In contrast to this fringe element, many other followers of Lubavitch Hassidism consciously try to keep their deceased leader's words alive by speaking of him and his pronoucements in present tense, as one refers to great thinkers and philosophers of the past, e.g. "Socrates says," "Jesus says," etc. It seems a little odd to choose this mode in refering to someone so recently deceased, but as time passes, the practice will seem quite normal. Rabbi Menachem Schneerson was indeed a wise man, well educated both religiously and secularly (he graduated from the Sorbonne). He wrote a huge number of responsa in many volumes, which remain as interpretive source material on all manner of issues and questions.
And he believed the world was created in six literal days!
Berei'shit bara' bump!