Check this out: (and check the price!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/IMAGE-OF-JESUS-FOUND-IN-WOOD_W0QQitemZ180177668103QQihZ008QQcategoryZ4174QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hey, at least the shipping is free!
I just wondered if Christians are really this gullible? Surely not!
2007-11-14 06:00:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Did you also notice there were no bids? What does that tell you?
2007-11-14 06:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ruth 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am not Christian but some people see what they want to see. If your mind is on one thing that you revere and is constantly on your mind, then whatever that is you will see that. It is the creative mind that forms that image. For example in the Rorschach test people are given images of ink blots and asked to describe what they see. Controversial as this test is, it does show that it requires a degree of 'intelligence' to form images. So whilst a monkey or a dog cannot see anything other than say the smell of the ink or just as a blot, the 'higher' form of animal (supposedly the human) will see things in it. Of course the more wilder the image that you see the more you are closer to being 'psychotic'. So, gullibility is not the question here, it is what you see in forms and shapes that is in the center of your question. So what is in your mind? If you are not seeing things in forms and shapes it may mean that you are not creative. Haven't you tried to see things in clouds? It is not a naive exercise. It is an exercise in creativity. I am not trying to defend 'Christians' nor chastising your line of questioning, I am just offering another perspective.
Thank you for your question.
2007-11-14 07:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Just me 2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I'm a christian, but I honestly cannot see how there is an image of Jesus in there. If someone is trying to find an image there, the most I can see is the vague form of a clocked person.
2007-11-14 06:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by Skippy 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who was it who said "no one ever went broke underestimating the taste or the intelligence of the American public"? Whoever it was, I tend to agree with him. Most people aren't that gullible, but there'll always be a few who are, Christian or non-Christian.
2007-11-14 06:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since there were no artist rendering Jesus's likeness in His lifetime, how could anyone living now know what he looked like?
I'm trusting that people are smart enough to avoid the purchase such an object
2007-11-14 06:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by Equinoxical ™ 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The face looks more like a walrus. Interesting, but probably not holy. Cherry wood is pretty, though.
2007-11-14 06:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by JJ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are gullible. I can see the figure, but it's absolutely retarded. How do I know it's not Zarquon wrapped in robes?
2007-11-14 06:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by Eiliat 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
I only spend my hard earned money on Jesus plates from the Franklin Mint.
I'm receiving the 16th of my 50 plate series next week.
(and yes, I'm joking)
2007-11-14 06:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Not I. I also don't buy the hankies blessed with holy water for a price.
2007-11-14 06:12:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, see, if someone had placed a bid on it, you could say that we're gullible.
I think it says a lot that not one bid has been placed on it.
2007-11-14 06:11:26 · answer #10 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