Latest Jesus Sighting

[Dardedar]

From here.

In further Jesus news, evidence has come to our attention of the latest in a long line of miraculous apparitions of the image our Our Lord. After Jesus has been recently spotted appearing in spilled hot chocolate, dental x-rays and shrimp, a reader sends us evidence that He has appeared on the bottom of a dog.

The dog's name is Angus MacDougall, and he is a very cute three-year-old terrier mix. The image of Jesus can be clearly seen in the fur surrounding his anus.

The apparition of Jesus is shown on the website getbehindjesus.net. Admiring comments from witnesses to Angus's Jesus are quoted on the site, including 'Truly a holy event,' and 'It's hard to understand the meaning of this appearance, but one thing is for sure, that dog's bum looks incredibly like Jesus.'

The website relates the story of the holy image's discovery:

Angus' personal Jesus was first discovered on the morning of Sunday, July 2, 2006. The family was waking up when Angus began to perform his morning ritual. He stretched forward then leaned back sticking his rump high in the air. At that moment, the morning sunlight hit Angus' rear end and low and behold…

"It's Jesus!" Angus' father exclaimed.

Ever since that sanctified day, the image of Jesus has graced Angus' buttocks.

From the above link:

Jesus Appears on Backside of Beloved Pet!

Angus MacDougall is a three-year-old terrier mix that has recently been blessed with the revered and holy image of Jesus Christ on his hindquarters. Is this manifestation of The Prince of Peace a coincidence or a bona fide miracle? One thing is for certain, this apparition of the Son of God is sure to inspire controversy. Not much if any true scientific or theological inquiry has been made into the nature of this sign to date, but "seeing is believing" as little Angus' terrier-tush is obviously marked by the likeness of Christ.



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Also this:

Miracle seeker in Jesus plummet

this:

A man who climbed a 45-foot tall statue of Jesus to pray for a miracle cure saw his plan backfire slightly, when he fell off, breaking several bones.

Farmer Alipio Acosta climbed up the statue of Jesus in Ocaca, Columbia in front of a crowd of onlookers – and TV cameras – in an attempt to be cured of his epilepsy. Once at the top of the statue, he prayed for a few moments, then started to climb back down.

Unfortunately, he hadn't planned his descent route terribly well. To add to the problems, it had been raining, which made Jesus quite slippery. You can watch a video of the dumb ass here.

[Dardedar]

Quotes from those that have seen Angus' Jesus:

"The image of Christ on Angus looks exactly as the Bible pictures His resurrection…perfect!"

"It's hard to understand the meaning of this appearance, but one thing is for sure, that dog's bum looks incredibly like Jesus."

"The Lord really is EVERYWHERE!"

"Dude, Angus really does have Jesus on his butt…that is so cool!"

"God works in mysterious ways...this is a reminder for us to always be faithful."

"Truly a holy event"

"If we can see the Lord's handiwork all over creation then I would say that dog's ass is a good example."

[Dardedar]

Another one bites the dust:

Woman Dies After Snake Bite at Church

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 09 47 PM

(11-07) 21:47 PST London, Ky. (AP) --

A woman who was bitten by a snake at a church that neighbors say practices serpent handling died of her wounds hours later, a newspaper reported.

Linda Long, 48, was bitten Sunday at East London Holiness Church, where neighbors said the reptiles are handled as part of religious services, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday.

Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.

"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.

Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.

Snake handling is based on a passage in the Bible that says a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.

Church officials could not be reached for comment.
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[Doug]

Snake handling is based on a passage in the Bible that says a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.

DOUG
Yes, those passages are part of interpolated material at the end of the Gospel of Mark. In other words, the earliest copies of Mark do not have that material. Some anonymous person added it later. And people die from it. (The whole Gospel is anonymous, incidentally.)

[WindFem3]

The image of Jesus can be clearly seen in the fur surrounding his anus.

Wow . . .

So Jesus really is an asshole!

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

Since nobody knows what Jesus looked like, and anybody can stand with their arms outstretched - even wearing middle eastern clothing - I've never gotten the "looks like jesus" schtick. Of course, when you are dealing with people who believe "Saint" James wrote the bible and Jesus spoke Elizabethan English...

[ChristianLoeschel]

I wonder if it was in fact the snakes bite that killed that woman, or if she could have lived had she not believed in the bible...

Since the reason they are doing this is that a true believer can hold a snake and wont be harmed, this woman must have gone through those last 4 hours CONVINCED that god had forsaken her. She may have died from a combination of the bite and a sort of reverse-placebo effect...

[Savonarola]

I wonder if it was in fact the snakes bite that killed that woman, or if she could have lived had she not believed in the bible...

Since the reason they are doing this is that a true believer can hold a snake and wont be harmed, this woman must have gone through those last 4 hours CONVINCED that god had forsaken her. She may have died from a combination of the bite and a sort of reverse-placebo effect...

Considering the idiocy of people like her, I'd guess that she died believing that she was bitten because her faith in God wasn't strong enough, not that God had forsaken her...

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

Hopefully her loving god "greeted her at the door" having "forgiven" her "sin" of insufficient faith - at least in hallucination - so she could go out easy. The kind of despair generated either belief (her god had forsaken her or she was dying because of lack of faith) is worse than death itself.

Of course, if the woman hadn't believed the bible she wouldn't be dead because she wouldn't have been playing with snakes in church in the first place. That little goody (protection from serpents) may have been added to the gospel in "response" to some nonchristian religions who "dance with snakes" expecting to be bit - the venom in some snakes causes "visions" (peyote is a much less painful way to accomplish that - but another issue for adults - my former brother in law was threatened with many things, including castration with a dull butterknife, after offering my then 5-year-old son a peyote button. Fortunately my son knew his Uncle Paul too well to accept it.)