South Carolina preacher claims he is God in 1750-60's.

[Artfuldodger]

Jacob Weber became obsessed with the idea that he was the Deity. He began to put aside the teachings of the Bible and preach out of his own spirit. Jacob Weber won over two co-workers who desired to be no less important in the meetings of the cult.

Jacob Weber was God the Father, Schmidt Peter the Son, and a third person, Mr. Dauber, a godless black preacher, the Holy Spirit. These three leaders of the sect claimed to be the Holy Trinity…Jacob Weber's wife, Hannah, was declared the Virgin Mary.

https://patch.com/south-carolina/le...s-cult-murders-prominent-pardoned-by-governor

 

[Artfuldodger]

Groups of both sects went about unclothed and naked, and practiced the most abominable, wanton atrocities. In their religious rites, they often fell into trances. They sanctioned nudity and marital confusion."

 

[Artfuldodger]

Finally the leaders began to quarrel among themselves. Jacob Weber and Schmidt Peter had a disagreement with the third man, Mr. Dauber, who represented himself as the Holy Spirit. Jacob Weber and Schmidt Peter agreed that Dauber was not properly exercising the office of the Spirit, and that he was neither hot or cold, but only lukewarm.

They placed a mattress on the bottom of a pit, threw Dauber in and piled more mattress and pillows on him. Members of the sect leaped in upon Dauber and trampled him until he suffocated.

"Soon afterwards, Weber quarreled with Schmidt Peter, 'the Son.' He declared Schmidt Peter to be Satan in disguise and ordered him to be chained to a tree. The band surrounded Schmidt Peter, struck him with their fists, and beat him until he fell to the ground. Finally, they danced around him and trampled upon his throat until he was dead.

 

[Spotlite]

I guess everyone has at least one they can convert.

 

[Israel]

Man as God simply cannot bear other men, the end is always the same, the ever tightening circle to alone and isolation.

It's a terrible experiment to behold, a worse one in which to participate.