http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_griddle_virgin_mary
This article was sent to be by Leo, an alert reader of this blog. Thanks, Leo!
Thu Apr 30, 9:14 pm ET
CALEXICO, Calif. – The hottest thing on the griddle at the Las Palmas restaurant these days isn’t the food — it’s the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that a cook says she saw on the griddle.
Restaurant manager Brenda Martinez says more than 100 people have flocked to the small town of Calexico on the California-Mexico border to gaze at the likeness of the Virgin Mary since it was discovered as the griddle was being cleaned.
Among the awe-struck was a group of masked Mexican wrestlers who arrived Thursday for an exhibition at a nearby swap meet.
One, known as Mr. Tempest, says: “This is amazing. It’s a true miracle.”
Since the discovery, the griddle has been taken out of service and placed in a shrine in a storage room.
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I bet they’re charging a good bit to anyone who wants a look. And I am sure they’re making some serious jack.
I have a previous post here called “Faith and Mickey Mouse”. I talk about how people go crazy over the likeness of the Virgin Mary on windows in Florida and cement walls in Chicago. If likenesses appearing in nature are significant, than perhaps God is sending us the message that Mickey Mouse is of cosmic importance. Disney actually invites people who have things that look like Mickey Mouse to send photos or the original article to them. They have thousands of photos, potato chips, tomatoes, etc. that resemble Mickey.
In fact, there was a cow born with a huge Mickey on her side. They had her on display at Disney World in Florida. I have seen her several times.
In all seriousness, what does the reactions of people, when hearing of the likeness of the Virgin Mary appearing on a griddle, window or cement wall tell us? People grasp at straws for proof of their faith. Religion needs faith because it has no facts. To quote Sam Harris, the noted atheist “Religious faith requires people to believe in things they could not possibly know”.
Normally, I would ridicule the moronic assumption, by the crazed faithful, who revere a stain on a window, griddle and/or cement wall as some proof or sign from God, the Virgin Mary or whatever deity. But in this case the actions by these brain dead, deluded, moronic religious assholes may in fact elicit empathy from this otherwise foul mouthed critique of all things religious.
By the way, the Bible says Mary had other kids the old fashioned way, after Jesus, so her cherry is waaay popped. But, believe what you want.
Stop and think. These people are hungering for some tangible proof of their faith, because they have none. Not one shred of evidence to prove any of the bullshit the Catholics cram down their throats. It’s not just the Catholics in any religion based on any of the numerous bullshit Holy Books.
People want real, tangible proof. Do ya’ think God knows that? So, where is he? Just one appearance from him and it would solve a lot of the world’s problems. I haven’t seen him. I have concluded that there is a God/Intelligent/whatever, but I do not presume to have any exclusive communications with him/her/it and/or them. I have come to this conclusion simply by observing nature and the universe. To me, it’s reasonable.
But, mankind seems to be adrift in a cosmic sea of vast uncertainty, populated by millions of people and organizations claiming that they have the only exclusive path to him.
“Well, you just have to read the Bible. He’ll make himself known to you”. Oh yea, well fuck you in the ass. I’ve read the Bible, likely far more than most people. Nothing jumped out at me. There is no proof the Bible is from God or that Jesus Christ was a real person, so blow me.
The Bible has as many interpretations as readers. There are different interpretations of all the “Holy Books” and not a shred of proof that any of them was divinely inspired.
The sad part is that poor, hapless suckers, yearning for some micron on proof for what they believe, grasping at straws, revere stains on griddles, cement walls and windows. Pathetic. But, you can bet your ass that Pancho and Cisco down at the Las Palmas restaurant are raking in the pesos.
The real question is what’s with the “masked Mexican wrestlers”? What’s under those masks? Are they really Mexican? Did they pay for their meal and not steal anything? That would be the real fucking miracle.
