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By: Jesus Spoon, Jesus Waffle, Jesus Cheeto, Jesus Moth, Jesus Sonogram, Jesus Toast, Jesus Light Pole, Jesus Cat, Frying Pan, Jesus Tree Trunk… « Raxdakkar

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:47:17 +0000

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By: Toren Atkinson

Toren Atkinson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:24:47 +0000

As I understand it from my art history class, Jesus didn’t have a beard ‘in his life’. It was added in painting to make him more kingly-looking.

By: Jesus is everywhere! » Doctor Recommended

Jesus is everywhere! » Doctor Recommended — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:32:06 +0000

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By: Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:16:42 +0000

I liked the reporter who thought that it looked more like John Lennon.

Congrats John (wherever you are) – you’re still BIGGER THAN JESUS!

By: Old Muley

Old Muley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:23:57 +0000

Why is the song “Elvis is Everywhere” by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper going through my head???

By: Coleman Mulkerin

Coleman Mulkerin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:10:26 +0000

Who looks at there food this closely?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:35:52 +0000

A lot of great reminders of why I don’t watch local news! The core of the problem is the anchor who said “I don’t (see it) either, but its still a great story!” As long as these idiots thinks that is a “great story” they are all doomed

By: TSFrost

TSFrost — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:31:26 +0000

@ Dennis:
” ‘Yes, a sign…’
… I had no idea what she was talking about.”

Anyone get that reference?

Heavy Metal! (Wasn’t that character’s name also Dennis/Den?)

I like: “If you refuse you die, she dies, everybody dies.”

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:19:07 +0000

Even I see both General Grievous and Darth Vader. Now what does that tell you? The Force is strong in wood and kinky red stuff.

By: Mount

Mount — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:09:16 +0000

@ Scott S. “lame splotches in the most unholy of objects.” Awesome!

Yes I am a Christian, and no Phil, it’s not too much to ask. At about 1:39 I see General Grievous.

By: space cadet

space cadet — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:18:50 +0000

Every time I read a post about pariedolia, I wonder why nobody has linked this. Decency, perhaps. But it may just be the end of the subject.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=24217&in_page_id=2

By: Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:53:05 +0000

A bunch of people, who are thinking about Jesus all of the time.

They claim that the somewhat simian shapes, that their pattern-forming mind creates out of random arrangements of stuff, must be what they are thinking about already.

These image, if they look like Jesus, also look like anyone with that same vague appearance. An appearance that may not be even remotely accurate. So, they also look like Father Guido Sarducci (he removed his hat because it was a windy day), Frank Zappa (resurrected), a large section of the hippie population in Woodstock (or anywhere else), but we all know that these are really images of Charles Manson sent to identify the followers of Satan. Manson put some make up over his swastika scar to confuse the easily misled, but he didn’t fool me.

Why does he appear to people with broken ice machines and those who smoke and drink? Because Charles Manson is one very weird guy. Really, he is. Trust me.

When you do not understand how common coincidences are, you see God in everything. The other typical example of this is the conspiracy theorist. They would see Osama bin-Laden in everything.

It couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.

By: Scott S.

Scott S. — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:36:25 +0000

Jesus k. rastafarian. Why in all that’s holy can’t he appear as a perfect 3d holographic image in the middle of say Times Square? the local church bingo parlor? Hell, the line at Subway even… or the greasy spoon down the corner? Toast? Grilled cheese? A light pole? Sigh… I just gotta believe that if some great deity DID create our universe, he, or his offspring would at least have the ability to make themselves perfectly visible to everyone without resorting to lame splotches in the most unholy of objects. What’s next? The virgin Mary showing up in beer foam?

By: Mike Marsh

Mike Marsh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:23:30 +0000

The image in the frying pan looked more like Frank Zappa to me.

By: CurtisP

CurtisP — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:22:05 +0000

Actually if only one person saw Jesus, then I might consider a coincidence. But all these people seeing Jesus? It’s proof, man. Proof I tell you.

Now I must adjust my tinfoil hat in preperation for the Rapture.

By: IBY

IBY — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:20:51 +0000

Most of them didn’t even remotely look like Jesus.

By: badrescher

badrescher — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:56:36 +0000

That was AWESOME. Much better than my lame PowerPoint collection!

I like what the pastor said, although I disagree about it being a wonderful thing.

Acronym Jim: Yes, there is a name: Delusional Thinking

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:41:43 +0000

I love it how naive these people are.

Most of the stuff they are seeing look like some popular religious paintings by the masters of the Renaissance. So Jesus/Mary looks like how people in the Renaissance painted them? CRAZY!

By: Acronym Jim

Acronym Jim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:02:34 +0000

I’m curious,

In addition to pareidolia, is there a term for ascribing theorized attributes to prehistorical artifacts? Think “space helmets” or “rocket ships” as descriptions for Mayan carvings.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:37 +0000

” ‘Yes, a sign…’
… I had no idea what she was talking about.”

Anyone get that reference?
(Hint: voiced by John Candy)

Anyway – I sometimes envy the people who believe in all this magically mysterious stuff.
I imagine it must relieve tremendous intellectual burden to be able to just reject reality and substitute your own (to borrow a phrase – (no offense, Mr. Savage)).
Ignorance IS bliss…

By: evirus

evirus — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:45:14 +0000

no jesus cheetos in my bag, but i did find one that looked like DNA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/evirus/124422.jpg

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:35:29 +0000

@John Paradox

I see Russell Brand…

By: JLT

JLT — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:30:38 +0000

At 5:01 I see Darth Vader.

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:29:39 +0000

Okay, enough of you unbelievers!

Jesus is CLEARLY the Son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, as you can see in the photo below, taken in the Men’s Room of the radio station I used to work at.
(It’s at LEAST as much like the standard ‘Shroud of Turin’ image as most of the pictures in the video)

J/P=?

By: TS

TS — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:00:45 +0000

Jesus!