Annie Dawid

Or you just believe the story and one of his inner circle white women has a child with her husband and he has the husband's name, the boy does.

Okay, so there are early defectors. So in 73, the group of eight, which is how they come to be called, There's a group of four men and four women, four white and four black, who have gone to college sent by the people's temple. I mean, finance. Their education is being financed. And so guess what? College education starts affording them some critical thinking.

Okay, so there are early defectors. So in 73, the group of eight, which is how they come to be called, There's a group of four men and four women, four white and four black, who have gone to college sent by the people's temple. I mean, finance. Their education is being financed. And so guess what? College education starts affording them some critical thinking.

Okay, so there are early defectors. So in 73, the group of eight, which is how they come to be called, There's a group of four men and four women, four white and four black, who have gone to college sent by the people's temple. I mean, finance. Their education is being financed. And so guess what? College education starts affording them some critical thinking.

And these eight people decide they don't like where this is going. They don't like the hero worship. of Jones to the exclusion of everything else. And they write this long letter and they leave. Now, there were a lot of family networks in the church. And so some of them leave family in the church. So they're family defectors. And Jones is like all cult leaders.

And these eight people decide they don't like where this is going. They don't like the hero worship. of Jones to the exclusion of everything else. And they write this long letter and they leave. Now, there were a lot of family networks in the church. And so some of them leave family in the church. So they're family defectors. And Jones is like all cult leaders.

And these eight people decide they don't like where this is going. They don't like the hero worship. of Jones to the exclusion of everything else. And they write this long letter and they leave. Now, there were a lot of family networks in the church. And so some of them leave family in the church. So they're family defectors. And Jones is like all cult leaders.

He's very, very hurt when people turn on him. He does not like to be rejected. I also want to add that they have All this time, they have lots of good works. Besides soup kitchens, they have a drug rehabilitation program. And that has also drawn in a bunch of people off the streets. And ironically, they're very effective with their drug rehabilitation program.

He's very, very hurt when people turn on him. He does not like to be rejected. I also want to add that they have All this time, they have lots of good works. Besides soup kitchens, they have a drug rehabilitation program. And that has also drawn in a bunch of people off the streets. And ironically, they're very effective with their drug rehabilitation program.

He's very, very hurt when people turn on him. He does not like to be rejected. I also want to add that they have All this time, they have lots of good works. Besides soup kitchens, they have a drug rehabilitation program. And that has also drawn in a bunch of people off the streets. And ironically, they're very effective with their drug rehabilitation program.

But there are things I would call greatly abusive practices that have started developing by this time. So And again, this is not uncommon in cults where you have kind of forced confessions in public of things you did wrong. You know, I shouldn't have taken that expensive food out of the refrigerator. I was lusting after so-and-so. And so they start having these collective public punishments.

But there are things I would call greatly abusive practices that have started developing by this time. So And again, this is not uncommon in cults where you have kind of forced confessions in public of things you did wrong. You know, I shouldn't have taken that expensive food out of the refrigerator. I was lusting after so-and-so. And so they start having these collective public punishments.

But there are things I would call greatly abusive practices that have started developing by this time. So And again, this is not uncommon in cults where you have kind of forced confessions in public of things you did wrong. You know, I shouldn't have taken that expensive food out of the refrigerator. I was lusting after so-and-so. And so they start having these collective public punishments.

It's called being called on the floor. And So Jim Jones is sitting up on the stage with some other people and you get called up and then you have to confess to whatever you did. And this is also growing a big community of informers, which is another classic kind of cult behavior. And they start doing physical punishment in that way.

It's called being called on the floor. And So Jim Jones is sitting up on the stage with some other people and you get called up and then you have to confess to whatever you did. And this is also growing a big community of informers, which is another classic kind of cult behavior. And they start doing physical punishment in that way.

It's called being called on the floor. And So Jim Jones is sitting up on the stage with some other people and you get called up and then you have to confess to whatever you did. And this is also growing a big community of informers, which is another classic kind of cult behavior. And they start doing physical punishment in that way.

So some of it's like you get a whack, you know, sort of like corporal punishment in school in the old days, you get a whack on your butt, but it escalates. And they have this piece of wood that's called the Board of Education. And you start getting whacked as much as 20, 30, 50, 70 times if you're really bad.

So some of it's like you get a whack, you know, sort of like corporal punishment in school in the old days, you get a whack on your butt, but it escalates. And they have this piece of wood that's called the Board of Education. And you start getting whacked as much as 20, 30, 50, 70 times if you're really bad.

So some of it's like you get a whack, you know, sort of like corporal punishment in school in the old days, you get a whack on your butt, but it escalates. And they have this piece of wood that's called the Board of Education. And you start getting whacked as much as 20, 30, 50, 70 times if you're really bad.

And so some of those people at that time, people who had been really high up in the administration, like this one couple, Their daughter gets really beaten in one of those episodes and they decide, can't do this anymore. And they are really some high level people. So they leave as well.