When reading about the Oneida community, I found the most interesting part to be the leader himself, John Humphrey Noyes. I find his thought process of attaining “perfectionism” in complete avoidance of sin interesting. Though, I did find his belief in sharing one’s body with everyone else in the community strange, it is also interesting that he came up with such a radical, yet unique idea, and believed it to be a part of his “heaven on Earth.”  Another reason I find Noyes interesting is how he viewed himself as all but God. Although in most situations such narcissism would prove ineffective, when recruiting members of the Oneida community his narcissism and charisma allowed the community to grow for a time. A possible research question I would like to pursue is how Noyes was viewed by outsiders and how Noyes viewed outsiders.