A case study that I’m doing is the mass suicide in Jonestown plotted by a cult leader Jim Jones. SInce Jim Jones was young he studied Joseph Stalin‚ Karl Marx‚ Adolf Hitler and many other leaders‚ trying to find out everything. He was different as a child compared to other children‚ he was obsessed with different religions and deaths. In 1952 Jones became a student pastor at Somerset Methodist Church‚ he had a reputation for a healer and an evangelist. Not a lot of people like him for trying to have
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that occurred on November 18th‚ 1978 in Georgetown‚ Guyana. It was the largest loss of civilian life in a non-natural tragedy until the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001. 909 lives were lost under the hand of Jim Jones who had cultivated a following of people over twenty-plus years. Jim Jones started his first church‚ named The Peoples Temple‚ in the mid-1950’s in Indianapolis‚ Indiana (I). From the beginning‚ he preached a message of socialism and communism. Upon scrutiny of his tactics and teachings
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there is a dark and evil side to Jim Jones that only a few are familiar with. From the outside‚ it may have just seemed to be a simple little town of love and compassion. Nonetheless‚ brainwashing‚ abuse‚ and forced druggings went on daily at Jonestown. The mystery behind the Jonestown Massacre was really not that difficult to unravel‚ yet many people were shocked and could not comprehend how or why such a tragedy could happen. How did it all start? Jim Jones had founded his church twenty years
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Bullying is a huge problem in schools‚ communities‚ and homes. Bullying doesn’t just happen at a certain age‚ but it happens at any age. Bullying happens all over the world and is a huge problem that’s happening around the world. After The Vietnam War the Australians hated the Vietnamese. " It took 521 Australian lives and left many soldiers with permanent disabilities" (the Vietnam war). The Australians lost the most people ever in this war. After that war any Vietnamese person would have gotten
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Fetch Report 2013/14 Summary of Fetch- Fetch is a fashion held in the school on January 29th. We came up with the idea of a fashion show because nobody has come up with anything like it and we believed it would have been both beneficial to the school and our company. We also based our idea and slogan‚ ‘we’re making it happen’ on teen popular film‚ Mean Girls. On the 25th of September we were given different roles of the management team. General Manager was Megan Whelan-Dalton but she transferred
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Sydney. Marion Jones claimed her first gold in the 100m dash. After the exciting two week competition ended‚ three gold medals and two bronze medals glimmered around the neck of the beautiful and gifted athlete‚ Marion Jones. Everything seemed to click that year for the three-time Olympic champion‚ but her tremendous performances led critics to question whether she had used performance-enhancing drugs. After denying any allegation of taking illegal substances‚ in 2007‚ Marion Jones announced the she
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looks like an accident. •Jones will inherit a fortune if his 6 year old cousin dies. •One evening Jones sneaks into the bathroom where the child is having his bath. •As he enters the bathroom he sees the boy fall over‚ hit his head on the side of the bath‚ and slide face-down under the water. •Jones is delighted; he doesn’t rescue the child but stands by the bath‚ and watches as the child drowns. According to the doctrine of acts and omissions Smith is morally guiltier than Jones‚ since he actively killed
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Werther Individual Memo Edward Jones Executive Summary This memorandum addresses some of the key issues with Edward Jones‚ which includes the lack of an online presence‚ possible cannibalization from larger firms‚ and the inability to manage funds from institutional investors. I conclude that the most effective of all of the theorized strategies would be a combination of Edward Jones’ original business model with an online platform. This plan would allow Edward Jones to stay true to its fundamentals
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Religion paper Cult or Religion Jim Jones was not a Fundamentalist pastor as many reports in the media and the anti-cult movement claim. He belonged to a mainline Christian denomination‚ having been ordained in the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ.” He preached a common gospel of human freedom‚ equality‚ and love‚ which required helping the least and the lowliest of society ’s members” (religioustolerance.org/dc_jones.htm.) Jones’ captivating style drew new members to the church and the administrative
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