TIL in 1973, José Luis de Jesús Miranda claimed to be the Messiah and started a church that reportedly gained 2 million followers in 30 countries. After a divorce, $46,000 in gambling debt, and claiming he was the Antichrist, he died August 8, 2013. His church denies the death and still carries on.

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