Interviewing the Messiah

Yes, it is true. I have had one personal interview with a person who announced himself to be The Messiah.

For two decades I served as a on-call chaplain in the Emergency Room of a Level One Trauma Hospital in a major urban center.

Early in my service, just after coming on duty the people in charge of ER asked me to tend to this tall and rather gaunt man. We went to a quasi private place and he began to tell me about the revelation that he was here to transform, not just one, but two metropolitan centers located near each other.

 Of course, as a faithful chaplain I was interested in this offer since all kinds of evangelists, clergy and atheists have promised basically the same thing for many years. He explained the cause to which he had dedicated his life. It was not a long story. Then we walked back toward the ER and he left the hospital via the ER Entry door before I could refer him professional attention. . 

It seemed like a good way to start a shift that would go on most of the night. At least the savior would be hard to top. 

This begins to sound like an argument for the absurdity of all religion - that it is an aberration afflicting about 98% of the world's population - even more if atheism is included as a religion.

The messiah complex has been observed in international leaders and in thought systems led by such well known names as Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin being the most widely known. Include as well Socialism, Capitalism, Oligarchies and a number of other isms. It seems to be built into the human experiment by some malware planted before records were kept of such things.

 

I am blessed to have been exposed to a person whose mental equipment was mastered by a "bug" of evil. I respect his humanness but regret his captivity. At the least I did give him the time of day and a listening ear.