I saw the documentary on this group. I am not basing the documentary as my source but the reasons Michael Travesser gave for what he does now in the documentary. He has shown he is a false prophet by incorrectly predicting the end of the world Declaring himself Jesus and then living remotely in the desert does not conform with what the scriptures say about Jesus' return.
Someone is going straight to jail. You have to be crazy to think God can tell an old man to lay down naked with two teens and get away with it. And then say "nothing else happened". Yeah right.
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. - The leader of an apocalyptic religious sect in northeastern New Mexico was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexual misconduct with teenage female followers. Wayne Bent, 67, received the sentence for a conviction of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. State District Judge Gerald Baca imposed the maximum sentence of 18 years, but suspended eight years. Under state law, Bent must serve 85 percent of the sentence before he can be released. Before being sentenced, Bent spoke to the court and maintained there had been no wrongdoing. "No crime has been committed," Bent told the judge. "Nobody has been molested," he said, adding that he had "never touched a girl sexually." A jury earlier this month convicted Bent of the felonies for laying in bed with naked 14- and 16-year-old sisters in separate incidents in 2006. Bent and the sisters testified the incidents were spiritual exercises and nothing happened sexually. The teens said Bent did not touch intimate areas, and Bent testified he had placed his hands on the sternums, but not the breasts, of the girls... |
Name: Pete
Comments: Jesus Christ of Nazareth, 2000+ years ago, is and was the only true Son of God and Messiah. He Himself warned, that after he left this earth and before he returns again, that their would be, "false Christ's and false prophets, and then went on to say how to identify their falseness. He said, "You will know them by their fruits." Jesus is and was the only one with good, sinless and perfect "fruits." That, therefore, makes Him the only true Messiah and Christ. No prophet can ever claim that kind of true sinless perfection and "fruits," therefore, the only true identifying mark of a "true prophet" will always be: his or her uplifting the only true Son of God and Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
I do not see Wayne Bent/Michael Travesser, as uplifting Jesus Christ of Nazareth to the people of Strong City. I see him as uplifting himself and only himself to them, as well as to the world, making him therefore, not only a "false Messiah" but also a "false prophet."
Name: Dennis
Comments: Jesus, Michael, Wayne...whatever his name is today depending upon his medication. I find it hard to believe that "god" if there were one, that he could screw up the end of time date. What a bunch of screw balls. Glad he got ten years; they will kill him in prison.
I just finished watching the documentary, I was glad he got 10 years in prison. I was thinking how long it will take for another member of Strong City to replace Bent as the new "Messiah"? And who will replace him? Probably his own son?