He Calls Himself God (Puerto Rican "Minister")

MSNBC / Newsweek ^ | 1/31/07 | Arian Campo-Flores

[epow]

At first glance, the congregation gathered in a warehouse in Doral, Fla., seems like a typical Hispanic evangelical group. There's the 10-piece band, the singing and swaying, the whooping and hollering. But look a little more closely. There's not a cross in sight. The lectern is emblazoned with a near replica of the U.S. presidential seal, except that it reads in Spanish, government of god on earth. Off to the side stand three burly guys in dark suits with Secret Service-style earpieces. When a door by the stage opens, the guards leap into action. They surround the man with slicked-back hair who emerges and escort him to his seat. When the crowd spots him, it goes wild. People chant, "Lord! Lord! Lord!" It quickly becomes clear that they're referring to him. "It's Jesus Christ himself!" a preacher onstage announces. "Let's welcome Jesus Christ Man!"

[Armed Civilian]

Jim and Tammy are not still on, Tammy divorced him and he has re-married and has a different show.

[RightWhale]

Sounds like a T H Lawrence novel.

[reagan_fanatic]

I noticed your tag line, so this is what Jesus taught?

What does my tagline have to do with what Jesus taught? It was meant as a poke at jihadists and nothing else.

If you're reading more into it than that, then you have way too much time on your hands.

[1000 silverlings]

I just love the smell of koolaid in the morning

[Quix]

I don't have time for such deceived, demonized nut cases.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Yep. Very sad. This is one we might hear from again in headlines.

[Mister Da]

I believe they both have their own tv show. I didn't mean to suggest they were still together.

[twonie]

One can only hope that your FReeper name doesn't indicate your situation.

[Armed Civilian]

???????

[alnick]

Also he claimed to be the reincarnated apostle Paul several years before he began to claim to be Jesus Christ.

[epow]

I suppose when a person has delusions of grandeur the delusion keeps growing stronger and reaching higher. He started out as an ordinary man, then progressed to becoming a reincarnated saint, and is now a divine being, aka Jesus Christ the Son of God. The downside of that very lucrative delusion will be revealed on the day when he meets the real Jesus Christ face to face.

[Teófilo]

The same has happened to me. Duplication is to be expected under the current system's architecture. Frankly, I think it's showing its age.

-Theo