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CAPTION: Will the second coming of Jesus Christ occur sometime around the year...
...just confirmed his power in the eyes of his flock. And for anyone who thought it odd that a holy man lived out a teenage boy's sexual fantasy, Koresh had a mangled theological rationale. He was Jesus Christ in sinful form, who because he indulged the flesh could judge mankind with insights that the first, more virtuous Messiah had lacked. Or as he put it in one of his harangues to the faithful: "Now what better sinner can know a sinner than a godly sinner...
...living with her mother, Breault "would call her at all hours of the night and talk for hours," says Mosher. Sherri was introduced to Koresh, who thrilled her with his preaching. "Are you telling me you think this guy is the Lamb of God? You think he's Jesus Christ?" her mother asked. "I'm just reading the Bible and trying to find the truth," Sherri always answered. David thinks Sherri wasn't emotionally secure. "The areas of her life that were of greatest importance to her -- her religiosity and spirituality -- were where she felt the least amount of security...
...with name calling and last-minute power plays. The culmination came when the Rev. Jesse Jackson, best known among four final candidates for the post, withdrew his name from consideration. The final selection, made Friday, was almost anticlimactic: the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, an official with the United Church of Christ and a civil rights activist. Relatively speaking, getting the job was the easy part. Chavis' true challenge will be to restore the N.A.A.C.P. to its former glory...
...from the Anti-Defamation League noting the history of anti-Semitism in passion plays and saluting the "message of tolerance" conveyed by the tour's U.S. packager, Radio City Music Hall Productions. The 58-member cast includes several agnostics and Muslims, according to Jean Marie Lamour, 29, who plays Christ. But, he adds, "during the show, they are all believers...