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**erelvenewmeva** · 02-10-2008, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by Wiglaf
He also preyed on the poor and the insane. You can't blame religion when there are so clearly other factors at work here. These people in Jonestown had persistent problems with diarrhea, malnutrition, and starvation. They were also stupid and paranoid black people who distrusted whites. Furthermore, they were batshit insane, as evidenced by the audio tape in the OP.

Blaming the mass suicide on religion is like blaming America's complete ownage of the Indians on religion. Yes, Americans were religious and used the 'destiny' angle a lot. But they really wanted the land more than anything. Stop making me agree with you!

02-10-2008, 11:18 PM	#36
erelvenewmeva Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Originally posted by Wiglaf He also preyed on the poor and the insane. You can't blame religion when there are so clearly other factors at work here. These people in Jonestown had persistent problems with diarrhea, malnutrition, and starvation. They were also stupid and paranoid black people who distrusted whites. Furthermore, they were batshit insane, as evidenced by the audio tape in the OP. Blaming the mass suicide on religion is like blaming America's complete ownage of the Indians on religion. Yes, Americans were religious and used the 'destiny' angle a lot. But they really wanted the land more than anything. Stop making me agree with you!
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