Friday, 18 July 2008
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Jesus On Your Toast and Cheetos
by mr. oak
Ok - so you gotta explain something to me here. Ever hear about the man who toasted a piece of bread to only find Jesus' image burnt in the bread? And then he put it on eBay and made hundreds. I think I've heard this story hundreds of times since the birth of eBay. If it's not toast, then it's a Cheeto...if it's not a Cheeto, then it's the warping of paint....or a birthmark on a baby's butt.Seriously, folks - are people so hungry to see Jesus that they're willing to fork up hundreds for a Cheeto? I know a place where I guarantee you'll see Jesus for a lot less effort - it's called THE BIBLE.
I just don't get the appeal. In fact, if I were a conniving entrepreneur, I would start mass-manufacturing a toaster that ONLY toasts something that looks like Jesus. I would make MILLIONS....though, it would be disturbing to see my friends biting into Jesus' head.
I mean, I got a good chuckle out of the Elvis images popping up in the past...but now Jesus is the new Elvis. Jesus sighting this, Jesus sighting that. Jesus in my cereal. Jesus in my car. Jesus on my Cheeto.
It's one thing to see how God works around you, but it's another to pay tons of cash for a piece of toast that you think has Jesus on it.
What do you think? Jesus appearing on toast - divine inspiration or insane hallucination?
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I wouldn't be surprised if they already sold toasters that do that. I've seen fake toast with pictures of Jesus on it, but it's obviously fake so. I think it's ridiculous, i'm sure some people really do believe they see Jesus or the Virgin Mary in their toast or in their danish or whatever, but chances are it's not there. You can make any picture out of randomly scattered things like burnt toast bits or smears or jelly or whatever, I could toast some bread right now and find something i'm sure. I'm surprised more people aren't claiming they see people just so they can sell them, cause they sure go for plenty.
If God exists, he's much too grand to stoop to toasty secret messages. It's stupid and petty.
He either works throughe elegant, invisible means or broad, beautiful brush strokes.
haha ... your cynicism is amusing, and you're right. people DO look for some miraculous Jesus sighting. it's not really that hard though - when you start to see God in your life, he is everywhere.
Maybe the Jesus-hunters would feel more satisfied as Pastafarians.
I once went to an Italian restaurant, and my entree came in the exact shape of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And I'm not even an atheist.
lol i know what you mean.... if people didn't pay for a cheeto on ebay, then they'd pay for a melted pot in the shape of Oprah.... i'm tired of it.
That's idolism.
ever think it could be just one of the spiritual battles between good and evil????? It's easy to dismiss something to a mental condition... ++++++If God exists, he's much too grand to stoop to toasty secret messages. It's stupid and petty+++++
He stooped to become man and allow the punishment and hanging ????
Why make such a big deal about it? Your salvation is between you and God alone.
Insane, completely insane.
Then again,
God made someone dream that a gigantic cake rolled over their fort =D
I love this post. Absolutely hilarious and truthful at the same time.
I once saw someone on eBay selling fish sticks that had frozen together in the shape of crosses. There were three of them. The description mentioned that the sale was "JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER!!! AMAZING FIND!!!" or something quite similar to that. The seller was a Catholic lady and seemed to be very nice. I just didn't feel like I needed frozen-fish-stick crosses. =/
I guess I think that some people are so desperate to see Jesus in their every day lives that they really will think that they see Him in their toast or their Cheeto. These are people who either won't or can't see Him in the little things, a stranger's smile, a child's laugh, or even in the difficulties in life. I agree with what you said, that the best place to find Jesus is in the Bible. Some people refuse to acknowledge that though. It's a lot easier to see Him in your morning breakfast than it is to actually read your Bible.
It's very silly, to be sure, but don't you have to stop and feel compassion for someone so hungry? Most of the commenters here have been very harsh toward the gullible folks in this anecdote, as if they were just bullheaded, stupid or lazy. I don't think they're necessarily any of these things. They may just be quite lost. If the culture is so clueless that when they feel a spiritual hunger they look at toast instead of the church, whose fault is that--whose responsibility is it to make sure they know where to look to fill their need? (answer: ours)
haha.But I don't think it's a good idea to make Jesus the new Elvis.In my opinion,That's Idolism.
Anyway, i agree with you that reading the Bible is the best way to get to know Jesus.
"though, it would be disturbing to see my friends biting into Jesus' head."
*COUGH* communion wafers *COUGH*
'Images' of Jesus have been around for hundreds of years- funny thing is, they're actually images of some European guy- Jesus was of Semitic background, so odds are he looked nothing like that. If it's not Jesus, it's Mary, Elvis, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, or Alf. As kids, we stare at the clouds and try to figure out what we see. As we grow older, we hang on to some of that imagination, and it allows us to see images- some of those happen to be Jesus, and because He's so cool, they sell well.
so TRUE! SO TRUE!
Yeah I would have to say people tend to make things into what they want them to be. Since nobody actually has seen Jesus in our time then it's all hoax. Nobody knows what He looks like.
In His Love,
Jaime
Your question is moot. Of course these people are insane, but no more so than people who create bumper stickers and t-shirts for the sac religious who will utilize them.
But people somehow need "relics" and have since time immemorial.
It's just the way it is.
Be Blessed~
So today at Wal-Mart I saw a Jesus doll and a Mary (mother of Jesus) doll. I was disturbed. I just think that we should teach our children that Jesus is holy...not a TOY!
people need a God that is real. Not just something they can read about in the bible. But something that they can experience in their everyday lives. Someone they can see everywhere and everyone. We don't read the bible because we see Jesus there. We read it because we can see everything from it. God can use Toast if he wanted. He can use non-christian movies. Everything points to him really. Everything shows truth of this depraved world, and sin, and God's love. It's blasphemy to look at God through a microscope and decipher it. We are to look at God together through a telescope to see just how enormous he really is.
seeing jesus in a a piece of toast a similar to seeing jesus in a cloud in the sky we just see things we want to see running after the icon rather than actual principal that is taught in the bible... the fact is the toast becomes a idol to those who a willing to pay the money and buy the million dollar peice of stale toast... our focus is best placed on the Bible Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life." not a image of me in a toast, shoud or any other substance.
i will not bite Jesus' head off on a piece of bread... that is just way freaky... but people do place Jesus (the image that man presented him as) on a lot of things... especially roman catholics... is that worshipping idols? if so... what happens to me and my religion?
pretty pathetic, but amusing.
people should just pick up a Bible! :)