What About the Other Jesus(es)?
While I was doing research for a project at school on YouTube, a video was suggested to me that I had actually seen before. The video, which was created by the media company Vice was called, "Siberian Cult Leader Thinks He's Jesus." Basically, the video is about how a person from Vice, Rocco Castoro, traveled to Russia and alongside many followers and curious onlookers, he join a pilgrimage on one this group's most holy days to meet a man who claims to be Jesus. The man above's name is Vissarion or The Teacher. Vissarion says that he is the same Jesus of the Bible, and that he is the Word of God. Rocco Castoro also says in the video that there was no doubt in his mind based on what he was experiencing that his followers think he is God. I personally think that he looks like many of the "White Jesus" depictions that we have seen throughout history like the one below. What is important to note for this blog is that whether it be his appearance, his f