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It's just a frackin’ butt print!

Category: ReligionWeirdness
Posted on: March 16, 2009 11:37 AM, by PZ Myers

In yet another instance in the chronicles of religious pareidolia, people are flocking to gaze in awe at the wrinkles and bumps in a seat cushion They say it looks like Jesus. Does that make Jesus a butthead?

Antoinette, an 82-year-old parishioner, said the face was a "divine phenomenon" as tears welled up her eyes.

"This church is a holy site," added Lise-May, another worshipper.

Ladies, you are going into rhapsodies of ecstasy over the dimples in a pillow produced by some old guy's bony ass. Get real.

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#1

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | March 16, 2009 11:45 AM

That's just funny.

How long until someone sees jesus or mary in their, um, fecal matter.

#2

Posted by: kryptonic | March 16, 2009 11:45 AM

It looks like George Carlin to me.

#3

Posted by: Carlie | March 16, 2009 11:46 AM

Looks more like Squidward Tentacles to me. All hail our cephalopod overlords!

#4

Posted by: Archaneus | March 16, 2009 11:47 AM

Looking at the image I think it's actually a manifestation of some random black face stage performer from so long ago when that was acceptable. Or perhaps it's just paredolia. Could be that too, I suppose ;).

#5

Posted by: RAM | March 16, 2009 11:49 AM

Oh, those Krazy Kristians and their cute graven images!

#6

Posted by: Marcus J. Ranum Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 11:49 AM

I'm Under U're Buttcheaks! Manifesting U'RE Dininitee!!

#7

Posted by: Glen Davidson | March 16, 2009 11:50 AM

It's an alien!

I believe now in our beneficent Alpha Centaurian masters.

Of course the miracle is that an ass can produce such profound truths. The lowly butt tells us the secrets of the universe, and not just in the manner that a bunch of drunken idiots claim.

Seriously, what is it about life that makes people so desperately want something "beyond" no matter how pathetic it appears to "unbelievers"?

Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592

#8

Posted by: AJ Milne | March 16, 2009 11:51 AM

I see Ian McKellen as Gandalf.

#9

Posted by: Blackrend | March 16, 2009 11:52 AM

Damn, Jesus has some big lips.

#10

Posted by: Bob | March 16, 2009 11:53 AM

Does that make Jesus a butthead?
Actually, I think it does...
Ladies, you are going into rhapsodies of ecstasy over the dimples in a pillow produced by some old guy's bony ass.
You don't agree, P.Z.?
#11

Posted by: MrSquid | March 16, 2009 11:54 AM

Someone get some spray-starch STAT!

#12

Posted by: Matt Heath | March 16, 2009 11:54 AM

Mick Jagger maybe? His lips anyway. What's meant to beard? Or is this a case of "Jesus shaves"?

#13

Posted by: Dennis | March 16, 2009 11:54 AM

Hey- I saw His Noodley-ness last night on my dinner plate. I should have taken a picture- so others can tear up with happiness and make their own pasta.

#14

Posted by: Marcus J. Ranum Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 11:56 AM

Maybe they'll get all jazzed over my typos.


Cargo cult? Nooooo them's the reauhl jewish zombie butt prints! So'nuff!

#15

Posted by: Marcus | March 16, 2009 11:57 AM

Jesus? Hell no, that's the ancient Polynesian god Papa Moai. Stupid religious seat worshipers getting it wrong. They'll be sorry when they get done for false idol worship or something.

#16

Posted by: Bill Dauphin | March 16, 2009 11:58 AM

"This church is a holy site," added Lise-May, another worshipper.

Gee, does that constitute an admission that the vast majority of churches that lack Jebus-shaped assprints are not "holy"?

;^)

#17

Posted by: Mozglubov | March 16, 2009 11:59 AM

My favourite divine apparition is the dog-butt Jesus.

#18

Posted by: BeamStalk | March 16, 2009 11:59 AM

Hey he has a big nose which is way more Semitic than usual for pictures of Jesus.

