Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumAustralian man claims he is Jesus Christ reincarnated, garners followers
Miller claims that not only is he Christ, but his partner, Australian Mary Luck, is in fact Magdalene, who, according to the Bible, was present at the crucifixion and was said to be the first person to see Christ after he rose from the dead
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2013/05/30/australian-man-claims-he-is-jesus-christ-reincarnated-garners-followers
This is one of the best lines in the article: "[T]he Anglican and Catholic churches are concerned that the couple are drawing in vulnerable people searching for meaning in life."
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Damn, I can never get it strait. Slippery guy, Jesus.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)It would be cheaper.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)He would know what was there without a colonoscopy. And if he were worth anything, he would make it so that nothing bad was there.
Gore1FL
(21,035 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)that bounce back up and you have to punch it again?
Warpy
(110,913 posts)We heathens just had ours pinned.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)A penguin tried convincing us that studying too much math instead of religion leads to hell. That was her proof. (flip it upside down, it spells hELL)
She was an evil woman, who enjoyed torturing kids.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)that someone is muscling in on their turf.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)his beliefs are just as valid as anyone else's. Who are we to tell him he's wrong?
TruthBeTold65
(203 posts)...a Jesus "miracle" that can go through scientific scrutiny. Something like a walk on water or as Maher said in Religulous...make it rain frogs.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)I doubt that the original Jesus performed any of those.
What would scientific scrutiny have been like 2000 years ago?
(and of course that's assuming there was any Jesus to begin with)
Aquavit
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[/link]muriel_volestrangler
(101,159 posts)From 2 years ago:
Inland Wilkesdale turns out to be one of the safe zones, transforming into a sub-tropical paradise after the changes.
"It will not be a tsunami, but water flowing over the land about 100 metres deep. There will be lots of earthquakes," Miller told one meeting in 2009, according to notes provided by disaffected members.
"There will be no Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Sunshine/Gold Coast. . . Inland is where it will be happening."
http://www.couriermail.com.au/archive/news/concerns-voiced-for-friends-and-family-in-religious-cult/story-e6frep2o-1226060121466
What does it take to set yourself up as a messiah and have some gullible people believe you? Is it really just the confidence to carry on spouting the BS?
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)to set yourself up as a "self-help" guru or a "relationship expert" or any of a host of other woo-woo occupations...chutzpah and good PR...the gullible masses will always be out there, begging to be taken in.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)What does he look like?
Oh, well...sure. That's how I pictured he might look... Not.
Hard to believe anyone would take these two seriously.
TYY
Gore1FL
(21,035 posts)He said, ...my suggestion is, even if you don't believe I am Jesus, at least learn how to love.
I think I'm OK with that. If all religious people were like that, the world would be a better place.
nerdorkins
(8 posts)With the popularity of Elvis festivals all over the world. There should be "I think I am Jesus" festival, imagine the potential.
LADY IN CROWD:"only the true messiah denies his divinity"
BRIAN: "what sort of chance does that give me, OK OK I am the messiah"
CROWD:"HE IS, HE IS THE MESSIAH"
BRIAN: "NOW FUCK OFF!"
Rod Walker
(187 posts)(excuse the Japanese subtitles)