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Rick Warren has officially come out against the proposed laws in Uganda that would make homosexuality a crime, punishable by death in some cases. In an open letter to the pastors of Uganda (with whom Warren has a great deal of influence from his missionary work) the American mega-pastor says,
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Mary Jo Coady of Methuen, Massachusetts spotted Jesus Christ on the bottom of her iron. Apparently, seeing Jesus on the iron has reminded Coady that "life is going to be good." From the Associated Press:
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The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that "he's listening."
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I'm pretty sure that's actually Robert Plant.
...or Jim Morrison
...or the Crypt Keeper
Now, why wouldn't you want the spirit of Christ keeping your clothes wrinkle-free?
("Out, wrinkles! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!")
It's a shirtless Ted Nugent with his arms crossed!
And on the 7th day God gave woman an excuse to leave the kitchen.
Looks to me like Mona Lisa holding up a sneaker. A Renaissance-era Nike ad?
I'll take "Pathos with a side of Popery" for $200, Alex...
I see Jeff Bridges. He is reminding me to abide.
I'm pretty sure this was prophesied in the Bible, wasn't it? Something about coming back as an image from a toaster or on the side of a refrigerator?
Pretty sure that is the Mona Lisa. Or Leonardo da Vinci in drag.
"I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my iron-on Jesus..."
Jesus is in the closet.
Lol!
Jesus needs some acne cream.
Jesus had a fu manchu?
Oh, wait, the holes aren't eyes.
Jesus had antennae?
It's just a bowling iron.
Definitely La Gioconda, her smile more enigmatic for the elision.
It rather looks like the Mona Lisa to me.
Looks more like Pareidolia to me...
Looks kinda like a beardless Alan Moore to me. Either that or Alan Moore is jesus.
yep, I'm with Felton...that's the Mona Lisa.
I warned you the Lord wouldn't stand for your minidresses and Beatle boots
That is clearly the Zig Zag man. And you could probably use the hot iron to light up.
Interesting point - if Alan Moore was Jesus, would he believe in himself?
I love that people still think they know what Jesus would have looked like.
Any chance that maybe this mysterious vision appeared right after she put an iron-on Jesus on a t-shirt?
How do we know it's not an image of Muhammad (In which case it would be a grave blasphemy)? Or even just some random hippy? Looks kinda vague to me. WHY does it always have to be Jesus or the Virgin Mary? When is St. Goncalo going to appear in a toilet stain or St. Herman in an Eskimo Pie?
Really it's the Mona Lisa. It matches almost PERFECTLY. Check it out. Even the little mark on her chin is perfect, and the shadows on her neck are there...it's Leonardo's ghost, recreating his most famous work!
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6042/irononmonalisa.png
As a side note, I really don't get why people choose to see Jesus in everything. I find it kind of annoying. Isn't Jesus supposed to be special or something? If so, why would he show up on an iron, or a grilled cheese, or whatever?
And how does anybody know what Jesus actually looked like? Where's the pictures? How do you know that anything at all looks like Jesus when all of the images we have are just what some medieval artists felt like Jesus *should* look like?
It's really silly, honestly.
Looks like Washington on the one dollar bill, and really high to boot.
What gets me is that Jesus is in the form of burn-marks on the iron. The only begotten son of God came to Methuen, Mass., for the sole purpose of burning my favourite pants.
Thanks, Jesus. Next time, why don't you just drink my last beer and leave the cap off the toothpaste while you're at it.
Yep, I'm with the Mona Lisa lobby too. That's what I thought when I saw it.
I totally see the principal from Archie comics.
dragonfrog, I'm pretty sure those are wear-marks, where the shiny surface metal has been worn away to show What Lies Beneath. Make of that what you will.
That said, however, this is clearly an image of Semiramis, Queen of Assyria, when she paused in the middle of getting her hair cut to quell a rebellion in Babylon. The half-cut hair is clearly visible in the image, and the face is skull-like, indicating her showing Death to the rebellious Babylonians.
What it means that it appeared to a lady in MA I cannot tell, but I tell ye this: it does not bode well.
"She says she plans to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one."
New business model:
1. sell irons with a picture of jeebus etched into them such that he pics up burn marks and appears over time
2. sell the irons to gullible folk
3. sell them another every time it happens
Actually to my eyes the burn mark looks more like Noddy Holder.