#19

Posted by: Marcus | March 16, 2009 12:02 PM

And just to prove I'm right about Papa Moai.
http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/2004-06-29/index.html

#20

Posted by: Mexican atheist | March 16, 2009 12:02 PM

It looks like the statues on Easter Island (i forgot their names).

#21

Posted by: AJ Milne | March 16, 2009 12:05 PM

It looks like the statues on Easter Island (i forgot their names).

Erm... Those would be 'moai'.

#22

Posted by: NewEnglandBob Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 12:08 PM

Its Jimmy Durante!

Ha-cha-cha-cha!!!

#23

Posted by: Varlo | March 16, 2009 12:11 PM

Holy site or holy sit?

#24

Posted by: Optimus Primate | March 16, 2009 12:12 PM

I was thinking Karl Malden, actually.

#25

Posted by: stephanie | March 16, 2009 12:13 PM

"Reunion Bishop Gilbert Aubry has so far not commented on the occurrence which came within days of outbursts of violence over the high cost of living on the island whose economy *depends on tourism* and subsidies from the French state."

I think that really says everything.

#26

Posted by: kryptonic | March 16, 2009 12:13 PM

I bet it smells like Jesus too.

#27

Posted by: Mexican atheist | March 16, 2009 12:13 PM

Moai, yes, thank you AJ Milne.

#28

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | March 16, 2009 12:13 PM

Definitely a sign that the Easter Island statues have switched islands.

#29

Posted by: Alex | March 16, 2009 12:15 PM

Now that's desperation.

#30

Posted by: Sven DiMilo | March 16, 2009 12:16 PM

My reaction was exactly the same as New England Bob's (@#22).
In memorium.

#31

Posted by: Bill Dauphin | March 16, 2009 12:17 PM

Kryptonic (@26) for the win!

#32

Posted by: strengthofmind | March 16, 2009 12:18 PM

Is that a BSG reference in the title? Awesome...

#33

Posted by: RamblinDude Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 12:18 PM

Jesus all over a church pew? Sounds like those crackers gave someone a bit of intestinal distress.

#34

Posted by: Greg Laden | March 16, 2009 12:19 PM

sniff sniff ... nope, I don't think that's the messiah.

#35

Posted by: José | March 16, 2009 12:20 PM

This rivals the discovery of Bigfoot's ass print!
http://www.bfro.net/news/bodycast/index.asp

#36

Posted by: CosmicTeapot | March 16, 2009 12:22 PM

I've just tried making an image of a face on my chair but it just looks like Gonzo from the muppets.

Wait a minute, does that mean what I think it means?

Gonzo is the messiah. All hail Gonzo.

#37

Posted by: Janine, Insulting Sinner | March 16, 2009 12:23 PM

This deserves a caption.

"Sit on my face and call me Daddy."

From beneath you, it devours.

#38

Posted by: Greg Laden | March 16, 2009 12:24 PM

sniff sniff ... nope, I don't think that's the messiah.

#39

Posted by: Joe | March 16, 2009 12:25 PM

Miracles have always been a bit tawdry, but we've still come a long way from t3h Pentacostal Fire.

Joe

#40

Posted by: Patricia, OM | March 16, 2009 12:26 PM

What a bunch of crap.

As usual.

#41

Posted by: Joe | March 16, 2009 12:27 PM

Err. *Pentecostal.

#42

Posted by: CrackerNation | March 16, 2009 12:28 PM

It looks like George Washington to me. He was such a great Founding Father that he still supports us today.

#43

Posted by: toomanytribbles | March 16, 2009 12:28 PM

it looks like one of those easter island statues to me.

#44

Posted by: Joe Shelby | March 16, 2009 12:29 PM

I see W.C. Fields in it, myself.

#45

Posted by: tarpon | March 16, 2009 12:32 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! My holy freakin' God! These people are definately thier own worst enemy, just open the floor, say "Waht do you believe?" and let them spouteth forth the "Wisdom" of their dogma.

