How many have claimed to be christ

Miller's movement is called the Divine Truth, and on his website and YouTube page the former IT worker shares his teachings about "life, God and the universe. In one previous report, Miller was noted as saying in one of his videos: "There's probably a million people who say they're Jesus and most of them are in asylums.

But one of us has to be. He and his worldwide followers embrace "," traditionally viewed by Christians as a diabolical symbol, with tattoos as a "number of wisdom. He teaches that there is no sin, devil or hell. His Miami, Fla. Jose Luis De Jesus. Members are present mostly in Latin American countries and receive Miranda's messages via hour radio and satellite television broadcasts. A CNN video report on Miranda's movement is below.

He claims that in he heard the voice of God tell him that he was Jesus Christ, and it was at that point he adopted the acronym INRI for the Latinization of "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews," which the Bible says Pontius Pilate had written to identify Christ during his crucifixion. Theiss, who calls beliefs in the physical resurrection of Jesus "absurd" and "a delirium," has been expelled from several countries for his activities, including the United States, but he appears to remain popular in Brazil.

He is usually recognized by his long hair and beard, "crown of thorns" and long, white robe. In response to having been called crazy for claiming to be Jesus Christ, Theiss has said: "I can be crazy but not dumb.

According to his program he will do the Last Judgment as Christ but within the current political system. Thomas Harrison Provenzano — , an American convicted murderer who was possibly mentally ill. Shoko Asahara — , founded the controversial Japanese religious group Aum Shinrikyo in His purported mission was to take upon himself the sins of the world. Humanity would end, except for the elite few who joined Aum. The group gained international notoriety in March 20, , when it carried out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

He has been sentenced to death, and is awaiting execution. In , a raid by the U. Koresh, 54 adults and 21 children were found dead after the fire extinguished itself. Maurice Clemmons — an American felon responsible for the murder of four police officers in Washington state, referred to himself in May as Jesus. David Shayler — was a former MI5 agent and whistleblower who, in the summer of , proclaimed himself to be the Messiah.

He lives in Kitwe, Zambia. The proclaimed messiah goes by a number of names though his disciples simply call him Jesus. Matayoshi Mitsuo, 73 years of age, is a Japanese politician who contested in several Japanese elections claiming the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. He is not only convinced he is the Almighty God and Jesus Christ but has managed to convince a great following claiming that he will be in charge of the Last Judgment as Christ but in the Japanese political system.

Hernandez an unemployed year-old at the time, in, fired 9 shots at the White House in an attempt to kill the then US President Barack Obama. Hernandez believed he was Jesus Christ and Obama was an anti-Christ he needed to kill. He went ahead and sent a video to Oprah Winfrey claiming to be Jesus Christ.

He is now serving a year term in prison. Members of his church, known as Vissarionites, come from all over the world to live in wooden huts and tramp through the snow following their messiah. A former MI5 agent and whistleblower, Shayler declared himself the Messiah in and now occasionally preaches as his cross-dressing alter ego, Delores Kane.

Shayler says his partial identity as a woman gives the Messiah practical insight into the world from a female perspective. Born on December 24, , Shayler rose to prominence after leaking secrets to a British newspaper alleging the government spy agency MI5 targeted people perceived as socialists. Shayler had worked in the MI5 branch which monitored left-wing activists, and later handled Irish and then Middle Eastern terrorism. Shayler made other claims to media, about the bombing of the Israeli embassy and was charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act.

He now delivers sermons to handful of followers, sometimes as the mini-skirted Delores in a blonde wig in the grounds of his 17th-century National Trust farmhouse.

Convinced that he is Almighty God as well as Jesus Christ, he claims he will conduct the Last Judgment as Christ, but within the Japanese political system. After reforming Japanese society, Mitsuo will then take over as general secretary of the United Nations.

His election campaigns have been marked by his urging political opponents to commit harakiri, or ritual suicide. Mitsuo is a former teacher who in founded the World Economic Community Party which has as its major tenet, the fact that he is God. In when he first started claiming he was Jesus Christ, Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, a resident of Mindolo Township in the Zambian copper mining city of Kitwe was beaten up. When townsfolk spotted him claiming to be Christ and incarnated with the divine powers of Jesus, they assaulted him with objects and called for his crucifixion to prove his claims.