Why do people think that Jesus and Mary appear in trees and grilled cheese sandwiches?

Question

We have no idea how He really looked, so aren’t these “images” just coincidently reminiscent of 16th Century European artist's loose interpretations of how THEY felt He looked?

Answer 1

I saw Elvis in a mildew stain on my shower curtain.

Answer 2

I've seen the grilled cheese that supposedly had the face of the Virgin Mary. I agree with you. How do they know, if they've never really seen their faces? It could be anyone, even demonic! If you look close enough, you can see faces in many things. Like clouds, fog, smoke, snow, woodwork, etc. I saw a guy that looked like Jesus in my closet door once. I should have sold it for a few bucks.

Answer 3

A mind will see what it wants to see. The same mind will also try to convince others to see what its sees. Those others might be smart and not see anything, then there are the stupid ones who see it even more clearly (what the hell), and then there are the followers who say yeah I see it (wait where was it again…). Then there is the media who needs to fill a spot at 6:00PM and it’s either this or the fat lady who has a strong opinion on why garlic helps you loose weight.

Answer 4

I saw one guy on TV who thought he could see Jesus in his wooden door too.

They see what they want to see, just like everyone else. I look at that grilled cheese sandwich and I see a weird burn mark. Someone who desperately needs to see the Virgin Mary everywhere to give purpose to their life will see the Virgin Mary. Someone whos obsessed with gorillas will see a gorilla. Dont believe me? Try it with different people.

Of course, its always possible that the person who saw the Virgin in the grilled cheese sandwich just thought it kinda looked like Mary, and decided to publicize it so she could later sell it (She did, by the way. I think an online casino or something like that bought it).

But yeah, youre right, Jesus probably looked like a Palestinian with long hair, or like the Jews you see in Brooklyn, also with long hair. (Since that was a more common hairstyle for men back then)

Answer 5

i assume the 'hiddenness' of God is a mandatory element of the purpose for which he created people, shaping and forming them in a international wherein he isn't right now obvious. If the God of the Bible is the genuine God, even however, then he has not been silent. He has spoken in many situations during the prophets of the previous testomony, via his son Jesus and via the Church. Christians journey him chatting with their hearts (however I settle for that that's a subjective journey). a international wherein God overtly printed himself to all human beings is troublesome to think of. How might a international like that artwork? What might take place to the folk who rejected him (as some undoubtely might)? might he blaze forth in a flash of glory each and every now and returned or might we consistently be waiting to work out him, like the sunlight? How might that influence the way we lived? If this international is a 'vale of soul-making', the place characteristics like persistence, love, braveness and self-sacrifice are formed, then it fairly is troublesome to think of it being any opposite direction than that's - with God curiously silent and hidden an stunning style of the time.

Answer 6

Yes. If Jesus had existed, he would look more like Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden (note his uncanny resemblence to the image on the Shroud of Turin).

See the article here: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm

Answer 7

It's called Pareidolia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Answer 8

Those are wrong and false contentions about Jesus. They were misguided by the evil spirit who wanted to destroy Jesus Christ from the belief of the christian people

Answer 9

Because they're one Coke short of a Happy Meal.

Answer 10

These people are usually very poor They clutch at straws & want to make a buck