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{{Tradurre}} This is a partial list of notable people who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to in some way be the [[reincarnation]] or [[incarnation]] of [[Jesus Christ]], or the [[Second Coming of Christ]]. <!-- Consensus is currently against placing Jesus himself on this list. People do not claim to be themselves, they are themselves. Please discuss this on the talk page if necessary. --> ==19th century== * [[John Nichols Thom]] (1799–1838), a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] tax rebel who claimed to be the "saviour of the world" and the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and his body temple of the [[Holy Ghost]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} in 1834. He was killed by British soldiers at the [[Battle of Bossenden Wood]], on May 31, 1838 in [[Kent]], England.<ref>J. Lowerson, ed. Charlesworth, ''An Atlas of Rural protests in Britain, 1548-1900'' (1983), pp. 139-141: "The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act was designed specifically to cope with the severe problems of rural England and to prevent... a repetition of the 1830s incidents in the epicentres of Kent... There, complex soil patterns, small-scale farming and low investment rates combined with a rapid population surge to produce... dependence on permanent relief of 25% of population... groups of labourers (1835) ...besieged local magistrates in the workhouse... 37 labourers were imprisoned for... up to two years."</ref> * [[Arnold Potter]] (1804–1872), [[Schism (religion)|Schismatic]] [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint]] leader; he claimed the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became "Potter Christ" Son of the living God. He died in an attempt to [[Entering heaven alive|"ascend into heaven"]] by jumping off a cliff. His body was later retrieved and buried by his followers.<ref>James Barnes: ''Unveiling of the Middleman: The Truth About Prophecy'', AuthorHouse, 2011, pp.63-64</ref> * [[Bahá'u'lláh]] (1817–1892), born [[Shiite]], adopted [[Bábism]] later in 1844,<ref name="Balyuzi35">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Balyuzi|2000|pp=35–37}}</ref> he claimed to be the prophesied fulfillment and Promised One of all the major religions. He founded the [[Bahá'í Faith]] in 1866.<ref name="buck_eschatologic">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Buck|2004|pp=143–178}}</ref> Followers of the [[Bahá'í Faith]] believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the [[Buddha|5th Buddha]] [[Maitreya]] and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the [[Báb]] in 1844 and then by [[Bahá'u'lláh]]. They commonly compare the fulfillment of Christian prophecies to Jesus' fulfillment of Jewish prophecies, where in both cases people were expecting the literal fulfillment of apocalyptic statements.<ref name="bahai-library1">{{cite web|author=Stephen Lambden |url=http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr09/9B3_lambden_armageddon.htm |title=Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: some aspects of the Bábí-Baha'i exegesis of apocalyptic symbolism |publisher=Bahai-library.com |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> * [[William W. Davies]] (1833–1906), leader of a [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint]] [[Schism (religion)|schismatic]] group called the [[Kingdom of Heaven]] located in [[Walla Walla, Washington]] from 1867 to 1881. He taught his followers that he was the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]], who had previously lived as the [[Bible|biblical]] [[Adam]], [[Abraham]], and [[David]]. When his son Arthur was born on February 11, 1868, Davies declared that the infant was the reincarnated Jesus Christ.<ref name = Fogarty>Robert S. Fogarty (2003). ''All Things New: American Communes and Utopian Movements, 1860–1914'' (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books) ISBN 0-7391-0520-5 pp. 50–51.</ref><ref>[[J. Gordon Melton]] (1996, 5th ed.). ''Encyclopedia of American Religions'' (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) ISBN 0-8103-7714-4 p. 565.</ref> When Davies's second son, David, was born in 1869, he was declared to be [[God the Father]].<ref name = Fogarty/> * [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] of [[Qadian]], India (1835–1908), claimed to be the awaited [[Mahdi]] as well as (Second Coming) and likeness of Jesus the promised Messiah at the end of time, being the only person in Islamic history who claimed to be both.