It's well known that Jones was a member of the US Communist party and heavily studied Marx, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others of that type. He was evil from the beginning. Jesus said that many false teachers would come in his name and Jones was classic example. Any real Christian would have seen right through him.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.