A 62-year-old ex-felon who claims to be the second coming of Jesus Christ says he has as many as 1 million followers in 30 countries. Jose de Jesus, who is now living outside Houston, Texas, said he married twice, smokes and likes Scotch.
ABC News quotes de Jesus as saying that he grew up in poverty, had a heroin addiction and spent nine months in prison for eight felony charges along the way. However, the man who claims to be Jesus says he never gets drunk just as the original Jesus.
"Jesus drank wine because he didn't have Dewar's," de Jesus told ABC news.
In his teachings, de Jesus says that the Roman Catholic Church is evil and that "Before the presence of God, there's no more sin." However, he also doesn't advocate the presence of devil and says prayers are not essential.
He believes that after Jesus of Nazareth died and was resurrected, one can not do any wrong in God's eyes. When the newspaper asked to explain his identity, de Jesus said, "Jesus Christ, man, the second manifestation, the Second Coming of Christ."
