He's not the messiah

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London-born food activist and author Raj Patel has been picked, and is practically stalked, by the batty members of hitherto unknown religious group Share International as the new messiah.

Apparently 'Patel's background and work coincidentally matched a series of prophecies made by an 87-year-old Scottish mystic called Benjamin Creme', the leader of the group. 'Because he matched the profile, hundreds of people around the world believed that Patel was the living embodiment of a figure they called Maitreya, the Christ or "the world teacher".'

Patel, whose political views lean towards anarchy, has denied staunchly that he is the messiah, but, in genuinely Montypythonesque fashion, the religious loonies declared that his denial had also been prophesied, which proved, perversely, that in fact he is the messiah.

Meanwhile, Raj Patel's parents find the whole business hilarious: they've bought him clothes that say 'he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy'.

Someone should send the cult's members t-shirts saying 'Biggus Dickus'.

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