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} He claimed to be Jesus in the metaphorical sense; in character. He founded the [[Ahmadiyya]] Movement in 1889, envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam, and claimed to be commissioned by God for the reformation of mankind. ==20th century== * [[Haile Selassie I]] (1892–1975) did not claim to be Jesus and disapproved of claims that he was Jesus. But the [[Rastafari movement]], which emerged in [[Jamaica]] during the 1930s, believes he is the [[Second Coming]]. He embodied this when he became [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] in 1930, perceived as confirmation of the return of the Messiah in the prophetic [[Book of Revelation]] {{bibleverse-nb||Revelation|5:5}} in the [[New Testament]] but is also expected to return a second time to initiate the [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] day of judgment. He is also called Jah Ras Tafari, and is often considered to be alive by Rastafari movement members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/rast.html |title=Rastafari Movement |publisher=Religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu |date=September 7, 2006 |accessdate=November 21, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=February 2011}}</ref> * [[George Ernest Roux]] (1903–1981), called the "Christ of [[Montfavet]]" or "Georges-Christ",<ref>{{cite book |title=Des "sectes" dans la France contemporaine: 1905-2000, contestations ou innovations religieuses? |url=http://books.google.com/?id=OoLXAAAAMAAJ&q=georges+roux+christ&dq=georges+roux+christ |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Chantin |year=2004 |pages=56, 57, 60 |publisher=Privat |language=French |isbn=978-2-7089-6855-4}}</ref> founder of the [[Universal Christian Church]] (now named the [[Universal Alliance]]) in [[France]], claimed to be Jesus, then God. He presented himself as a persecuted prophet to carry out the law of love unfulfilled by God's representatives, including Jesus.<ref>Jean-Pierre Bayard, ''Guide des sociétés secrètes et des sectes'', Paris, 2004, p. 247 (ISBN 978-2-84898-039-3)</ref> * [[Ernest Norman]] (1904–1971), an [[United States|American]] electrical engineer who co-founded the [[Unarius Academy of Science]] in 1954, was allegedly Jesus in a past life and his earthly incarnation was as an archangel named [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphiel]].<ref name="tum">Tumminia, Diana G. ''When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 240 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-517675-9</ref> He claimed to be the reincarnation of other notable figures including [[Confucius]], [[Mona Lisa]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Socrates]], [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]], and [[Tsar Peter the Great|Tsar Peter I the Great]].<ref name="bishop">Bishop, Greg, et. al (2006). ''Weird California.'' Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4027-3384-0</ref> * [[William M Branham]] (April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1965) though never directly claiming to be Jesus himself, Branham promoted himself as the final prophet "[[Elijah]]" <ref>[http://nt.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=366414499&advquery=%22Do%20you%20believe%20me%20to%20be%20god%27s%20prophet%22&infobase=message2010.nfo&rank=&record={13A3}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42&x=0&y=0&zz= Branham, God Testifying of His Gifts]</ref> and claimed that Elijah of this day was the Lord Jesus Christ.<ref>[http://nt.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=366414499&advquery=%22But%20the%20Elijah%20of%20this%20day%20is%20the%20Lord%20Jesus%20Christ%22&infobase=message2010.nfo&rank=&record={18E64}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42&x=0&y=0&zz= Branham, Trying To Do God A Service Without It Being Gods Will]</ref> * [[Krishna Venta]] (1911—1958), born Francis Herman Pencovic in [[San Francisco]], founded the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult in [[Simi Valley]], [[California]] in the late 1940s. In 1948 he stated that he was Christ, the new messiah and claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates. He died on December 10, 1958 after being suicide bombed by two disgruntled former followers who accused Venta of mishandling cult funds and having been intimate with their wives. * [[Ahn Sahng-Hong]] (1918–1985), a [[South Korean]] who founded the [[World Mission Society Church of God]] in 1964, who consider him the [[Second Coming of Jesus]]. The church believes that his wife Zahng Gil-Jah is "God the Mother," who they believe is referred to in the Bible as the New Jerusalem Mother ([[Epistle to the Galatians|Galatians]] {{bibleverse-nb||Galatians|4:26}}, and that Ahn Sahng-Hong is [[God the Father]]<ref name="starsandstripes">{{cite web|url=http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60227|title=Feeling the love|last=Norris|first=Jimmy|date=January 25, 2009|publisher=Stars and Stripes|accessdate=February 2, 2010}}</ref> * [[Sun Myung Moon]] (1920–2012), believed by members of the [[Unification Church]] to be the Messiah and the Second Coming of Christ, fulfilling Jesus' unfinished mission. Church members ("Unificationists") consider [[Sun Myung Moon]] and his wife, [[Hak Ja Han]], to be the [[Unification Church#The_True_Family|True Parents]] of humankind as the restored Adam and Eve.