#46

Posted by: Kitty'sBitch Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 12:33 PM

Am I the first to make the "God is an assface" comment?
Can't be. Too obvious really.

#47

Posted by: Jay | March 16, 2009 12:33 PM

I see John Lennon...

#48

Posted by: arekksu | March 16, 2009 12:35 PM

i don't know who the long-haired skinny white guy who keeps cropping up on burnt toast is, but he certainly isn't a palestinian carpenter.

#49

Posted by: Not that Louis | March 16, 2009 12:35 PM

I'm not sure who I see in there, but he's wearing glasses. Did Jesus wear glasses?

#50

Posted by: Kitty'sBitch Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 12:35 PM

PZed had the butthead comment, That'll do.

#51

Posted by: Eamon Knight | March 16, 2009 12:37 PM

Um, we're absolutely sure this isn't a Poe, right? Yeah, I know that what with Dave Wilkerson's sandwiches and all there's no known limit to religio-supertitious stupidity, but still....

#52

Posted by: Sgt. Obvious | March 16, 2009 12:37 PM

You're all nuts. It's CLEARLY one of those old hecklers on the balcony from The Muppet Show.

#53

Posted by: Jello | March 16, 2009 12:40 PM

I see . . . wrinkles in a seat cushion. Can we go back to the peace of toast now? At least if you squinted at that one you could get the idea. Honestly, if Rome can truly channel divine authority you would think they could instigate some quality control practices on these manifestations.

#54

Posted by: Vic | March 16, 2009 12:40 PM

If that's what Jesus looked like, he was one ugly dude!

#55

Posted by: Kitty'sBitch Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 12:41 PM

Y'know, this explains why my first prostate exam was such a powerful experience.
It didn't make me want to pray, but it did cause me to hand the doctor my phone number scrawled on a bar napkin.
Best dentist evah!!

#56

Posted by: God Retardent | March 16, 2009 12:43 PM

PZ Said "Ladies, you are going into rhapsodies of ecstasy over the dimples in a pillow produced by some old guy's bony ass. Get real.

Wrong, It's obviously the outline of a fat womans vigina, this could be verified by a olfaction test

#57

Posted by: God Retardent | March 16, 2009 12:45 PM

PZ Said "Ladies, you are going into rhapsodies of ecstasy over the dimples in a pillow produced by some old guy's bony ass. Get real.

Wrong, It's obviously the outline of a fat womans vigina, this could be verified by a olfaction test

#58

Posted by: Janine, Ignorant Slut | March 16, 2009 12:45 PM

I know that this is only a typo on Jello's part but I love the concept it implies.

Can we go back to the peace of toast now?

Was it toast that imposed peace on humans? Or are we to try to achieve the peace that toast has?

#59

Posted by: NMcC | March 16, 2009 12:45 PM

It looks like fuck all to me...

...probably because I'm not as imaginative as an 82 year old woman who's been sitting on Jesus's face.

#60

Posted by: Glen Davidson | March 16, 2009 12:47 PM

The same impulses make many see the mark of the loving god in the malaria which is attacking and killing children.

By contrast, seeing Jesus in a butt print appears positively scientific.

Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592

#61

Posted by: Mycroft | March 16, 2009 12:49 PM

Looks like Bert from Sesame Street to me...

#62

Posted by: Shekar | March 16, 2009 12:50 PM

That means every plain surface is an image of Muhammad!! He's everywhere!!

#63

Posted by: Beth B. | March 16, 2009 12:51 PM

Am I the only one who doesn't see anything remotely resembling a face? And I'm the one who used to amuse myself in school by seeing how many faces I could find in the random tile patterns on the floor. My powers grow weak...

#64

Posted by: Drosera | March 16, 2009 12:53 PM

(On my knees, hand-wringing:) "Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Father, forgive me for having been an atheist. Now I see that I was wrong."

#65

Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | March 16, 2009 1:00 PM

To the Monty Python tune....

