Posted: May 08, 2012 12:06 pm
stevencarrwork wrote:But Benjamin Creme invented the Maitreya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_International
Fascinating. I love the bit where the followers think Raj Patel is the maitreya, because...only the true messiah would deny that he is the messiah. Shades of Monty Python.
But yes, this seems to show that in principle, if a messiah is anticipated, there is no need for an actual messiah to arrive for followers to think one has, born in 1972 and now living in Brick Lane in London.