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission], [[Peter Maass]] ''[[New Yorker Magazine]]'', September 14, 1998. "Moon sees the essence of his own mission as completing the one given to Jesus--establishing a "true family" untouched by Satan while teaching all people to lead a God-centered life under his spiritual leadership."..."Although Moon often predicts in his sermons that a breakthrough is near, Moffitt realizes that Moon may not come to be seen as the messiah in his lifetime."</ref><ref name="cesnur.org">[http://www.cesnur.org/2003/vil2003_chryssides.htm Unifying or Dividing? Sun Myung Moon and the Origins of the Unification Church], by George D. Chryssides, University of Wolverhampton, U.K. A paper presented at the CESNUR 2003 Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.</ref> * [[Jim Jones]] (1931–1978), founder of [[Peoples Temple]], which started off as an offshoot of a mainstream [[protestant]] sect before becoming a [[personality cult]] as time went on. He claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus, [[Akhenaten]], [[Buddha]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], and [[Father Divine]] in the 1970s. Organized a mass [[murder suicide]] at [[Jonestown]], [[Guyana]] on November 18, 1978.<ref name="raven519">Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. ISBN 978-0-525-24136-2. p. 476-524.</ref> * [[Marshall Applewhite]] (1931–1997), an [[United States|American]] who posted a famous [[Usenet]] message declaring, "''I, Jesus—Son of God—acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: ...''" Applewhite and his [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate cult]] committed mass suicide on March 26, 1997 to rendezvous with what they thought was a spaceship hiding behind the comet [[Comet Hale-Bopp|Hale-Bopp]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=CNN|title=One year later Heaven's Gate suicides leave a faint trail|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/25/heavens.gate/}}</ref> * [[Yahweh ben Yahweh]] (1935–2007), born as Hulon Mitchell, Jr., a black nationalist and separatist who created the [[Nation of Yahweh]] in 1979 in [[Liberty City (Miami)|Liberty City]], [[Florida]]. His self-proclaimed name means "God, Son of God." He could have only been deeming himself to be "son of God", not God, but many of his followers clearly deem him to be God Incarnate.<ref>"He identified himself as the 'grand master of the celestial lodge, the architect of the universe'"[http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/yahweh_cult/14.html Crimelibrary]</ref><ref>Miami Herald(October 15, 2001). "the old message of self-esteem has been crowded out by one that elevates their leader to ''Grand Master of All, the God of the Universe, the Grand Potentate, the Everlasting Father and the persecuted Messiah.''"</ref> In 1992, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09yahweh.html|title=Yahweh ben Yahweh, Leader of Separatist Sect, Dies at 71 |publisher=New York Times|accessdate=October 22, 2009|author=Douglas Martin|date=May 9, 2007}}</ref> * [[Laszlo Toth]] (1940–), [[Hungarians|Hungarian]]-born [[Australian]] who claimed he was Jesus Christ as he vandalized [[Pietà (Michelangelo)|Michelangelo's Pietà]] with a geologist's hammer in 1972.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2565,00.html | title = Notes and Queries: Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth, the man who smashed Michelangelo's Pieta in 1972? | accessdate =June 8, 2006 | publisher = The Guardian | location=London }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Evers | first = Chia | authorlink = | year = 2006 | url = http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1024.html | title = Laszlo Toth, "Jesus Christ," Attacks the Pieta (May 21, 1972) | work = Today in Odd History | publisher = News of the Odd | accessdate =June 8, 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060516211755/http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1024.html |archivedate = May 16, 2006}}</ref> * [[Wayne Bent]] (1941–), also known as Michael Travesser of the [[Lord Our Righteousness Church]]. He claims; "I am the embodiment of God. I am divinity and humanity combined."