Posted on 05/23/2011 9:05:03 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Employees were ironing a shirt when they noticed an usual set of wrinkles that resembled an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Comet Cleaners first grabbed the attention of the faithful and headlines back in May 2009 when a stain on an ironing board appeared in the image of the revered Catholic figure.
First appearance: 'Virgin Mary' appears at Valley dry cleaner
This, along with personal interpretation end times left behind nonsense only feeds the liberal stereotype that Christians are simpletons, buffoons, and morons.
What makes it difficult for the rest of Christianity is the fact that those who subscribe to this and to personal interpretation end times left behind nonsense are.
Sometimes, a wrinkled shirt is just, a wrinkled shirt.
Looks like a Shmoo.
You are just peeved because you were left behind ;)
Mom, when are we going to eat? In a while Dear, I have to go to the cleaners first.
If I rest my head on my left shoulder and concentrate really hard, I see...
...Babar the Elephant.
The real question is what are we to make of your pattern of repeatedly posting this kind of news story in the Religion Forum?
“What do you think?”
I see God every single day. I see Him in my children’s smiles, in a flower blooming and in a bird chirping. I see Him in the beauty of a rainbow and the rising of the moon. I see Him in a simple blade of grass and in the fierceness of storms. I DO NOT see images in toast, on a dirty window, or in a pancake. That’s what I think.
What I think is that this is nothing more than the efforts of a modern day Calvinist iconoclast seeking to undermine and diminish the entire concept of religious art and iconography because they are no longer able to kick in doors, and attack the actual Church art with axes and fire bombs.
Drug testing seems warranted.
How about tortillas?
Does this mean I don’t get my shirt back?
Au contraire. The real question is whether pareidolia is at work in the very people who ascribe this or that meaning to the patterns they see.
Court Psychiatrist: [Holding up inkblot card] Okay, now tell me what you see, Alan.
Alan Musgrave: Flowers. Hmmm...tulips, jonquils, and roses. They're long-stemmed American Beauty roses, actually.
Court Psychiatrist: [flipping to new inkblot card, irritated] Uh - concentrate. Try a little harder.
Alan Musgrave: [sharply inhaling]. Birds. Trees. [Sudden interest, taking card from psychiatrist] Oh, and there's a river! A river, winding lazily through green pastures....
Court Psychiatrist: [interrupting] You're fighting me.
Alan Musgrave: [continuing] ....oh, it's so peaceful. On the banks are happy children....
Court Psychiatrist: [ignoring him, filing her nails] Don't fight me, Alan.
Alan Musgrave: [continuing]....clouds, lots of clouds -- [gets out of chair and sits on desk, showing inkblot to psychiatrist] Look! One of them looks just like the Easter Bunny! Huh.
Court Psychiatrist: [takes inkblot from him, looks him in the eye, condescending] Alan, I want to help you. Now, don't you realize that these things are supposed to be dirty?
Alan Musgrave: [Surprised] Dirty? [Looks at new inkblot card, shakes head] No. That's a butterfly. A brightly colored butterfly....
Court Psychiatrist: [leaps up from desk, throws all inkblots at Alan in extreme anger] You are hostile! You are hostile, you little creep! You creep, you hostile creep!
Alan Musgrave: Shhhhh! Doctor, shhhhh! [motions with hand to sit down] Doctor, what are you hiding from? Your whole pattern suggests a rigidity syndrome of severe underlying anxiety, massive repressions and pathological prejudices. All of which makes it very difficult for me to relate to you! So if you really want me to talk, get me my tape recorder.
Court Psychiatrist: [steaming] Anything else?
Alan Musgrave: Now that you mention it, you might get me my transistor radio. And a corned beef sandwich. On rye. No mustard.
-- from the 1966 movie Lord Love A Duck
I see the smarmy little iconoclastic, passive aggressive game you are playing with these "news worthy" sightings. I'm just going to keep calling you on it.
What do you see now?
Just more evidence of the same old ballet from the same old Bulshoi.
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