<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/502c9c3e-95ad-4991-9368-2c23152c2481/C62CBD0B-BF5A-40AB-B138-B36AAE758932/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html" href="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tonycartledge.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tonycartledge.com/img/D5C7FFE3-C310-41B3-8212-2DD1F4AFC5FB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html">claims 5,000 disciples</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html"><DIV>The story, in short: back in 1991 a Russian traffic cop named Sergei Torop was fired from his job, after which an inner awakening alerted him that he was actually Jesus, so he should get busy directing people rather than cars.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html"><DIV>Torop changed his name to "Vissarion," let his hair and beard grow to match the popular image of Jesus, donned holy man clothes, and started teaching his version of the gospel, with special emphasis on the evils of war and destructive environmental practices.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html">have built huts or homes nearby so they can remain close to their Messiah during the wicked Siberian winters</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html">Torop travels extensively and lives in a chalet with his wife and six children, where he enjoys painting. Many of his closest followers live in wooden huts.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tonycartledge.com/2009/09/jesus-alive-and-well-in-siberia.html"><DIV>Torop's followers must follow strict rules: they can eat only a vegan diet, and they can't smoke, drink, or handle money.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C62CBD0B-BF5A-40AB-B138-B36AAE758932/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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