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There was one sentence mentioning maitreya and Raj Patel being him(it?). This sentence also stated that this would mean Raj Patel is the “antechrist of the christian bible”. I removed this sentence, because it was neither sourced nor did it state any additional information except the personal judgement of it's author.
Arguri (
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18:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)reply
External links
There is opinion that there are too many external links. But I found them very usefull. It's like having good starting point to research the person and his work. My opinion is that we keep them. --
Jonson22 (
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17:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Can someone write something about him being accused of being the messiah. He gave an interview on the Colbert Report on 3/15/10 talking about it. Theres was also an article on the NY times about it. —Preceding
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68.199.193.206 (
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18:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)reply
He was not accused being the messiah. It was just concluded by one youtuber that HE MAY BE the Maitreya. And that's all. So simple. Just by one youtuber. And of course (as expected), the masses of people instantly believe in every religious claim. Because of one youtuber.., people now creating "panic like atmosphere".
On Colbert report (the first show Raj Patel was on) was not spoken about any religious claim. But it was written on NY Times blog about that topic. But that's all.
Probably all this situation is inflated, so it would be wisely to wait about adding that information in his biography here. We should be respectfull to the Raj Patel. --
Jonson22 (
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20:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Yes I saw this episode. But you can't take his claims as a fact. This is Colbert report - comedy central.
Colbert says that Share-international is a religious group. He can call them like that, but Share-int. is an organization with wider specter of operation.
Colbert says that Benjamin Creme is a religious leader. But this is not true. Benjamin Creme is esotericist. He is not leader, nor master. BC did not organize a religion. This was not his intention.
BC never said that Maitreya has dark skin, was born in 1972, travelled from India to London 1977 and that he sometimes stutter. No argument from Colbert report is a true.
Colbert was right when he told that internet gossip speculated that Maitreya may be the Raj Patel. That is true.
Maybe you look it as anecdote, but many other people do not. It's still too fresh and this "anecdote" is connected with religious fanatism, so better we should leave it out of his bio until some time will pass. We should be wise here. Look how much problems they have with
Sathya Sai Baba article. Better leave it out, because this information will, like magnet, attract many fanatics out there. --
Jonson22 (
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09:36, 17 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Explanation: I deleted last sentence in the Biography because it's not correct. And because I already explained the reasons before why not to include such a informations in living person biography.
NOBODY claim that Raj Patel is Maitreya. It's just presumptions by some religious oriented persons for whom there are not any evidence to which religious or group they belong.
Benjamin Creme never said nothing about Raj Patel. People did themselves. Actually it was just one youtuber and everybody believed him. Especially christian fundementalist who actually believe Maitreya is the antichrist.
Share international is not a cult (being precisely), but it's registered as a non-profit organization. It's like you would say that Barack Obama is a cult consistent from believers for "better world". People spontaneously believe how and what they want to believe. Share international is not registered as religion organization.
Share-international does NOT claim that Raj Patel is Maitreya. There is no evidence to that. Just rumors, but no factual evidence. Some people believe, but they're not affiliated with share-international (no evidences of that).
Maitreya is NOT like the messiah to Share-international. That is disinformation. It's just not true.
Newspapers and Colbert report (comedy central) cannot be used as valid factual information in way how it was presented in biography section. --
Jonson22 (
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11:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Colbert report is more for comedy and it cannot be taken as reliable source.
stutter
dark skin
born in 1972
travelled from India in 1977
All this ARE DISINFORMATION. All media talking about it took this information from RUMORS and not from reliable source which is nobody else but Benjamin Creme. He never claimed any of this informations.
Wikipedia is enciclopedia and as such should deal with only RELIABLE SOURCE. Colbert report cannot be taken as reliable source, no huffington post, even no NY Times who have article about it and has taken information from the gossip. Simply, because only reliable source is Benjamin Creme. All this information about this topic comes from BC. But he never stated any of this information. So simple. All media unprofessionaly took those information from internet gossip. But those gossip have no reliable source either.
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All this information are gossip and have nothing with Benjamin Creme claims. Also this information about Raj Patel being called Messiah is not relevant at all (for now) so it's not needed to use it in his biography.
