“I represent divine principles,” said Reverend Jim Jones in a sermon at the Peoples Temple. Jim Jones was known as a “raging addict.” His son Stephen Jones talks of his addictions to substances, power, and sex along with the most important of all, praise. Jim Warren Jones grew up in Crete, Indiana, from his birth in 1931 to his leaving in 1965. It was a town that Nelson Jr.’s documentary describes as a town where pain comes from. He grew up quite poor and was thought of as a strange child. Even at a young age Jones was obsessed with religion and death. He conducted funerals for dead animals, and even went so far as to kill animals and then give them funerals. His “weird” behavior likely stemmed from his dysfunctional family. His dad was a
