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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (18745)	11/26/2004 2:03:42 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Holy fish sticks: Man says Christ-like image appears on food By Jennifer Pritchett Local News - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 @ 07:00 Fred Whan kept what seems to be an image of Christ in his freezer for the past year. Yesterday, he decided it was time to thaw it out so he could sell it on eBay. Whan had considered auctioning off a burned, battered fish stick since he heard that a Florida woman sold a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich with the toasty visage of what’s purported to be the Virgin Mary. The sandwich drew bids in the tens of thousands of dollars on the Internet and sold for $28,000 US two days ago, according to the auction website. Though it wasn’t exactly a sign from God that told the Kingston man to go public with his story, he felt compelled to call radio station K-Rock after he heard morning show hosts Shadoe and Taz talking about the pricey sandwich. The next thing Whan knew, he was driving to the radio station and was soon on the air telling his story. He recounted how he made the discovery about a year ago while cooking dinner for his kids and several other children he was babysitting in his Compton Street neighbourhood. “I burned a few fish sticks and I said ‘Who wants a fish stick?’ and no one wanted them because they were burnt so I thought I’d better give them to the dogs,” he told The Whig-Standard. When he flipped over one of the pieces of fish to remove it from the pan, it seemed like the face of a man was staring up at him. “I said that looks like a rock singer and then my son goes, ‘It looks like Jesus,’ and I said ‘Well, it does yeah,’ ” he said. Whan, 40, said that the children were all pretty quiet after he showed the fish stick to them. They all knew who it was, he said. The father of five figured it would make a good conversation piece for friends and decided to throw the triangular piece of fish in the freezer to keep it as a joke. It was never about making any money from it, he said. Though he hasn’t yet figured out the logistics of selling the piece of fish on eBay, he hopes someone will want to buy it. He said the image speaks for itself. “People I’ve showed it to don’t know what to say [about it],” he said. “As soon as you look at it, you see a face in it. Anybody you show it to, you don’t even have to explain, you can see the face. “It’s different, it’s original.” Whan, who works as a part-time labourer, said there’s nothing fishy about the image. “I’m just glad I have the original to show people because a picture doesn’t do anything,” he said. “Anybody can take a picture and make anything phony look real. I have nothing to be phony about. “It’s there and you either believe it or don’t believe it.” Unlike the decade-old grilled cheese that has a bite taken out of it, the fish stick is intact without a morsel eaten. Whan believes people will go for it. Since the Florida woman’s famous sandwich hit eBay, a cottage industry of Virgin Mary grilled cheese paraphernalia has been unleashed on the Internet. There are T-shirts that say, “I ate the Virgin Mary grilled cheese” on the front, with the words, “It was sacrilegious” on the back. There’s another one for sale that says, “If you grill it, she will come.” There are also Virgin Mary grilled cheese coffee mugs, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, trading cards and even thong underwear. One eBay seller in Michigan is offering a custom-made Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich, an offer for the buyer to improve on the original by picking cheddar, Swiss or American cheese. The buyer also has the option to have the Virgin Mary with one of various facial expressions listed as “religious, sincere, loving, cheerful, stout, portly, sullen, etc.” Whan insists he isn’t a copycat out to make a fast buck. “It wasn’t meant to be about the money,” he said. “It was just there. It was just a [conversation] piece.” thewhig.com

To: Greg or e who wrote (18745)	11/26/2004 9:59:21 AM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

What the turkey did... "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." From Paul's letter to the Romans