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By Juan Carlos Llorca
The Associated Press
Posted April 23 2007

GUATEMALA CITY · An American religious leader who calls himself the "Antichrist" canceled a visit to Guatemala after the Central American country barred him as a security risk, saying he provokes conflict with Roman Catholics and evangelicals.

Puerto-Rican born Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda wears the number 666 tattooed on his arm and claims a following of 2 million people, most in Miami, where he lives, and Colombia. His Growing in Grace church holds a congress every year in different locations in the Americas.

Guatemala's Congress had labeled De Jesus Miranda a terrorist and immigration officials were instructed to refuse him entry to the country, where thousands of his followers from around the world had gathered.

He had vowed to defy the ban but canceled Saturday and will instead address the gathering in a video teleconference, said the sect's head pastor in Guatemala, Jorge Batres.

De Jesus Miranda founded the Growing in Grace church in 1986. He preaches to followers in about 35 nations, mostly in Latin America, and has 287 radio programs and a 24-hour Spanish-language TV network.

He often takes aim at the Catholic Church -- the most powerful faith in Latin America -- calling all priests child molesters and saying chastity vows contradict the Bible's teachings.

De Jesus Miranda preaches that sin and the devil do not exist. In January, he declared that he and his followers were antichrists because their beliefs supersede those of Jesus Christ. The Bible describes the Antichrist as someone who will fill the world with wickedness but be conquered by a second coming of Christ.

De Jesus Miranda has also been denied entry into El Salvador and Honduras.

LINK: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-aguat23apr23,0,1236243.story?track=rss

[nightchild]

there are many prophecies about the coming of the antichrist but it's not new that the catholic church has been accused of child abuse there have been within the church whom behind closed doors whom were using childeren for sexual deeds. But to my believes anyone can call themselves the antichrist and tatooe 666 on there arm for that is written in the bible that they will bare the mark of the beast.
But yet there are contradictions for within the old testament there is no devil it was added later lucifer was an angel once and can not be seen the same as the devil there are books as like the nag hammadi (the dead sea scroll). For the bible has been changed to many times and much truth is still hidden but through archeology much has been recoverd and still there is.
For someone to be the antichrist the person itself would have alot of power and alot if influence myself have no problem with the churuch i just don't believe that there are those whom can tell you how live & how to become or what to do.
ppl should find there own path thru there own means and not just follow anyone. But the church thru history has been more abusive and opressive and manipulative then ppl think.
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