Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Rev. Jim Jones: ...Father, you were forced to leave New York. Why?

Father Divine: We were becoming too strong. They were frightened.

Rev. Jim Jones: How do you sustain a movement like this one?

Father Divine: How did Moses sustain his flock?

Rev. Jim Jones: What of the cost?

Father Divine: Ask and you shall receive, my son.

Rev. Jim Jones: And as for worldly possessions?

Father Divine: Sustenance of whatever kind our Heavenly Father requires.

Rev. Jim Jones: ...Sometimes, the women in my flock tempt me. What shall I do about that?

Father Divine: It's your duty - your religious obligation - to bring such desires to the surface, so that you can eliminate those desires. Remember, Mary wasn't a virgin either.

Rev. Jim Jones: ...You've given a whole new world to me, Father.

Father Divine: As it should be, so let it be, my son.

Rev. Jim Jones: Do you truly believe that you're God?

Father Divine: I don't have to say that I'm God, and I don't have to say that I'm NOT God. Millions of people CALL me God, and millions more call me the Devil. But I don't say that I'm God, and I don't say that I'm the Devil. But I *produce* God and, in doing so, shake the earth.

Rev. Jim Jones: Thank you for your time, Father.