An Australian man living in rural Queensland claims to be Jesus reborn and, as he points out, “There were lots of people in the first century who didn’t believe I was the messiah and were offended by what I said, and in fact I died at the hands of some of them.”

Comedian Ricky Gervais is tickled by the man:

Watch “Jesus,” aka Alan John Miller, in his own words here.

— Posted by Peter Z. Scheer.

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