryDon79
originally posted by: SourceTruth
a reply to: TerryDon79
Are you going to continue using the c-word? You are really not helping your stance by saying that.
I won't repeat myself again.
Yes. You’re a part of a religious cult.
And not exactly a new one at that. Someone just took bits from a few new agey religious crap and mixed it all together and said “LOOK! I’m woke!”
originally posted by: TerryDon79
a reply to: SourceTruth
You know what kid? I don’t care. You grow up to be alone and boring.
One last closing remark before I leave this boring thread.
Your YouTube guru? Might want to check out some details about her.
I can prove I have a soul because I have hidden knowledge about the matrix and how you can escape.
I already have, because I have proven that I am connected to source through the knowledge I have shared which comes from source.
This is what happens when you try to claim that all human beings are conscious souls, you start to have to ascribe consciousness as a property of an object such as the brain, and you can then extend this to other objects. This is what leads you to wrong conclusions, so because of this, then it must be true that not everyone has a soul in order to avoid this.
But I have proved it through the unique knowledge I have given that I am connected to source.
The knowledge I am talking about applies only to source players (the souls). Those are the ones that it can be proven to. The rest are simply soulless ones so it cannot be.
This is right. What the original poster is describing in his original post is that all humans have a spirit, but this is not the same as all humans having a soul
I hope that other members will try to participate in this discussion, but from what I have seen there are too many of them that just want to clash with you.
We will start by deconstructing the idea that everyone has consciousness.
What is it that makes a human being conscious? That is what we will start with.
The reason I share that info is because it is a hundred percent truth
originally posted by: Lucky109
a reply to: SourceTruth
You keep saying you have already proven things you have not proven. You basically called me soulless. Where is your proof I am soulless? Why can I not be a "source player"? Where is your proof you have a soul and are some special "source player"? And again, I'm not going to stop masterbating to find the answer.
With respect, you cannot just claim others are attempting to clash because you switch points of view (without explantion) when challenged. That is the whole point of a debate
Sometimes you lose and sometimes you win, any person that is comfortable with themselves and views will not feel hurt by it. Whole point of this site is to engage discussion for crying out loud.
Chill and would appreciate a bit more info.
Ok... so... from what you are saying, having a brain does not mean you have a conscious mind/soul? Same thing or something else? Can you clear that up a bit? Thanks.
Look, this is quite a jump here from my perspective at the moment, please explain the difference between consciousness, soul and spirit at the least from your perspective. Without further explantion there can be no debate and if that is the case I could just go around in life saying nope your an NPC and anyone that agrees with me is real.
Explain? Which others have asked too.
The spirit is simply what people think is a soul or consciousness that they are interacting with. It is basically a programmed entity that runs on source energy. It is the mateix counterfeit of a soul.
The soul is what is connected to source. Source created this reality in order to enter into it as source players, and source players exist as soulsinthis reality. Souls are source itself which is creating the experience of reality. Each soul is a unique experience that is playing out within source, which souls are.
When a person has consciousness they are connected to source in this way. So this is what having consciousness means. Consciousness itself is the state of an experience taking place within source.