Every once in a while the news media carries a story about a man who claims to be the Messiah. It happened in Knoxville, TN not too long ago. A local man claiming to be Jesus Christ was arrested after he assaulted his wife.

The man was charged with assault under the domestic violence law. The warrant stated that he assaulted his wife, shoved her into a chair and threatened her if she left him. He also ripped out a telephone and smashed a car windshield.

“He was yelling about being Jesus,” a deputy wrote in the warrant. At the Knox County Jail, a corrections officer compiling computer records asked the man his religion. “I’m Jesus,” he replied.

He also told jail officials he wanted John, Paul and Moses on his visitors’ list, a corrections officer said. At last report he was being held on…