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Deadly Lessons from Jonestown
Posted: November 23, 2008
What Jim Jones continues to teach us…
Thirty years ago this week
news of Jonestown made us weep.
One who had misled the sheep
shepherded their fate.
Preacher with unbridled pride
Kool-aid laced with cyanide.
God, 900 people died
following that fool.
How could one man wield such power
forcing young and old to cower
like a dry unrooted flower
severed from its source?
Jerks like Jones can only rule
when their subjects play the fool
like a pigeon on a stool
closing up their minds.
So the moral is... Don't fall
for what seems quite off the wall.
Be suspicious, that is all.
Doubt can lead to faith.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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