| | + | [[File:Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award. The Award was endorsed by former Democratic presidential nominee [[Hubert Humphrey]], [[Vice-President]] [[Walter Mondale]], Carter Secretary of [[HHS]] Joseph Califano, [[Watergate]] Committtee chairman Sen. [[Sam Ervin]], Democratic Senators Warren Magnusen, Philip Hart, [[Mike Gravel]], [[Scoop Jackson]], Representatives [[Ronald Dellums]], [[Bella Abzug]], Patsy Mink, Philip Burton, Don H. Clauson, George E. Brown, Jr., Lawrence Coughlin, Cardiss Collins, Don Edwards, R. Eckhardt, Jonathan Bingham, ''[[Washington Post]]'' owner publisher Katherine Graham, San Fransisco Mayor [[George Moscone]], Art Agnos, and [[Willie Brown]]. <ref>[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=18355 Peoples Temple Endorsements Packet (Text)].</ref>]] |
| | Jim Jones was an avowed [[atheist]].<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref> Jones was frustrated with opposition to communism within the United States which lead him to ask, "How can I demonstrate my [[Marxism]]? The thought was, infiltrate the church."<ref>Wessinger, Catherine (2000), How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Seven Bridges Press, ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3</ref><ref>Jones, Jim. "[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27339 Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 134]". Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University</ref> | | Jim Jones was an avowed [[atheist]].<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref> Jones was frustrated with opposition to communism within the United States which lead him to ask, "How can I demonstrate my [[Marxism]]? The thought was, infiltrate the church."<ref>Wessinger, Catherine (2000), How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Seven Bridges Press, ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3</ref><ref>Jones, Jim. "[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27339 Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 134]". Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University</ref> |