Sorry if I’m speaking out of line or anything here, I dont know a lot about religions and which has which messiah etc. But I was thinking: If I’m not mistaking, the three big monotheist religions all were founded based on the words of specific mens that appeared in history, around the 1st-5th century. But was if these men lived in our era, what would the reception to their words be like ?
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Heresy, blasphemy, or indifference.
They have to start small; religions are just cults with staying power.
People proclaim to be a prophet/messiah every day. Usually drunkenly on a street corner.
we would just add him/her to the list of prophets wandering around any large city. until he started doing miracles he will not be believed.
They would need some way to prove it. Word of mouth wouldn’t be enough for most.
It’s funny you brought this up… I just so happen to be a messiah and was trying to come up with an idea of proclaiming myself to the world. Now I don’t want to become a martyr immediately after the announcement. I need a few decades to proselytize and enjoy the tithing in my name. Please feel free to include any suggestions
Find out if his name is Brian?
If you’re actually a messiah or a prophet, you don’t stand on the table and announce yourself.
It’s the Antichrist.
He could appear, show control over the weather, make literal lightning fly to and from his fingertips, but he would still be called the Antichrist because he comes first in Revelations on the Sixth Trumpet, Sixth Bowl of Wrath, Sixth Plague.
Then Christ comes next after the 7th Trump, 7th Bowl, 7th Plague.
Indifference