God In a Pinhead

source: NASA

John Ortberg tells the story of the work of psychologist Milton Rokeach and his experience with three men, Leon, Joseph, and Clyde, who each thought they were the Messiah.

It was a bit frustrating at times. Rokeach would have the men together and one would say, “I’m the Messiah, the Son of God. I am on a mission. I was sent to save the earth.”

And the good doctor would ask, “How do you know?” “God told me,” the man replied.

Upon which another one of the ‘messiahs’ would chime in, “I never told you any such thing.”

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