I am not very religious (no surprise there). However, if there are “higher powers”, I sure hope they would be doing better things than appearing in underpasses or in rust stains on water tanks in New Jersey. Right here in Boston, there has been a “Virgin Mary” appearance in a hospital window.
Figured I’d start this in the Pit as opposed to Great Debates. I was just wondering what other SDMB folks thought about this.
Gazpacho There was a thread a while back about an auction on ebay for a shower door with a soap scum stain in the likeness of Jesus.
… and nobody told me about that auction? Damn!!! That’s the kind of thing I’d want to bid on. ::Harumph::
Guess I’ll just have to be happy with my Virgin Mary image on toast.
This led to some major traffic slowdown, I’m told.
We decided it was a vagina at work. The labia seem pretty clear. Although from some angles in that piece, it’s more obvious what the religious people are seeing, I still have to ask WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE MANIACS? IS THERE NO LEVEL OF SELF-PARODY TO WHICH THEY WILL NOT STOOP?
Because studying would surely not be as good a use of your time as praying to an underpass wall and asking god’s mom to cheat for you.
Another vote for vulva. Unless it’s the Virgin Mary Maidenhead we are supposed to be seeing here? Anyone see a hymen there? Proof she’s a virgin and all?
I used to have a girlfriend who said that all Mary images were intentionally vulvic, and that cruciform images were phallic. She was sex-mad, but it made sense at the time, especially as I was very high and the kiddy euphemisms my parents used for male and female genitalia were “peter” and “mary” respectively. (Peter was crucified, too, natch.)
Oh, come now, people. Show some respect. The salt stain is clearly the image of a 1st century person in robes, and therefore a clear sign that good Catholics must pray in a subterranian freeway.
Saw the photo for the first time in the Trib this morning, and, to me, it looks like a fucking salt water stain. You can see where the crack in the concrete is, and towards the bottom, there appears to be more water damage to the concrete. So now it looks like I’m going to have to worship stains. I guess that means Shout! Tide and All are the minions of the devil.
The other thing I liked about the picture is you can see what people have written there. In addition to the marking by the person who first “found” the Virgin Mary there, there is a pentagram, with 666 and “Satan Loves U” right next to it. Equal time I guess.
