A 62-year-old ex-felon Puerto Rican man living outside Houston, who's twice married, smokes and likes Scotch, claims to be the second coming of Jesus Christ.

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Jose de Jesus told ABC News that's the name he was born with and admits his early life was anything but puritanical. He claimed to have as many as 1 million followers in 30 countries and said it's no secret he grew up in poverty, had a heroin addiction and spent nine months in prison for eight felony charges along the way.

He has been divorced once, smokes cigarettes and likes Scotch, but says he never gets drunk, the same as the original Jesus.

"Jesus drank wine because he didn't have Dewar's," de Jesus told the network.

Part of his teaching is that the Roman Catholic Church is evil and that "Before the presence of God, there's no more sin." He maintains there is no devil and no need for prayer, because after Jesus of Nazareth died and was resurrected, one can literally do no wrong in God's eyes.