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Friday, August 15, 2008

He's Back!



Deep in the heart of Siberia's birch forests lies one of the largest and most remote religious communes of the planet. More than 5,000 people have left their families and their homes to move here and join the Church of the Last Testament, which has more than 10,000 followers worldwide. The church centers on one man. He is known simply as Vissarion, meaning "he who gives new life," or simply as the teacher, and he claims that he is Jesus Christ.
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9 comments:

  1. nonmagicAugust 15, 2008 at 9:08 PM

    The sheep factory has been working overtime I see.

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  2. FroggieAugust 15, 2008 at 11:21 PM

    This cannot be true. I am Jesus Christ and I aint gonna live in no fucking Siberia. Capice?

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  3. spiraxAugust 16, 2008 at 2:43 AM

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  4. spiraxAugust 16, 2008 at 2:56 AM

    He's very careful not to call himself 'Jesus' but he doesn't deny it either.

    I think it's fascinating and gives insight into how the Jesus cult started. Shouldn't he be evangelising to the world though? If he's not careful, people might start to think he's swindling people out of their pension money.

    PS I deleted my former post because of a couple of spelling mistakes. There doesn't seem to be an edit function.

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  5. nonmagicAugust 16, 2008 at 10:01 AM

    Spirax,

    I already do think he's a money leech.

    Maybe he and Ray should get together and form a new ministry.

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  6. Lance Christian JohnsonAugust 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM

    I don't know, guys. I'm gonna sign up. I mean, he does look a lot like Jesus. How can you possibly explain that?

    (Lance puts fingers in his ears and hums loudly in anticipation of the explanations.)

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  7. GeoffAugust 17, 2008 at 8:52 AM

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  8. GeoffAugust 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM

    After seeing stories like this (yeah, there are other guys like this out there), I'm amused to think that Christians put forward as evidence the fact that Christianity became a movement. "Sophisticated" theologians like James Lennox and Alister McGrath have said that the fact that early Christianity sparked interest lends credibility to the stories. In that case, the fact that this guy has followers should lend credibility to this cult.

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  9. The McGradesAugust 18, 2008 at 12:01 AM

    Is a shame you people see this and still do not believe, and I'm not talking about the false Christ.

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