Evil Exists--Utopia Does Not

EVIL Exists; Utopia Does Not You may remember them-- a wildly-diverse band of individuals-- a strange ensemble comprised of various races, age brackets, backgrounds, and philosophies. By the mid-seventies the philosophies had been replaced with one mindset, that of a leader with irresistible power who compared himself to Jesus Christ. He banished societal norms some followers had brought with them, replacing them with his own. Many in this insulated community didn't seem to realize they were not in the utopia they'd been promised. Now, close your eyes and try to see them-- hundreds of them--parents, their many children, friends, and lovers--lying close together, some with their arms around each other, looking so peaceful after partaking of Jim Jones's cyanide-laced fruit juice. Guyana, South America, 1978, the Jonestown compound 909 dead--about one-third of them children Jim Jones, one of the most notorious cult leaders of all times written June 27, 2016, for Brian Davey's Evil Is Everywhere Contest