Word: prophetizer
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...Trial of Brother Jero and Jero's Metamorphosis, at the Loeb Mainstage, the mistake is made by the other characters who think they know the true nature of Jero, an evangelist. Jero seems to be a guileless prophet saving souls. But he is really a beguiling con man who profits no one but himself. This funny moralistic play, written by Nigeria's leading playwright and directed by visiting director Harold Scott '57 gives a humorous evocation of the "temptations" in contemporary African life. And it gives anyone interested in working on production or costuming an opportunity to convey an unusual...
...former member of the Children of God for two years, I can personally testify to the nearly incredible evils perpetrated by the group and its "prophet," David Berg...
Ervil claimed credit for the death of the "impostor and false prophet," but he failed to lure any followers from the community that his brother had founded. From San Diego, Ervil issued warnings to the townsfolk of Los Molinos to repent, but few listened. Then, on the night after Christmas in 1974, Ervil's disciples roared through the community in two trucks, tossing Molotov cocktails into the adobe huts and shooting people as they fled into the dusty street. Two were killed and a dozen wounded...
...secrecy, whereabouts unknown, seen only by a handful of his apostles. The mysteries of Mo have escalated with the distribution of a document purporting to be the latest Mo Letter and titled "God Bless You-And: Good-Bye!" In the letter, Mo confesses that he has been a "false prophet" who passed off his own thoughts as divinely inspired and "led you by your faith in Jesus into the darkness of my mind." The movement, he announces, "has come to an end now and forever." Far from disbanding, however, the Children are arguing that the letter is a fraud...
...real Mo" tape was released by Barbara Canevaro, 23, a.k.a. Queen Rachel, who says she is the prophet's "official representative" and "authorized to speak for him in all matters." She is also the No. 2 leader and Berg's designated successor. A tall and glamorous figure with waistlong chestnut hair, Queen Rachel has been with the Children since they began in 1968. At one point she lived with a disciple named Samson and bore him a son when she was 16 years old, but denies claims by defectors that she cohabited with Moses David for a couple...