Sit on my face, and call me the Messiah
All over the place, you'll see me and my mum, too
I love the pareidolia
I've never been holia
You blow me away!

Sit on my face, and let my lips embrace you
I died on the cross to prove I love you truly
Drop all your strife, it's a long afterlife
If you stop all your pushin' and sit on the cushion
And fart till I'm blown away

#66

Posted by: pdferguson Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 1:00 PM

Apparently, it's an image of Jesus before the nose job...

#67

Posted by: Michael | March 16, 2009 1:01 PM

WOW. Don't you love the things the Jebus folks will grasp at to reassure themselves of their delusions? Jesus in a Cheeto, toast, piss stains, and now someones ass print.

#68

Posted by: Dutchdoc Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 1:04 PM

CLEARLY Bill Maher!

#69

Posted by: LBBP | March 16, 2009 1:14 PM

Butt print of Jesus? I don't know, I think it looks more like a proboscis monkey.

#70

Posted by: Jason R Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 1:15 PM

LOL,
crazy + infinity = religious gusto.

#71

Posted by: extatyzoma | March 16, 2009 1:17 PM

looks a bit like the elephant man.

Hail John.

#72

Posted by: Brian | March 16, 2009 1:18 PM

Looks more like the face on mars. Maybe that's jesus too.

#73

Posted by: RM | March 16, 2009 1:23 PM

I think we found Jimmy Hoffa.

#74

Posted by: pete | March 16, 2009 1:24 PM

Has anyone found Jeezuz in a dog turd yet? That I'd like to see!

#75

Posted by: Arthur Dent | March 16, 2009 1:25 PM

Usually I'm skeptical but this time it looks like the real thing to me. I've made an appointment with the Priest at the local parish to discuss my conversion.

#76

Posted by: Badjuggler | March 16, 2009 1:27 PM

"Got a match?"
"Sure. My assprint and Jesus' face!"

#77

Posted by: Obamabot | March 16, 2009 1:34 PM

Gonzo is the messiah. All hail Gonzo.

But I thought Obama was the Messiah!

#78

Posted by: AL | March 16, 2009 1:35 PM

Meh. I think it looks like an unflattering portrait of Neil Gaiman, as drawn by Dave McKean.

#80

Posted by: mus | March 16, 2009 1:38 PM

I think it looks like a golem:

http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/golem4.jpg

#81

Posted by: Inky | March 16, 2009 1:40 PM

Aw man!! That's what I get for posting before skimming through previous comments! Cuttlefish beat me to the song AND made it funnier!

#82

Posted by: Marc Abian | March 16, 2009 1:41 PM

You're all wrong, it's Ruud Guillet sitting on top of a shed

#83

Posted by: Brain Hertz | March 16, 2009 1:47 PM

Looks like Homer Simpson to me...

Then again, maybe Carlie @ #3 has it?

#84

Posted by: SaraJ | March 16, 2009 1:47 PM

Did Jesus get collagen injections in his lips right before he showed up in that seat cushion? Because his lips are looking mighty plump.

#85

Posted by: CatBallou | March 16, 2009 1:48 PM

It's not a butt print. That's the back of the chair, not the seat.

See? Now it's all true!

#86

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | March 16, 2009 1:51 PM

You do all know who has really appeared, right?

#87

Posted by: Richard Wolford | March 16, 2009 1:59 PM

Clearly a sign from God: turn the other cheek.

#88

Posted by: Bethor | March 16, 2009 2:11 PM

Janine @#37 :

I am greatly amused (and relieved, given how geeky that is) that I wasn't the only one to immediately think "From beneath you, it devours"...

or should that be "it eats you, starting with your bottom" ? ;)

#89

Posted by: Marcus J. Ranum Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 2:18 PM

Kim Kardashian

#90

Posted by: Rudi | March 16, 2009 2:30 PM

Why can't I find this funny? Why does my heart sink through the floor when I read about inaninity like this?

