The World Teacher: Who is this Maitreya?

Most religions have a redemptive figure…a man or spirit destined to appear on Earth at a time undisclosed, to save us from this wicked place or to teach us harmony that we’ve been unsuccessful in achieving on our own.  For Christians, Christ will return to smite the wicked.  In Islam, it is the Imam Mahdi.  For the Jewish there is an impending Messiah, in Hinduism there is the Kalki avatar of Vishnu, and for Buddhists, it is Maitreya.

But what if someone claimed that there {more. . .)