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Tag Archives: pareidolia
Can’t your god make a better miracle than poop stains in a diaper?
It was making headlines recently, a poop smear in the shape of a cross in a newborn baby’s diaper. Big poopie whoopie. Wonkette reports via Patheos that the mother, Katy Vasquez, took to Facebook to show the world this miraculous … Continue reading
Posted in books, religiosity
Tagged babies, history, miracles, pareidolia, poop, religion, skepticism, Terry Pratchett
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Friday funny: another Jesus sighting (but with a twist)
A twist of Japanese roll cake: Usually, Jesus limits his food-based appearances to grilled cheese and Cheetos in certain—shall we say—conservative areas of North America, but it seems like he is making inroads to Asian pastries with an appearance in … Continue reading
Posted in funny business
Tagged art, jesus, just for fun, optical delusion, optical illusions, pareidolia
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Banana Jesus
Anytime a shape resembling a face turns up on anything, people are going to say it’s Jesus. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is pretty unoriginal. Says the author of the piece I’ve linked to: If … Continue reading
Posted in Not news at all, Optical Delusions, religiosity
Tagged bananas, jesus, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, plants
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Jesus sighted in a moth wing
It’s always Jesus. It’s never going to be some random guy with a beard… From, by no surprise, the Daily Mail reporting from Texas: A Texas woman believes she’s seen the Lord in a bug’s back. Yvonne Esquiline found a … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, Optical Delusions, Why in the world?
Tagged journalism, moths, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, Texas
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“minions having intercourse” and other things people look for
There are no pictures of me doing that. It’s not that kind of blog. Been a while since I did a search party, though. Let’s see what’s sending people my way this week: helen keller Satanist 6 google atheist experience … Continue reading
Pareidolia hair
Looks more like OOOO to me… Kristin Kissee says her hairstyle is divine. As she recovered from rounds of chemotherapy and radiation in a battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Kissee posted a photo to Facebook of her regrown hair in November … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, Optical Delusions, religiosity
Tagged beliefs, faith, illness, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, religiosity
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Jesus watches you pee outside and judges you
I’ve been waiting for another case of pareidolia and, by no surprise, the Daily Mail delivers Jesus appearing in the grit and crumble on the side of a take-away Chinese restaurant. Mr Ridley, 39, immediately took a photograph of the … Continue reading
Posted in Optical Delusions, skepticism
Tagged faith-based delusions, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, skepticism
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Another final resting place for Jesus found: in a tortilla
Yep. I believe this is true more than I believe the tomb story written about earlier. David Sandoval says he was about to chow down on Ash Wednesday dinner last week when he saw Jesus in one of his mom’s … Continue reading
Posted in culture, funny business, religiosity, skepticism
Tagged faith, just for fun, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, skepticism
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Holy Crayola! Jesus in crayons
Blurred as the image is, it really could be anything. Sadly, the Daily Mail’s always seems willing to give face time to people who think they’ve experienced a pareidolia miracle. A woman who prayed for a sign from Jesus got … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism, food, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, skepticism, toys
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Okay, so it isn’t always Jesus in the trees
Sometimes it’s Bert, from Sesame Street. Awesome.