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	<title>Comments on: Foobie Jesus</title>
	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/</link>
	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Links of the Week (2008/03) :: cimddwc</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63276</link>
		<dc:creator>Links of the Week (2008/03) :: cimddwc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Finally, someone who treats pareidolia with the respect and seriousness it deserves (yesterday&#8217;s cartoon would be an even better match here). [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Finally, someone who treats pareidolia with the respect and seriousness it deserves (yesterday&#8217;s cartoon would be an even better match here). [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: D.I. Cornjob</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63275</link>
		<dc:creator>D.I. Cornjob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63275</guid>
		<description>My brother's old cat had a gray spot in the shape of the Wu Tang Klan symbol on it's side.  I think that it was sign from beyond.  A sign from Ol' Dirty Bastard.

I always find it funny when people (as the woman with the chocolate "Mary" in the film does) use the "I was raised to..." line as if it were some sort of definitive proof that they aren't insane, or that what they believe is actually correct.  A lot of people have been "raised to" think a lot of incredibly stupid and wrong things throughout the years.  At an all too recent point in our history it was perfectly acceptable to raise your kids to think that lynching black people was a good and proper thing.  The intelligent people are the ones who grew up to examine what they were "raised to" believe and decided for themselves whether it was right or wrong.  That is how you get rid of things like bigotry, sexism, or slavery.  People realize that things they might have been "raised to" believe could possibly in fact be WRONG, and they refuse to go along with them.

Also, isn't it funny that all these "Jesus" images actually look more like Charles Manson?  I mean no one knows what Jesus actually looked like, but he was supposedly born two thousand years ago in the middle east so I think it is safe to assume he didn't have long, straight, light brown hair, a long, thin, caucasian face and nose, and light blue eyes.  But man, I've seen Manson, and those burned toast/water stain/glass smudges all look exactly like Charlie.  Maybe he's broadcasting his crazy into the world for us all to see?  I'll have to call Geraldo and find out what he thinks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My brother&#8217;s old cat had a gray spot in the shape of the Wu Tang Klan symbol on it&#8217;s side.  I think that it was sign from beyond.  A sign from Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard.</p>
<p>I always find it funny when people (as the woman with the chocolate &#8220;Mary&#8221; in the film does) use the &#8220;I was raised to&#8230;&#8221; line as if it were some sort of definitive proof that they aren&#8217;t insane, or that what they believe is actually correct.  A lot of people have been &#8220;raised to&#8221; think a lot of incredibly stupid and wrong things throughout the years.  At an all too recent point in our history it was perfectly acceptable to raise your kids to think that lynching black people was a good and proper thing.  The intelligent people are the ones who grew up to examine what they were &#8220;raised to&#8221; believe and decided for themselves whether it was right or wrong.  That is how you get rid of things like bigotry, sexism, or slavery.  People realize that things they might have been &#8220;raised to&#8221; believe could possibly in fact be WRONG, and they refuse to go along with them.</p>
<p>Also, isn&#8217;t it funny that all these &#8220;Jesus&#8221; images actually look more like Charles Manson?  I mean no one knows what Jesus actually looked like, but he was supposedly born two thousand years ago in the middle east so I think it is safe to assume he didn&#8217;t have long, straight, light brown hair, a long, thin, caucasian face and nose, and light blue eyes.  But man, I&#8217;ve seen Manson, and those burned toast/water stain/glass smudges all look exactly like Charlie.  Maybe he&#8217;s broadcasting his crazy into the world for us all to see?  I&#8217;ll have to call Geraldo and find out what he thinks.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Lonergan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63274</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lonergan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63274</guid>
		<description>That was hilarious!  I had a pareidolia experience once.  I was late at night, in the office, no one was around, and I decided to do some photocopying.  Lo and behold, an image came out that looked like my butt!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was hilarious!  I had a pareidolia experience once.  I was late at night, in the office, no one was around, and I decided to do some photocopying.  Lo and behold, an image came out that looked like my butt!</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Ansorge</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63273</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary Ansorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63273</guid>
		<description>A cat fancier friend of mine once said,"When you feed a dog, he thinks you're God. When you feed a cat, it thinks IT is God,,,and wonders why you're giving it LEFTOVERS,,,"

Gary 7</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A cat fancier friend of mine once said,&#8221;When you feed a dog, he thinks you&#8217;re God. When you feed a cat, it thinks IT is God,,,and wonders why you&#8217;re giving it LEFTOVERS,,,&#8221;</p>
<p>Gary 7</p>
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		<title>By: Quiet Desperation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63272</link>
		<dc:creator>Quiet Desperation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63272</guid>
		<description>That first chocolate one happened not too are from where I live.

Damn it! I want a pareidolia I can call my own. How come- ZOMG! KITTY CAT!!!!! EEEEEEEE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That first chocolate one happened not too are from where I live.</p>
<p>Damn it! I want a pareidolia I can call my own. How come- ZOMG! KITTY CAT!!!!! EEEEEEEE!</p>
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		<title>By: MandyDax</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63271</link>
		<dc:creator>MandyDax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63271</guid>
		<description>I want a Foobie Jesus tee. :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want a Foobie Jesus tee. <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63270</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/foobie-jesus/#comment-63270</guid>
		<description>I like the disclaimer: no resemblance to any persons living or dead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the disclaimer: no resemblance to any persons living or dead.</p>
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