<ref name = documentary>[http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/inside/3401/Overview#tab-Videos/05168_00 Inside a Cult] documentary info published by the [[National Geographic Channel]].</ref> He was convicted on December 15, 2008 of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Sect Leader Who Allegedly Sought Virgins Found Guilty on Sex Charge | newspaper = AP | location = TAOS, N.M | publisher = Fox News | date = December 15, 2008 | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467174,00.html | accessdate =March 2, 2010}}</ref> * [[Ariffin Mohammed]] (1943–), also known as "Ayah Pin", the founder of the banned [[Sky Kingdom]] in [[Malaysia]] in 1975. He claims to have direct contact with the heavens and is believed by his followers to be the incarnation of Jesus, as well as [[Shiva]], and [[Buddha]], and [[Muhammad]].<ref>[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GD23Jp01.html "Escape from Islam"], ''Weekend Standard'', April 23–24, 2005</ref> * [[Mitsuo Matayoshi]] (1944–), a [[conservative]] [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[politician]], who in 1997 established the [[World Economic Community Party]] based on his conviction that he is God and Christ, renaming himself Iesu Matayoshi. According to his program he will do the [[Last Judgment]] as Christ but within the current political system.<ref>"After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God."[http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html ::: cgunson.com ::: MATAYOSHI]</ref> * [[José Luis de Jesús Miranda]] (1946–), [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] founder, leader and organizer of ''[[Growing in Grace]]'' based in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], who claims that the resurrected Christ "integrated himself within me" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man Who Claims To Be Jesus|publisher=[[WFOR-TV|CBS 4]]|date=September 12, 2006 |url=http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_254163721.html|accessdate=February 22, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070217095944/http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_254163721.html |archivedate = February 17, 2007}}</ref> * [[Inri Cristo]] (1948–), a [[Brazil]]ian astrologer who claims to be the second Jesus reincarnated in 1969,<ref>[http://www.inricristo.org.br/EnglishSite/SummaryINRICRISTOslife.html Summary of INRI CRISTO’s life]</ref> [[Brasília]] is considered by Inri Cristo and his disciples as the “[[New Jerusalem]]” of the [[Apocalypse]]. * [[Thomas Harrison Provenzano]] (1949–2000), an [[United States|American]] convicted murderer who was possibly mentally ill. He compared his [[Capital punishment in the United States|execution]] with [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Jesus Christ's crucifixion]].<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/21/national/main208099.shtml Killer Who Said He Was Jesus Is Executed]. ''[[CBS News]]'' (2000-06-21). Retrieved on August 13, 2007..</ref> * [[Shoko Asahara]] (1955–), founded the controversial [[Japanese people|Japanese]] religious group [[Aum Shinrikyo]] in 1984. He declared himself "Christ", Japan's only fully enlightened master and the "[[Lamb of God]]". His purported mission was to take upon himself the sins of the world. He outlined a doomsday prophecy, which included a [[World War III|Third World War]], and described a final conflict culminating in a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] "[[Armageddon]]", borrowing the term from the [[Book of Revelation]] {{bibleverse-nb||Revelation|16:16}}.<ref name="kaplan">Lifton, Robert Jay, ''Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism.'' New York: Macmillan (2000).</ref> Humanity would end, except for the elite few who joined Aum.<ref name=kaplan/> The group gained international notoriety in March 20, 1995, when it carried out the [[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway]]. He has been [[Capital punishment in Japan|sentenced to death]], and is awaiting execution. * [[David Koresh]] (1959–1993), born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a [[Branch Davidian]] religious sect in [[Waco, Texas]], though never directly claiming to be Jesus himself, proclaimed that he was the final prophet and "the Son of God, the Lamb" in 1983. In 1993, a raid by the U.S. [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|BATF]], and the [[Waco Siege|subsequent siege]] by the [[FBI]] ended with [[Mount Carmel Center|Branch Davidian ranch]] burning to the ground. Koresh, 54 adults and 21 children were found dead after the fire extinguished itself.