Posted by God Delusion on June 22nd, 2009
How God chooses to reveal himself is quite miraculous, and the latest miracle occurred recently in Britain.
A British woman said she saw the face of Jesus while preparing breakfast for her 4-year-old son, London’s Daily Mail reports.
She saw the Jesus image while opening a jar of Marmite, a thick, brown spread.
Seriously though, why is this even news? There is nothing to it! A Christian saw a blob and thought it looked like Jesus, yipee. Why doesn’t it just look like a guy with a beard? Why Jesus? Becasue she is a Christian, and her brain is hard wired to see patterns, and because of pareidoloia, she sees Jesus.
Take a look at the same image upside down. Still see Jesus? Yep, and you won’t be able to look at it now withoutseeing Jesus, because of pareidoloia.
Tags: pareidolia
Category: Uncategorized
Posted by Formo-Mormo on January 9th, 2009
Here’s a new one.
Jesus and Mary have appeared in toast, trees, mold, and all maner of miraculous vegetation; but this time old J.C. has made an appearance in a man-made floor tile.
Baker said she doesn’t want to make a big deal out of the image or turn her house into a shrine.
Thank God for that!
She first noticed the Jesus image in her floor tiles around Christmastime. Hmm, perhaps she already had Christ on her mind, which pre-disposed her being more likely to see the Messiah in laminate.
She believes the depiction is meant to be inspirational and said this is the time of year for religious reflection.
She doesn’t go as far as to say that it was a miracle, or anything supernatural that caused it, but perhaps it was just guided by Jesus, sort of like Intelligent Design.
May I take a moment to again talk about the phenomenon known as pareidolia.
The term pareidolia describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse.
Bingo. Not supernatural, not a miracle, and not a message from Jesus. It is in your brain, a brain trying to make sense of the world. A Christian might see Jesus, an ancient Greek might see Zeus.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Tags: Jesus, pareidolia
Category: Christianity, Science
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