# Virgin Mary is seen in Illinois underpass - again !!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155 "2006-03-27T21:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/1 "2006-03-27T21:37:16Z")
Gee, I have no idea why the Virgin Mary likes to show up in Illinois. Here’s a thread I started back in April, 2005 to announce the “momentous” news that the Virgin Mary was seen in a Chicago underpass. > **[Virgin Mary image in Chicago underpass](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312589)** > > Perhaps you have heard about this vital bit of news. The thread title pretty much says it all but for those who want to read more: http://www.nbc5.com/news/4388177/detail.html?rss=chi&psp=news I am not very religious (no surprise there). ... Well for some reason, dear old Mary must love the “Land of Lincoln” because here’s the latest news on her most recent public appearance in Moline, Illinois: [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/27/national/main1439653.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/27/national/main1439653.shtml) Not to be outdone, (in the above link), it seems a woman in Mexico, _Maine_ has found an image of Ms Mary on a burned out section of her home. Call me cynical but if my house were to undergo a similar fate, I’d rather have the Virgin Mary hauling around a fire extinguisher, instead of plantng her image _after_ the house burned down. Nonetheless, in these tragic times it’s good to know that the Virgin Mary is always standind around and _watching_. How can people not believe? The Virgin Mary … coming soon to an underpass near you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/2 "2006-03-27T21:41:37Z")
No wonder nobody likes atheists. All we ever see beneath underpasses are winos, used condoms, and empty bottles. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/3 "2006-03-27T21:42:41Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > “There’s too much going on in the world and people are losing their faith, and I think that’s why she’s appearing,” said Maria Ruiz, a believer who joined the crowd by the Rock River Saturday night. “She wants them to get their faith back.” And, of course, Moline Illinois is the absolute epicentre of the Catholic apostasy pandemic :rolleyes: How on earth can anybody actually believe this shit?!? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/4 "2006-03-27T23:53:43Z")
Pfft. I don’t need Mary. I have [Watermark Willie.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345684&highlight=penis) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/5 "2006-03-28T01:21:53Z")
> [@George Kaplin](#): > > And, of course, Moline Illinois is the absolute epicentre of the Catholic apostasy pandemic :rolleyes: > > How on earth can anybody actually believe this shit?!? Keep in mind that this is the same town where a minister claimed that God stopped a January 1995 Nine Inch Nails concert with a snowstorm after he’d spent the week before it protesting the show. God didn’t really care about the other tour dates, though. I was pretty psyched for that show, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/6 "2006-03-28T01:39:46Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Gee, I have no idea why the Virgin Mary likes to show up in Illinois. It couldn’t _possibly_ be large numbers of Catholics in the population. Do you _think???_ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/7 "2006-03-28T02:32:58Z")
I always thought Mary Magdalene was more the type to be found hanging out beneath highway underpasses. Shows what I know about religion. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/8 "2006-03-28T04:06:23Z")
Dude, April is the start of VMSS (Virgin Mary Spotting Season). In fact, i’ve found her [here.](http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:fKgl9zLkgOroUM:www.laflammedamour.org/pag/deco/imagefla.jpg) Can you believe how real it looks? I mean, it looks _just liker her_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/9 "2006-03-28T04:06:51Z")
I’m so happy to be back in New York, hundreds of miles away from these people. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/10 "2006-03-28T04:22:40Z")
How do they even know what the Virgin Mary looks like? For all they know is that it could be the Devil himself that put that image there to make a mockery of their beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/11 "2006-03-28T04:39:57Z")
I’m no doubt going to get some heavenly punishment for this comment, but what the hey, here goes anyway. For a virgin, she sure gets around, doesn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/12 "2006-03-28T04:48:39Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > How do they even know what the Virgin Mary looks like? The last one looked like a vagina. Most of us know what that looks like. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/13 "2006-03-28T05:58:21Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > How do they even know what the Virgin Mary looks like? She’s a demure, non-threatening WASP woman of course. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/14 "2006-03-28T07:08:45Z")
**Parental Advisory** Well, no wonder you’re seeing her everywhere - you live near Chicago - that’s Virgin Mary Central isn’t it? **Monty** You’ll smoke a turd in Purgatory for that remark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/15 "2006-03-28T07:09:18Z")
Congress should investigate this obvious conspiracy to deprive other states of Marian imagery. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/16 "2006-03-28T07:44:18Z")
The [international rolleyes](http://uk.news.yahoo.com/27032006/323/muslim-holy-fish-draw-faithful-british-city.html) continue. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/17 "2006-03-28T11:56:55Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Gee, I have no idea why the Virgin Mary likes to show up in Illinois. Maybe she gets free Cubs tickets? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/18 "2006-03-28T12:25:17Z")
Wouldn’t it be funny if some wiseacre did a Allah Sighting stain in the area of Extreme Christianity (Fred Phelp Land anyone?) . ANNNNNNNNNNNNND then did a Virgin Mary Stain somewhere in the middle of Mecca aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad random jewish symbolism stains in other hotspots. what if this random stainization caused whole countries to change their religion? We would either had world peace or total chaos y’know, like we have now. Either way, I am investing in religious objects for all religions ( and country flags). ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/19 "2006-03-28T13:08:41Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > How do they even know what the Virgin Mary looks like? Funny - I’d always thought she looked like tomato juice over ice with a dash of Tabasco and garnished with a celery stick. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155/20 "2006-03-28T13:39:47Z")
Illinois is a very God-y place. Though the women in most of the underpasses I’ve seen were anything BUT virgins. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mary-is-seen-in-illinois-underpass-again/350155.md?page=2)