<ref name="caesar">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5324263.ece The British Waco survivors], by Ed Caesar, ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', December 14, 2008.</ref> * [[Ho No Hana|Hogen Fukunaga]] (1945–) founded [[Ho No Hana|Ho No Hana Sanpogyo]], often called the "foot reading cult," in Japan in 1987 after an alleged [[Spirituality|spiritual]] event where he claimed to have realized he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1087178.stm "Foot-reader fined for fraud", BBC]</ref> * [[Marina Tsvigun]] (1960–), or Maria Devi Christos, is the leader of the [[Great White Brotherhood]].<ref>Anastasia Daugule, "White Brotherhood - 15 years later". "Glavnoe" Kharkiv Net Review, a1404</ref> In 1990 she met Yuri Krivonogov, the "Great White Brotherhood" founder, who recognized Marina as a new messiah and later married her, assuming in the sect the role of "[[John the Baptist]]", subordinate to Tsvigun. * [[Vissarion|Sergey Torop]] (1961–), a [[Russians|Russian]] who claims to be "reborn" as [[Vissarion]], Jesus Christ returned, which makes him not "God" but the "[[Logos|word of God]]." He founded the [[Church of the Last Testament]] and the spiritual community [[Tiberkul|Ecopolis Tiberkul]] in Southern [[Siberia]] in 1990. * [[Maurice Clemmons]] (1972 – 2009) an American felon responsible for the 2009 murder of four police officers in Washington state, repeatedly referred to himself as Jesus, and said his wife Rozena was Eve, which he went on to describe as the "Goddess of all things holy".<ref name="Murphy1201">{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Kim |title=Suspect in Seattle-area police slayings is shot and killed |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 1, 2009 |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-police-shooting2-2009dec02,0,7940378.story |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Perry1201">{{Cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |last2=O'Hagan |first2=Maureen |last3=Armstrong |first3=Ken |title=Four days in May set stage for Sunday's tragedy |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=December 1, 2009 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010392869_shootingjustice01m.html |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref> ==21st century== * [[David Shayler]] (1965–) was a former [[MI5]] agent and whistleblower who, in the summer of 2007, proclaimed himself to be the Messiah. He has released a series of videos on [[YouTube]] claiming to be Jesus, although has not built up any noticeable following since his claims.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-475616/The-MI5-Messiah-Why-David-Shayler-believes-hes-the-son-of-God.html |title=The MI5 Messiah: Why David Shayler believes he's the son of God; News |publisher=The Daily Mail |date= August 15, 2007|accessdate=August 15, 2007 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 10, 2007 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuL2m7H2B0 |title=David Shayler Mystic on C4 News 10 Aug 2007 |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23720880-details/Meet+Delores%2C+the+former+now+living+as+a+woman+in+a+Surrey+commune/article.do |title=Meet Delores, the former now living as a woman in a Surrey commune &#124; News |publisher=Thisislondon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref> * [[Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez]] (1990-). In November 2011, he fired nine shots with an [[AK-47]]-type rifle at the [[White House]] in Washington D.C., believing himself to be Jesus Christ sent to kill U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] whom he believed to be the Anti-Christ.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57327488-504083/white-house-shooting-suspect-oscar-ramiro-ortega-hernandez-says-hes-jesus/ |title=White House shooting suspect Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez says he's Jesus |publisher=CBS/KBOI/AP |date= |accessdate=2011-11-18<!-- 10:49-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/oscar-ortega-hernandez-jesus_n_1101222.html |title=Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Thought He Was Jesus, Obama Was Antichrist |publisher=Huffington Post |date= November 18, 2011|accessdate=November 18, 2011}}</ref> * [[Alan John Miller]] (1962–), more commonly known as A.J. Miller, a former [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] elder member and now leader of the Australia-based [[Divine Truth]] movement.