|
|
| False Messiahs |
|
|
NAME: Sergei Torop (Vessarion)
BIRTHPLACE: Krasnodar, Russia
BIRTH DATE: January 14, 1961
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS: His followers live in Minusinsk, which they call the "Promised Land."
FALSE CLAIMS: Claims to be the returned Messiah. Realized such claims beginning in May of 1990.
|
|
|
NAME: David Shayler
BIRTHPLACE:
BIRTH DATE: December 24, 1965
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS:
FALSE CLAIMS: He claims to be God.
|
|
|
NAME: Maria Devi Christos
BIRTHPLACE:
BIRTH DATE: 1960
MARITAL STATUS: Married to John-Peter Vtoroy
DIED:
FOLLOWERS:
FALSE CLAIMS: Considers to be God (The Mother of the World). In 1990 she started an organization called "The Great White Brotherhood". In 1997 she continued her mission and started "They Mystic College of ISIS and Her Followers"
|
|
|
NAME: David Icke
BIRTHPLACE: Leicester, England
BIRTH DATE: April 29, 1952
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS:
FALSE CLAIMS: In 1990 received a message from a medium by the name of Betty Shine. She informed him that he was a healer and was going to heal the earth. In a March 27, 1991 press conference he claimed "I am a channel for the Christ Spirit. The Title was given to me very recently by the Godhead"*. Later in the year in an interview with Terry Wogan, he announced that he was the Son of God.**
|
 |
NAME: Apollo Quiboloy
BIRTHPLACE: Mt. Apo, Tamayong, Davao City, Philippines.
BIRTH DATE: April 25, 1950
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS: He is the founder of "The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name" Some people claim that Apollo's people attempt to recruit minors, while others claim that they are snatching up land around Apollo's "Prayer Mountain", and attempting to force some off their properties near by.
FALSE CLAIMS: He claims to be the Son of God, The King of all the creation, and the Father's standard of righteousness.
|
 |
NAME: Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda
BIRTHPLACE: Puerto Rico
BIRTH DATE: 1946
MARITAL STATUS: Recently Divorced (has 4 children)
DIED:
FOLLOWERS: Followers in 35 countries. Has 287 radio programs, and a 24 hour Spanish Language TV Network
FALSE CLAIMS: Claims to be the Messiah, claims that sin no longer exists, claims that Satan no longer exists.
|
|
|
NAME: Reverend Moon
BIRTHPLACE: Sangsa-ri, Deogun-myon, Jeongju-gun (North Korea)
BIRTH DATE: January 6, 1920
MARITAL STATUS: Married Three times. His third wife Hak Ja Han, he married on April 11, 1960
DIED:
FOLLOWERS: He has followers all over the world (For more information visit the Unification Church)
FALSE CLAIMS: Considers himself the Messiah, the second coming of Jesus
|
|
|
NAME: Know Someone That Should Be Here? Contact Us and Let Us Know.
BIRTHPLACE:
BIRTH DATE:
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS:
FALSE CLAIMS:
|
 |
NAME: Know Someone That Should Be Here? Contact Us and Let Us Know.
BIRTHPLACE:
BIRTH DATE:
MARITAL STATUS:
DIED:
FOLLOWERS:
FALSE CLAIMS:
|
*Cohen 1991, cited in Laming, Donald. Understanding Human Motivation: What makes people tick, Blackwell, p. 185.
|
