Why We See Faces - Everywhere

Berek Half Hand writes "Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy has a great personal story of a paranormal visitation to his shower. His report explains a lot about human nature and how our brains our wired. Those of you who may be Kate Campbell fans will also immediately think of 'Jesus and Tomatoes' and the famous Nun Bun."

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Thanks, God... it's not just us!

[RobertB-DC]

Phil Plait's page linked to the Skeptic's Dictionary, which in turn linked to this cool site:

Miracles of Islam:
* Does this tomato carry a message from God?
* Second Miracle Tomato
* Miracle stone
* Name of 'Allah' on eggs and beans
* Miracle Melon
* Holy Message on Eggshell

This is strangely comforting to me, as a Christian myself. I had thought that visions of Christ in pond scum and the Virgin Mary on tortillas were God's way of helping us laugh at ourselves, but I wondered why He would have everyone else giggling as well. Turn out He's being a divine Prankster to the rest of his children as well.

As for us Methodists, I don't think we tend to make a big deal about religious signs in fruit, stones, and tortillas. Perhaps this is due in part to the Protestant reluctance to worship iconic figures. Note that at your local Baptist or Methodist church, the cross is empty... symbolically, that's an important distinction from our Catholic brethren.

But if that tortilla is what it takes to strengthen your faith... "God works in mysterious ways," indeed.