<ref>http://www.divinetruth.com/ Divine Truth; God's Way Of Love website. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref> Miller claims to be Jesus Christ after reincarnating in the 20th century with others to spread messages that he calls the "Divine Truth". He delivers these messages in seminars and various forms of media, along with his current partners Mary Suzanne Luck and Rozena, the latter who identifies herself as the returned and chic [[Mary Magdalene]].<ref>http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/transcripts/article/-/10309969/australia-s-chilling-cult-transcript/ Sunday Night, 'Inside Australia's chilling new cult'. Sunday Night, Channel Seven. September 18, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref> * [[Lia Eden]] (1947 -), born as Lia Aminuddin in [[Makassar]], [[Indonesia]]. In 1998, she claimed that she met the angel [[Gabriel]] several times, convincing her that she was [[Imam Mahdi]] or [[Messiah]] who brought the prophecy of the world security and justice before the doomsday. In another occasion, she also claimed that she was the reincarnation of [[Mother Mary]] and her son, [[Ahmad Mukti]] as the reincarnation of [[Jesus]]. She wrote a 232 page book "Perkenankan Aku Menjelaskan Sebuah Takdir" (meaning "Let Me Explain a Destiny"). She gathered around 100 pupils and spread her teaching in a religious group called Salamullah Pilgrim. The Indonesian Council of Ulema banned this new sect for false [[Koran]] teaching. In 2006, Eden was sentenced to two years in prison for religious blasphemy. In 2009, she was once again sentenced for another two years in prison for the same case.<ref>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/03/lia-eden-sentenced-prison-again.html|'Lia Eden Sentenced Prison Again'</ref> *[[cristianesimo|World Teacher]] (unknown), claims to be the [[cristianesimo|Jesus]] and promised one of all religions; promoted by [[New Age]] activist [[Benjamin Creme]] and his organization, [[Share International]]. ==See also== * [[Cult of personality]] * [[Doomsday cult]] * [[Jerusalem syndrome]] * [[Jewish Messiah claimants]] * [[List of avatar claimants]] * [[List of Buddha claimants]] * [[List of founders of religious traditions]] * [[List of Mahdi claimants]] * [[List of messiah claimants]] * [[Messiah]] * [[Messiah complex]] * [[List of people who have been considered deities]] * [[Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions]] ==Notes== <references /> ==References== {{Reflist|2|refs= * <ref name="Jones">{{cite book | author=Galanter, Marc | title=[[Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion]] | publisher=Oxford University Press; 2nd edition | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-19-512370-8}}([http://www.meta-religion.com/New_religious_groups/Articles/Peoples_Temple/history_of_jonestown.htm meta-citation])</ref> * <ref name="Applewhite">''I, Jesus—Son of God—acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: 1. I am about to return to my Father's Kingdom. 1A. This "return" requires that I prepare to lay down my borrowed human body in order to take up, or reenter, my body (biological) belonging to the Kingdom of God (as I did appx. 2000 years ago when I laid down the body that was about 33 years old in order to reenter my body belonging to the Kingdom of Heaven).'' Marshall Applewhite (1995). [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.consciousness.mysticism/msg/16e80c2e5d60fe9f?dmode=source UNDERCOVER JESUS SURFACES]. alt.consciousness.mysticism. Retrieved August 15, 2005.</ref> * <ref name="Matayoshi">"After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God."[http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html Cgunson]</ref> * <!-- Unused citation <ref name="Sergei">In an article from [http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,721088,00.html The Guardian] he states: "It's all very complicated", he starts quietly. "But to keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ. That which was promised must come to pass. And it was promised in Israel 2,000 years ago that I would return, that I would come back to finish what was started. I am '''not God''' (My emphasis). And it is a mistake to see Jesus as God. But I am the living word of God the Father. Everything that God wants to say, he says through me".</ref> --> * <ref name="Provenzano">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/21/national/main208099.shtml |title=Killer Who Said He Was Jesus Is Executed |publisher=CBS News |date=June 21, 2000 |accessdate=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> }} [[Categoria:Spiritualità/Religioni]] [[categoria:Scienze]]

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