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Russian special forces today staged a special operation to detain a former traffic cop who leads a sect in Siberia claiming he is Jesus Christ. Sergei Torop – known as Vissarion – and his closest aide Vadim Redkin, a former rock musician, were reportedly detained and flown away under armed guard. Wispy-haired Torop, 59, is … Read more
An engineered created ‘AI Clone of Jesus’ by feeding artificial intelligence the King James Bible, resulting in interesting and somewhat horrifying scriptures. George Durendal used a natural-language processing system to replicate the ancient words without exactly copying the text. The technology was programmed to write about three topics: ‘the plague,’ ‘Caesar,’ and the end of … Read more
A Biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe. In the Bible Bethsaida was home to disciples Peter, Andrew and Philip and where Jesus was said to have ‘fed the 5,000’ and helped a blind man to see. Archaeologists … Read more
Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London) Rating: Verdict: A religious experience Camelot (Garden stage, The Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Rating: Verdict: A trifle tame Henry V/The Merry Wives Of Windsor (The Maltings Open Air Theatre Festival, St Albans) Rating: Verdict: Low-rent fun For much of its 50-year history Jesus Christ Superstar has been … Read more
Chinese officials have reportedly ordered some Christians to smash the crosses on their churches and remove images of Jesus from their homes. Authorities have recently destroyed religious symbols by force in churches in multiple provinces, including Anhui, Jiangsu, Hebei and Zhejiang, according to US-based news site Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, officials of Shanxi, another region, … Read more
Paris Jackson became the target of online naysayers last month, when it was revealed she would play ‘lesbian Jesus’ in the forthcoming indie film Habit. But, even amid the backlash, the 22-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson only had peace to spread as she stopped by a Walgreens store in Sherman Oaks on Monday. Paris flashed a peace … Read more
Justin Bieber has made it no secret that he holds Christianity – and the values that come with it – close to his heart. And on Friday, the 26-year-old pop star publicly thanked Jesus Christ on Instagram for allowing him to feel ‘loved, chosen, and forgiven’ despite years of past indiscretions. ‘Thank you Jesus for my … Read more
Terrifying moment joyrider screams ‘I am Jesus!’ before killing retired magistrate, 87, when he ploughed into bus stop in stolen car during 30-minute crime spree Gavin Collins, 39, went on a 30-minute rampage which ended in him mowing down and killing pensioner Terry Radford Collins, who had been released from jail days before, crashed into … Read more
Paris Jackson raised eyebrows when it was revealed she was to play Jesus as a woman in the forthcoming movie Habit. But Sia has seemingly lent her support to the model-musician in the wake of the controversy on Tuesday, when she tweeted at the 22-year-old. ‘Dear @ParisJackson I love you, keep going. I believe you … Read more
The forthcoming indie film Habit stars Paris Jackson as Jesus, and Bella Thorne as a ‘street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish’. And the movie is making waves before it’s even released, with a Change.org petition protesting the film racking up more than 260,000 signatures by Tuesday. The petition’s founder, Vivian N., called Habit, ‘a … Read more