Culture, Charisma and Peoples Temple

…Jones and Father Divine had on the fate of Peoples Temple. As was briefly mentioned in the descriptive history of Peoples Temple, Jones and Father Divine had a series of…

Suicide for socialism?

…Garvey. And Jim Jones was inspired by Father Divine. As Earl Ofari points out in an article in the International Herald Tribune (Dec. 9, 1978) ‘the willingness of a sizeable…

Annotated Transcript Q950

…mother were not my father and mother. My Ku Klux Klan father was not my father. I recognized that my father was infinite spirit, that my whole creation, my whole…

Q1056-3 Summary

…“He said when you see me you’ve seen the Father, for I and the Father are one. I have come in my Father’s name. These things shall you do in…

Q950 Transcript

…think on that which I am, divine socialism, and you’ll rise up again, and you’ll soar like a rocket against the missiles of evil. (Calms) Divine mind, socialism. How beautiful…

Q1029 Summary

…same “holy aura” as Father Divine and mocks the fact that all Father Divine would have to say would be: “Aren’t you glad?” and his congregation would light up. Jones…

Annotated Transcript Q1058-2

…Those who follow Father Divine, I’ve had a burden to restore them, and the Holy Spirit’s been given to me the discernment, and I’ve been sending tapes to them— tape…

Political Section

(Editor’s note: This article was originally on the Libertynet website.) FATHER DIVINE Speaking of politics and politicians and HIS participation with them, FATHER has said: ‘They have striven to keep…

Peoples Temple

…termed the Divine Principle or Divine Socialism. For Jones, although the fact of creation might demonstrate the existence of a God, it did not demonstrate the existence of a God…