These people give me no choice except to think they are utterly pathetic, it's like they WANT me to think they are feeble and stupid. I HATE it that they put me in that position.

#91

Posted by: Newfie Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 2:40 PM

I, for one, am glad that Muslims aren't always finding images of Mohammed in a slice of toast or pita bread.... wait a sec... they aren't allowed to.. haha.

#92

Posted by: Janine, Insulting Sinner | March 16, 2009 2:47 PM

Bethor, all varieties of geekdom is celebrated here. Make those references, there will be some people who get it. And I was thinking of using that quote.

#93

Posted by: azqaz | March 16, 2009 2:50 PM

Tats not Jebus, that is the Martian Manhunter! The DC comics universe is real! Soon we shall see the holy Batarang in toast, and then... Yes, then we shall see the holiest of holies. We shall see the crest of Superman in the mold on the wall of an interstate overpass. Then it will be the time of Armageddon when the great and mighty will come and smite the wicked non believers who follow the abomination of Marvel Comics. Surely the Nerdgasm is upon us.

Well, it sounds as logically coherent as the people in the article.

#94

Posted by: uppity cracka | March 16, 2009 3:03 PM

Jebus, in a muffled voice:

"you're sitting on my face!"

"what?"

"you're SITTING on my FACE!"

"Oh, sorry, Jebus."

#95

Posted by: Crudely Wrott | March 16, 2009 3:35 PM

More evidence that the church goin' crowd is motivated by fear.

You can see the clench marks on the seat cushions.

Sort of like the claw marks sometime found on the inside of old coffins when someone wasn't quite dead yet.

Some scary shit is laid down in the house of the lord, lemme tell ya.

#96

Posted by: JamesR | March 16, 2009 3:44 PM

It looks like one of the goons from the Popeye cartoons.

#97

Posted by: St. B | March 16, 2009 3:53 PM

I saw Easter Island stone heads myself as soon as I saw it. Lmao Nuff said.
http://i44.tinypic.com/vyqzjk.jpg

#98

Posted by: skepsci | March 16, 2009 4:03 PM

It looks like he's sticking his tongue out at me...

#99

Posted by: dyingoflaughter | March 16, 2009 4:04 PM

This one had me laughing so hard I was crying. Honestly, it looks like Ronald McDonald to me.

#100

Posted by: The Tim Channel | March 16, 2009 4:08 PM

This is an outrageous example of religious naivety, but it does help to explain why my underwear was always getting jammed up the crack of my ass when I sat through church services.

Enjoy.

#101

Posted by: The Tim Channel | March 16, 2009 4:10 PM

I made a post over at my website after reading about this story here, but before reading the comments. I too fingered Jimmy Durante as well as Bozo the Clown.

LOL.

Enjoy.

#102

Posted by: pvrugg | March 16, 2009 4:19 PM

This may not be proof of God, but is proof of the Thetans of Scientology!

OMG - Tom Cruise is NOT a whackjob!! He's right!

So maybe would could call it Thetan Ass-Clown?

#103

Posted by: jellay | March 16, 2009 4:27 PM

Wow. That's a horrible Jesus. Their standards are waning. Doesn't even look like a face really.
If only people knew that even as babies we instinctively look for shapes of the face... Public education is a failure and needs to be revolutionized.

#104

Posted by: jellay | March 16, 2009 4:29 PM

Wow. That's a horrible Jesus. Their standards are waning. Doesn't even look like a face really.
If only people knew that even as babies we instinctively look for shapes of the face... Public education is a failure and needs to be revolutionized.

#105

Posted by: Donnie B. | March 16, 2009 4:33 PM

Wait a sec... has anybody checked the corresponding part of the priest (either butt or back, depending on which cushion that is)?

Maybe Jesus is there, kind of like Voldemort on the back of Quirell's head.

Now that would be convincing evidence. Especially if it started to preach the Beatitudes.

#106

Posted by: Ragutis | March 16, 2009 4:49 PM

Definitely Jimmy Durante.

