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|skills = Brainwashing people, abusing Christianity
|skills = Brainwashing people, abusing Christianity
|goals = To promote communism (failed miserably)
|goals = To promote communism (failed miserably)
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|headquarters = San Francisco, CA, USA
|headquarters = San Francisco, CA, USA
|crimes = [[Mass murder]]
|crimes = [[Mass murder]]
|image=Peoples_Temple.jpg|type of villain=Murderous communist organization, brainwashers}}
|type of villains = Murderous communist organization, brainwashers
The '''Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ''', commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was a religious cult founded By [[Jim Jones]] in 1955.
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The People's Temple was a religious cult founded By [[Jim Jones]] in 1955.


The Cult Mixes Christianity With Communist and Socialism Ideology. The cult was disbanded following the mass suicide at Jonestown on November 18<sup>th</sup>, 1978. Jonestown resulted in the largest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until [[September 11 attacks]].
The Cult Mixes Christianity With [[Communism|Communist]] and Socialism Ideology. The cult was disbanded following the mass suicide at Jonestown on November 18<sup>th</sup>, 1978. Jonestown resulted in the largest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]].
 
== Trivia ==
* This cult was the main inspiration for the [https://outlast.fandom.com/wiki/Testament_of_the_New_Ezekiel Testament of the New Ezekiel] from the video game Outlast 2. Most notably when the cult members committed mass suicide with cyanide, much like how the People's Temple committed suicide via cyanide poisoning in the Jonestown Massacre.
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