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As Orwell’s George Bowling says, the feeling of being a lone prophet is an illusion.

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“Woe to you who deprive the rights of the poor, making women and homeless children your prey,” laments the prophet Isaiah.

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But in recent weeks, Tatsuki has tried to quell the panic over her latest prediction, saying in a statement issued through her publisher that she was “not a prophet.”

He has also suggested, repeatedly, that he is a leader or prophet divinely chosen by God.

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Francis — a pastor, pope, prophet, and friend who “smelled like his sheep” — taught us through example that working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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