Iron with image of Jesus, or perhaps Gallagher(AP)
Mary Jo Coady of Methuen, Massachusetts made the news today because she saw an image of Jesus on her clothes iron this past Sunday. Well naturally it was on Sunday. When would you expect to see Jesus' face on one of your appliances.
In 2004, Diana Duyser of Hollywood, Florida, auctioned off a 10 year old, partially eaten cheese sandwich that looked like the Virgin Mary, for $28,000. Other images of Mary appear on a pretzel, a pizza pan, and an underpass in Chicago.
Jesus has also appeared on dental xrays, tortillas, a fish stick and a Cheeto's cheese snack.
Do you really think the Son of GOD is going to miraculously appear in the crud on the bottom of an iron, or on a Cheeto? To many, this is a real representation of Christian insanity. No atheist has ever seen an image of Madeline Murray O'Hair on a tomato.
Think about it, if you were conferring with a brain surgeon who looks into his coffee cup and says "Look! It's Omar Sharif!", would you still let him open your head? In this same vein, would you accept spiritual advice from a guy who has an image of his "Lord and Savior" burned onto a fish stick?
This type of claim has been made in many religions, such as the spelling of "Allah" in the seeds of two separate eggplants, but is mainly a Christian thing. It seems it might favor Catholicism due to the multitude of Saints they follow. In 1996, Mother Theresa appeared in a cinnamon roll to the manager of the Bongo Java coffee shop who was staring at the pastry. Doesn't the name say it all? Bongo Java.
Unfortunately we cannot blame every sighting on psychedelic alteration. However, with each sighting of the patron saint of cement mixers, St Bruno's image seen in the florets of a broccoli stalk, we lose a little more credibility. So if you have a vision of this sort, make sure you didn't forget your medication and try to remember the rest of us who will be ridiculed because of you.
And for Mary Jo, you could have just as easily said that the funk on the bottom of your iron looks like Tommy Chong or Willie Nelson. Either way, wash your iron.
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