You do know that Jesus is in Florida? Yep, I found him!?

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/index.html

if you don't want to click that, here is what it says:
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The minister has the number 666 tattooed on his arm.

But Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is not your typical minister. De Jesus, or "Daddy" as his thousands of followers call him, does not merely pray to God: He says he is God.

"The spirit that is in me is the same spirit that was in Jesus of Nazareth," de Jesus says.

De Jesus' claims of divinity have angered Christian leaders, who say he is a fake. Religious experts say he may be something much more dangerous, a cult leader who really believes he is God. (Watch followers get 666 tattoos for their leader )

"He's in their heads, he's inside the heads of those people," says Prof. Daniel Alvarez, a religion expert at Florida International University who has debated some of de Jesus' followers.

"De Jesus speaks with a kind of conviction that makes me consider him more like David Koresh or Jim Jones."

Is de Jesus really a cult leader like David Koresh, who died with more than 70 of his Branch Davidian followers in a fiery end to a standoff with federal authorities, or Jim Jones, the founder of the Peoples Temple who committed mass suicide with 900 followers in 1978?

Prophets 'spoke to me'
De Jesus and his believers say their church -- "Creciendo en Gracia," Spanish for "Growing in grace" -- is misunderstood. Followers of the movement say they have proof that their minister is divine and that their church will one day soon be a major faith in the world.

But even de Jesus concedes that he is an unlikely leader of a church that claims thousands of members in more than 30 countries.

De Jesus, 61, grew up poor in Puerto Rico. He says he served stints in prison there for petty theft and says he was a heroin addict.

De Jesus says he learned he was Jesus reincarnate when he was visited in a dream by angels.

"The prophets, they spoke about me. It took me time to learn that, but I am what they were expecting, what they have been expecting for 2,000 years," de Jesus says.

The church that he began building 20 years ago in Miami resembles no other:


Followers have protested Christian churches in Miami and Latin America, disrupting services and smashing crosses and statues of Jesus.


De Jesus preaches there is no devil and no sin. His followers, he says, literally can do no wrong in God's eyes.


The church calls itself the "Government of God on Earth" and uses a seal similar to the United States.

Doing God's work with a Lexus and Rolex
If Creciendo en Gracia is an atypical religious group, de Jesus also does not fit the mold of the average church leader. De Jesus flouts traditional vows of poverty.

He says he has a church-paid salary of $136,000 but lives more lavishly than that. During an interview, he showed off a diamond-encrusted Rolex to a CNN crew and said he has three just like them. He travels in armored Lexuses and BMWs, he says, for his safety. All are gifts from his devoted followers.

And what about the tattoo of 666 on his arm?

Although it's a number usually associated with Satan, not the son of God, de Jesus says that 666 and the Antichrist are, like him, misunderstood.

The Antichrist is not the devil, de Jesus tells his congregation; he's the being who replaces Jesus on Earth.

"Antichrist is the best person in the world," he says. "Antichrist means don't put your eyes on Jesus because Jesus of Nazareth wasn't a Christian. Antichrist means do not put your eyes on Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Put it on Jesus after the cross."

And de Jesus says that means him.

So far, de Jesus says that his flock hasn't been scared off by his claims of being the Antichrist. In a show of the sway he holds over the group, 30 members of his congregation Tuesday went to a tattoo parlor to have 666 also permanently etched onto their skin.

He may wield influence over them, but his followers say don't expect them to go the way of people who believed in David Koresh and Jim Jones. Just by finding de Jesus, they say, they have achieved their purpose.

"If somebody tells us drink some Kool-Aid and we'll go to heaven, that's not true. We are already in heavenly places," follower Martita Roca told CNN after having 666 tattooed onto her ankle.

Answer 1

God, christians are crazy...Thanks for the two points!

Answer 2

there is a fool born every minute.stop being led down the path to h ell and read the holy bible! it says quite plainly false prophets and liars claiming to be Christ or God himself are nothing more than liars and an invention of the devil himself.the holy bible also states that Jesus will not touch this Earth again but will be seen in the clouds by all the people on Earth and the angels with him.this man in Florida is a convict and criminal and there is nothing Holy or Godly about him!! do not be fooled!!! read the bible and pray for it is written if they say Christ is in the desert or anywhere else do not believe it!!! it is a lie!!!! AMEN!!!

Answer 3

I seen that on 60 minutes the man is nut that is out to get all the money he can, and look at all the people that have given him money, people are so easily suede G-D help us when the Anti-Christ comes, mostly everyone will be fooled and deceived. And I am quite sure Jesus would not have a Mexican accent, Jesus is of Jewish decent.

Answer 4

EXCEPT...... That YOU.... Never .... Saw.... These VERSES....! Did... YOU...?

(Matthew 24:23-to-26) Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ! Or, There! Do not believe it.

(Mat 24:24) For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect.

(Mat 24:25) Behold, I have told you beforehand.

(Mat 24:26) Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, He is in the desert! Do not go out. Behold, He is in the secret rooms! Do not believe it.

JUST..... Like the FOLLOWERS.... OF........ " JIM JONES... or.... David Koresch " They...... " FAILED.... to Read and Obey.... The HOLY WORD..... OF GOD!

Thanks, RR

Answer 5

I honestly think I have a headache from watching this and it hearts my heart to know that there is people like this in the world.

The number 666 is the number of the sainten! If you don't belive me it's in the bible revelation 13;18

Answer 6

If your god is in a form of flesh and said that he will come back, I am not surprised something like this is happened.

It's not difficult to laugh and having luxury life using people's ducks's minded. LOL

Answer 7

That is not how the Bible says Jesus will return. When the Lord comes back, we will all know for sure.

The Rolex proves it. Jesus Christ does not wear a rolex. This guy is absolutely not Jesus.

Answer 8

Jesus just left chicago and he's bound for new orleans.
Well now, jesus just left chicago and he's bound for new orleans.
Yeah, yeah.
Workin' from one end to the other and all points in between.

Took a jump through mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.
Took a jump through mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.
Yeah, yeah.
Then out to california through the forests and the pines.
Ah, take me with you, jesus.

Answer 9

Theres only one Jesus,our Lord in Heaven not some idiot wanting attention, i think this guy in Florida needs some help

Answer 10

"and many shall come in YESHUA'S name and deceive
many". and "lo YESHUA is here ,YESHUA is there,
believe them not for when YESHUA returns all shall see
HIM". " for in the last days there shall be the spirit of the
anti-christ giving rise to false doctrines".
please read Revelations, Daniel 6-12, and 2 Thessalonians
2. i will pray for you. you have been deceived.

Answer 11

Oh, boy! Yea, like he thinks Christians could trust anyone with 666 on him! What's the matter with people?! Let's pray he doesn't physically harm anyone before someone puts him away! Thanks for sharing!