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Post by jade on Mar 25, 2010 12:35:42 GMT
HE'S NOT THE MESSIAH, HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY!This is just priceless A north London economist has been forced to deny he is a religious cult's holy savior after a bizarre series of emails and personal visits.
Raj Patel came to the attention of Share International members after he appeared on U.S. comedy show The Colbert Report to promote his book about the global financial crisis.
The group's leader Benjamin Creme made an announcement soon after telling members their god had recently appeared on U.S. TV for the first time.
His dark skin, slight stutter, birthplace of London and birth year of 1972 as well as other features match those of the divine being the group calls 'Maitreya'.
Frustratingly for Mr Patel, from Golders Green, it is also written that when identified, Maitreya will deny his divinity - echoing the famous scene in Monty Python's Life Of Brian where Graham Chapman's title character is confronted by followers who believe him to be the messiah.What would you do if this happened to you? Play along? (clearly doing the "it aint me" thing is not going to work) Invite contributions? Issue Dogma? What would be your new 10 Commandments?
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Post by Synonym on Mar 25, 2010 12:51:33 GMT
I would say that I am Maitreya and my first commandment is to leave me alone, the second to disband your cult and take up gardening or pottery instead.
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Post by jade on Mar 25, 2010 13:31:15 GMT
Brilliant! I'll text him..........
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Mar 26, 2010 0:18:09 GMT
I think I might tell them that I am indeed 'Maitreya' and that they should immediately move to Antarctica and establish a colony there.
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