@cmoneyspinner 22 April 2022 more from that month

“𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 11𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 18𝘵𝘩, 1978 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵. ...” Jonestown Massacre: What You Should Know About Cult Murder-Suicide - Rolling Stone ~ https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre-121974/ The 13 things revealed in this article are interesting and factual. But the most important “thing” about this tragedy is NOT mentioned. That “thing” is that if the people in the Peoples Temple had just read the Bible and rightly divided God's Word, they would have never been deceived by the so-called Reverend Jim Jones. The man was anything but reverent and holy. Even without reading the Bible, his evil intentions should have been easy to see. Like all cult leaders, he was in it for the money and to satisfy his own lusts. This man led a group of people from America, to build a community in Guyana and when he realized his plans were about to go awry … he convinced close to a thousand people to commit suicide by drinking a poisoned flavored drink. Many reports said it was Kool-aid, which is a reputable American brand of flavored drink mix that has been advertised for years and that American children have been drinking for at least half a century. For the record … to be fair … the people did not drink Kool-aid. They drank Flavor Aid, which is a cheaper knock-off brand of drink mix, not as good as the real Kool-aid. Nevetheless … the Jonestown massacre happened over 40 years ago. Since that time, whenever you hear the phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid", it has an entirely different and twisted meaning from kids enjoying a cool fruit-like drink during summer time. It is “an expression used to refer to a person who believes in a possibly doomed or dangerous idea because of perceived potential high rewards.” (Quote per Wikipedia) Not everybody died In Jonestown. One old lady actually slept through the event and a few other people chose not obey his suicide order and figured out a way to escape. Jim Jones did not drink the poison! He committed suicide; gunshot wound to the head. In The End, since many of the victims were consenting adults, frankly, the only ones I really feel sorry are the innocent children who were given a poisoned flavored drink to swallow. I really don't know how people can let themselves get led away to destruction like that. And yet … this scenario repeats itself over and over and over again. WHY?????????? No really. WHY?? There are obvious WARNINGS!! Such as??? Such as … ~ Any time you're in a “community” and the male leader has “free access” to ALL of the women, including little girls … THAT'S A RED FLAG!! ~ Any time you're in a “community” and the leader wears Armani suits, lives in a mansion, and own a rolls royce or other expensive car (or cars) AND you are not allowed to have any earthly belongings … THAT'S A RED FLAG!! ~ If you should decide that you made the wrong decision and you want to leave … BUT YOU CAN'T … THE RED FLAG IS NOW ON FIRE!! You better figure out how to ESCAPE!! You might have walked in there but you better RUN OUT!! * * * (NOTE: If you want to know what triggered these thoughts, I watched movie trailer about 2 women trying to escape from a cult. I thought to myself: 'Eh! This movie is just sensationalized fiction. What about real cults?')