#107

Posted by: greg | March 16, 2009 5:04 PM

Cushions in church??

Bloody lightweights, wouldn´t have been allowed in my day.

#108

Posted by: Phil T McNasty | March 16, 2009 5:10 PM

It looks like Kid Rock to me, which is coincidental because he he also appeared this morning in my bowl of Cream of Wheat.

#109

Posted by: Bren | March 16, 2009 5:10 PM

Of course you know, PZ, that the preferred spelling is 'fraking', and that 'fracking' is is the antiquated spelling. ;)

#110

Posted by: Phil T McNasty | March 16, 2009 5:12 PM

It looks like Kid Rock to me, which is coincidental because he he also appeared this morning in my bowl of Cream of Wheat.

#111

Posted by: Masks of Eris | March 16, 2009 5:13 PM

At Rev. BigDumbChimp at #1: Actually...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXe82pzw-ew

#112

Posted by: gsenski | March 16, 2009 5:17 PM

Makes sense to me, I've always concluded that the christers have Jesus up their ass.

#113

Posted by: !! | March 16, 2009 5:18 PM

that looks way more like a clown with dreads to me.

#114

Posted by: !! | March 16, 2009 5:21 PM

Oh, Mark Abion @ #82, yes! Or that! I definitely see dreads. Could be Adam Duritz, too. The face isn't so clear, but the dreads...ya mon.

#115

Posted by: tsig | March 16, 2009 5:29 PM

If this is a likeness of jesus then the ass that made it must be jesus.

#116

Posted by: Max | March 16, 2009 5:29 PM

That's not Christ! That's that pervy landlord a friend of mine had a few years back who passed away.

#117

Posted by: mayhempix Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 5:43 PM

There's nuthin' like pulling Jebus right out of your ass.
Must be rough cracker excrement that caused those tears to well.
Where's the Preparation H when you need it?

#118

Posted by: Newfie Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 5:49 PM

There's nuthin' like pulling Jebus right out of your ass.

some like stickin' him in

#119

Posted by: Olowkow | March 16, 2009 5:55 PM

Looks like Bernie Madoff.

#120

Posted by: peter | March 16, 2009 6:54 PM

It does look like the face on the Shroud of Turin, sort of.

#121

Posted by: Susannah | March 16, 2009 7:59 PM

It's Yoko Ono.

#122

Posted by: Stefan | March 16, 2009 8:01 PM

...Looks like a Ninja Turtle to me. Which is, frankly, more awesome than if it was a Jesus face.

#123

Posted by: Vestrati | March 16, 2009 8:12 PM

My first impression before reading any posts was also easter island statues.

Granted, I'd get more enjoyment rubbing my ass all over a jebus's cushion face.

#124

Posted by: Twin-Skies | March 16, 2009 8:27 PM

Lemme get this straight:

4,000 years ago: 7 plagues of Egypts, parting of the Red Sea, Sodom and Gommorah

2,000 years ago: Guy comes back to life, water turns into wine, blind can see

Today: Images in grilled cheese and church seats

Writer's block can be something fierce it seems.

#125

Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM Author Profile Page | March 16, 2009 8:28 PM

God is definitely going down hill. He used to create universes and worlds, later on he fed thousands of people with manna (whatever that is), did the burning bush thing, raised folks and himself from the dead, stuff like that. Real miracles. Now he appears on pieces of toast and seat cushions.

#126

Posted by: TigerHunter | March 16, 2009 8:43 PM

That is quite obviously Gandalf.

#127

Posted by: Mr Twdiddle | March 16, 2009 9:17 PM

What's wrong with you people? That's Bozo!

#128

Posted by: mogleum | March 16, 2009 9:38 PM

Bren @ 109, It's actually "frakking". "Fraking" would sound like "frāking (frayking)".

