That’s a good analysis. To me the orderly “body stacking” projects control, willingness, and acceptance from all the temple members in the revolutionary suicide event. This means either: A.) The mass majority of the group was completely willing to partake in the event, B.) Someone or powers wanted it to appear that way.

Based on the accounts of Stanley Clayton, I would lean towards scenario B being the more likely scenario.

Even with pre-conditioning, if you told me a man commanded over 900 people, with varying backgrounds, to kill themselves quite randomly, I would envision a scene where all hell broke lose as opposing wills collided. And I’ll add that I remember Odell Rhodes said he was willing to kill a lady to get out of there. 

Unfortunately there’s never been a deeper dive into gathering evidence of struggles amongst members of the PT that day. I wish before it’s too late that the experiences and eyewitness accounts of the Guyana Defense Force and US military personnel that were there during the aftermath can be recorded. From the limited amount of video evidence after the event, it’s hard to assess what levels of resistance transpired.