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
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
This is the shocking moment a raging thug screamed ‘I am Jesus!’ moments before ploughing his stolen car into a bus stop, killing a retired magistrate. Gavin Collins, 39, had been out of prison for just days before going on a 30-minute crime spree in which he broke into three cars, one of which he … Read more
This is the shocking moment a raging thug screamed ‘I am Jesus!’ moments before ploughing his stolen car into a bus stop, killing a retired magistrate. Gavin Collins, 39, had been out of prison for just days before going on a 30-minute crime spree in which he broke into three cars, one of which he … 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
Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel has implored anti-racism campaigners not to topple statues because they serve as grave reminders of past atrocities. The activist said: ‘I believe even it might be much more positive to keep them because you are going to tell generations to come “this is how it started and this is how … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the West to reconsider its prevailing mindset that Jesus was white – as he revealed a review into religious statues. Justin Welby said monuments in Canterbury Cathedral are going to be looked at ‘very carefully’ to see if they all ‘should be there’. The head of the Church of England … Read more