#129

Posted by: Twin-Skies | March 16, 2009 10:13 PM

It's a Proboscis Monkey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proboscis_monkey

#130

Posted by: Jenny Ashford | March 17, 2009 12:14 AM

I didn't see anything at first, but then when I turned my head to the side I thought it kind of looked like Mr. Potatohead with his big lips on.

#131

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#132

Posted by: jason | March 17, 2009 1:57 AM

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has a great comic pertaining to this.

#133

Posted by: erik Remkus | March 17, 2009 3:44 AM

Looks more like Bill Maher.

#134

Posted by: VentureFree | March 17, 2009 5:13 AM

Jesus looks kind of...um...special.

#135

Posted by: Bren | March 17, 2009 6:51 AM

@mogleum Frakkin' typo!

#136

Posted by: KI | March 17, 2009 8:17 AM

I've told you people before that's Ted Nugent. Careful or you'll get a butt full of hunting arrows if you don't accept his awesome powers!

#137

Posted by: Ryan | March 17, 2009 8:22 AM

Yes, this aligns nicely with the old Matt Groening saw: If God is everywhere, is he in the toilet?

#138

Posted by: Ex Partiate | March 17, 2009 8:47 AM


they have taken stupidity to a new high

#139

Posted by: Michael Fonda | March 17, 2009 8:57 AM

Looks more like Rondo Hatton if you ask me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo_Hatton

#140

Posted by: Brandon P. | March 17, 2009 10:23 AM

They say it looks like Jesus.

How do they know what Jesus looks like? It's not like we have portraits of him dating back to his time.

#141

Posted by: Magnifico Giganticus | March 17, 2009 11:22 AM

Looks more like Patrick Stewart.

#142

Posted by: Stephen C. | March 17, 2009 11:51 AM

That's got to be the worse example of pareidolia I've ever seen. Phil Plait's "Lenin in the shower curtain" beats this butt print by a longshot! Honestly, if this cushion looks like anyone, I think it looks like Grimace, the big purple idiot from McDonaldland.

#143

Posted by: ilsita | March 17, 2009 12:46 PM

Oh no, does this mean that some guy is running around with a mirror image of Jesus on his bottom? Shouldn't we do something about him -- burn him or stone him or something?

#144

Posted by: Liberal Atheist | March 17, 2009 1:19 PM

I think I want to get off this world. :(

#145

Posted by: craicmonkey | March 17, 2009 1:49 PM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Really? This is the best he can do? Your god, the one who created EVERYTHING, this is how he chooses to reveal himself? God works in mysterious ways? No, God apparently works in asinine (ass-inine?) ways. Seriously, I wouldn't be too proud of associating with this joker who doen't seem to perform much more than parlour tricks. Even if your life is driven by irrational belief, you have to admit that this doesn't make any sense! Creator of the Universe. Butt print. Creator of the Universe. Butt print. Wha-?

#146

Posted by: ilsita | March 17, 2009 2:41 PM

aw, c'mon craicmonkey, He also helps athletes win stuff sometimes. That's big! I mean, millions of people watch that. Maybe he'd help a starving kid somewhere if it was on the teevee.

#147

Posted by: craicmonkey | March 17, 2009 3:12 PM

ilsita @ #146

That kills me when athletes thank God for the win. What happens if they lose? (see my blog http://craicmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/01/id-like-to-thank-god-for-this-post.html ) I'm waiting for one of them to come out with a shirt that says, "God is my 'roid." For people who talk about God in such grand, all-encompassing terms, they really can't seem get past the level of your garden variety Ba'al. Silly devotees, trix are for kids.

#148

Posted by: ilsita | March 17, 2009 5:02 PM

Thanks for the link, craicmonkey. The video was very very funny! He couldn't remember Jesus' name... snnk!

#149

Posted by: Pawneehawk1 | March 17, 2009 8:19 PM

Looks like my uncle Cleophus after his lip enlargement surgurey. I'm sure it's him! Yeah, thats it, i just know it's him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#150

Posted by: astrounit | March 18, 2009 9:02 AM

Methinks it looks like a weasel.

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