"Unlike some who have the greatness thrust upon them, though, Patel's greatest hope is that Share will leave him alone so that he can get back to normal life." Source:
Guardian (last sentence) This topic about mr. Patel being called Messiah is irrelevant topic for wikipedia's biography about living person mr. Raj Patel. --
Jonson22 (
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11:43, 23 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Whether Mr Patel is or is not the messiah is irrelevant. The fact that some deluded people think he is, is established in several reliable news sources. Wikipedia should neutrally report this phenomenon and not take a side or censor it.
Lumos3 (
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13:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)reply
I strongly agree with Lumos, if it's been reported by a wide range of news sources then it meets our inclusion criteria. btw, I don't think anyone here is suggesting, other than random IPs above, that Raj is actually the messiah.
Outback the koala (
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19:11, 23 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Same here, Wikipedia is about verifiability not truth. It's not everyday that somebody calls someone else a messiah and therefore it should be covered in the article in some form.
Smartse (
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19:50, 23 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Well, what can I do when there are many of you thinking differently. But still (I was exploring this subject since mid late of January) there is pretty much a lot of gossip inside articles and on Colbert report. You can recall several examples when newspapers took wrong information from Wikipedia and then Wikipedia used this as reference. Regarding the quality: I don't advocate the idea of verifiability with reliable sources without verifiability of information itself. But how can you prove that someone didn't say something (and BC really didn't) but yet newspapers published it?
I followed that topic and a lot of gossip from religious fanatics was used as fact in so-called reliable sources. Unfortunatelly this world function in that way: too much tempered emotions and almost no savvy exploration (that journalist should do).
And anyway: Colbert report for me can't be reliable source for encyclopedia.
But at least I can write it here:
Benjamin Creme at 14. January annouced that Maitreya gave his first interview on TV (16. January share-international informed subscribers through e-mail about that information and 18. January they published
video).
Same youtuber later explains he was the first one to link these two (Share-international annoucment and Raj Patel interview) and why he though so (
video).
People who followed that kind of information (those who follow share-international, but mostly fundemental christians and muslims and others) started to see signs where there were no signs at all and created new assumptions, distorted informations, fears, connections with bible, qur'an and other unsourced claims. They also published their own videos and explanations why Raj Patel is Maitreya, antichrist, beast and so on... (well, actually this all is funny)
Raj Patel responded on 25. January on his own
blog on his humorous way after receiving tons of e-mail questions and accusations.
Benjamin Creme said about Maitreya following statements:
Maitreya has been expected for generations by all of the major religions. Christians know him as the Christ, and expect his imminent return. Jews await him as the Messiah; Hindus look for the coming of Krishna; Buddhists expect him as Maitreya Buddha; and Muslims anticipate the Imam Mahdi or Messiah.
Preferring to be known simply as the Teacher, Maitreya has not come as a religious leader, or to found a new religion, but as a teacher and guide for people of every religion and those of no religion.
At this time of great political, economic and social crisis Maitreya will inspire humanity to see itself as one family, and create a civilization based on sharing, economic and social justice, and global cooperation.
[2]
...in 1972, Creme began a period of arduous training under his Master's direction to prepare him for his coming task: announcing to a skeptical world the emergence of the World Teacher,...
[3]
Descending from his mountain, Maitreya stayed some days on the plains in Pakistan to acclimatize himself. On the 19th of July 1977, Maitreya entered London, England, where he still lives (as to 1996) as a member of the Asian community of that city.
[4] --
Jonson22 (
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11:53, 24 March 2010 (UTC)reply
The media report on this because it has an entertainment factor, but this does not mean that this bizarre claim by adherents of a fringe religious group should dominate his biography. Patel has always denied this claim, so I think some of the contents should be moved to
Share International.
Andries (
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11:14, 30 May 2010 (UTC)reply
If Patel is "Maitreya", he could be the incarnation of Ahriman (Antechrist)
Rudolf Steiner says in "Lucifer and Ahriman", that there was an incarnation of Lucifer in China in 3000 BC, there was an and just one incarnation of Christ in Palestinia in 0 - 33 AC, and it will be an incarnation of Ahriman at the beginning of the third millenarium (since 2001)in Occidental World.
The philosph Vladimir Soloviev shows what will happen with the Antichrist in this book "War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, Including a Short Story of the Anti-Christ".
The writer, Ira Levin, with "Rosemary's Baby" and "The son of Rosemary" is in the same way.
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