So the Lord Jesus goes through all the trouble of appearing on her iron and she's going to shove it in the closet and get a new one? I'd smite her if I were Him. Ungrateful b*tch.
Jesus, please.... People this is obviously Mona Lisa. Seriously check it. Mona Lisa
looks to me like jesus is making out with a stingray, or trying to bite its head off
I'm almost certain that the Lagostina product we use to clean scorched pots would clean that mess up in a jiffy. If not, #0000 steel wool would work.
I thought it was Carrie Fisher wearing a Klingon prosthetic forehead.
Looks more like Pauly Shore or Weird Al Yankovic to me - or maybe even Darwin as a young man
Looks like Saturn ripping the flesh offa one of his kids to me.
The cheek bones are immense.
nom nom nom
I hope they are reading. I want to let them know that I smoke crack too!!!!
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Is this a "wonderful thing"?
A discussion of pareidolia, maybe interesting. This, not.
I'm a little concerned about the two eyes floating above (and behind?) Christ's head.
Just who is that watching us?
Funny, I would have said sphinx...
It's . . . it's Galileo!
So, Mona was doing some ironing of her veil when the phone rang. When she came back it was burned through.
"Oh Christ!" says she as she facepalm herself, forgetting to put the iron down. Miraculously the scars on her face healed completely. All that remained of her adventure was this strangely familiar spot and a propensity to smile at all the irony that there is in life.
I like the evolutionary aspects. Appliances get random wear/mishap patterns on them, until they resemble something significant. Then they are removed from use. Eventually, everything will have some sort of cool pareidolia image on it!
Sasquatch in a hippie wig.
First sight I also thought in Mona Lisa with long hair
its a mutant jesus with a baby jesus growing from his left cheek
No no no! It's Jango Fett, the bounty hunter from the Star Wars movies. He has no message for us, however. HIs appearance is as completely random and meaningless as that of the universe itself.
Dragonfrog - FTW. But Felton @6 nails the description.
Saying you see jeebus on mundane objects make baby jeebus weep.
This isn't Jesus. Jesus is on the bed with Madonna. Be sure...
Context, you are my favorite concept.
Long haired young man with beard in a painting or in the shape of a random stain is our Lord Jesus.
Long haired young man with a beard seen in real life is a filthy hippie.
It's actually Jesus's lesser known younger bother, Julio.
How come they can never get a clear picture of either Him, or his mom?
You're all wrong! It's Chewbacca!
I saw the Mona Lisa immediately. But this makes me think: is there a fortune to be made in fake "jesus image" objects? that grilled cheese sandwich went for a bundle.
@mycophage - sorry, I tried.
These things always remind me of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZXOfiaJhZ8
Blasphemy, blasphe-you, blasphe-everybody-in-the-room...
"Jesus as Popularly Depicted", she means. Because it looks nothing like this guy.
I see the Radiator Lady from Eraserhead.
Hey, there's a picture of Kirk Cameron on the bottom of that iron in the story. You really should show the iron with Jesus on it instead.
I too saw a Mona Lisa.
Another Mona Lisa see-er.
Though that's no surprise, I believe a lot more in the Mona Lisa than I do in Jesus. I know where to go to see the Mona Lisa. Whenever I ask to see Jesus I get lots of vague, contradictory answers.
I'm pretty sure that *is* Jesus, and he wants us to know that when you iron polyester, you should use the 'low' heat setting.
I see John Bolton.
I always see John Bolton. The meds aren't helping.
That is not Jesus. That is my Aunt June. Ask anybody in Fall River. That is Joan Silva.
How I long to hear from her. June, oh!, June. Is Uncle Bill with you? Can you get Hershey's Kisses where you are? Have you met God Himself? If so, does He really have a long, white beard?
There is so much, dear Auntie, that I want you to tell me. But, thank you!, thank you!, thank you so much for taking the time to appear on that nice lady's iron.
Your loving nephew, Julian
You are all wrong, its Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhyde..."Inna gadda davida, honey, don't you know that I love you..."
People will see what they want to see. If finding Jesus on the bottom of her iron gives this woman comfort, then good on her.
Mount Rushmore
Sorry, that's not Jesus. If you look real close it's the lead singer from the Scorpions. (circa 1985) Klaus somebody or other.
Kirk Hammet... or maybe the cookie monster.