In his continuing effort to expose “conventional wisdom” for the lie it can often be, the author exposes Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy for what it actually was and what it definitely was not. This article includes the words of Jim Jones himself—revealing his mind-set and the circumstances leading up to the deaths of over nine hundred followers in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978. Further insight is provided from firsthand accounts of those who were members of the Peoples Temple and from Jeff Guinn, an award-winning investigative journalist. The excerpts presented provide indisputable evidence that what is still considered a fanatical religious cult was actually anything but.