11/13/2003: Virgin Mary in a tree stump

Undertoad · 11-13-2003, 12:12 PM

For a while there IotD was cataloguing the various "sightings" of the Virgin Mary, but there hadn't been any recently... until this. Here we have a tree stump in an empty lot in a poor neighborhood in Passaic, New Jersey. Now it's strewn with candles and notes and crap for all the people who went there to worship a dead tree.

(I.e., morons.)

hot_pastrami · 11-13-2003, 12:34 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
...Now it's strewn with candles and notes and crap for all the people who went there to worship a dead tree. (I.e., morons.)

Hey, they're one up on some folks... at least the dead tree actually exists.

tonksy · 11-13-2003, 01:03 PM

i don't see it? am i blind or pragmatic?

Elspode · 11-13-2003, 01:03 PM

As a Pagan, I feel compelled to point out that we often see the Goddess in the subtle ways of nature, and if Catholicism isn't goddess worship, then nothing is. Therefore, this should come as no surprise whatsoever.

Okay, it would probably come as a surprise to the Catholics to discover that they were goddess worshippers, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

My favorite Virgin Mary sighting was the fogged up double paned glass window version awhile back.

FileNotFound · 11-13-2003, 02:05 PM

When I was little I used to see these odd things floating in the air if I first focused on something far away then relaxed my eyes on an non existing point. I used to think that they maybe ghosts or spirits.

Then I grew up, went to catholic school, lost all hope and doubt about the nonexistance of god and realized how stupid I had been when I was younger.

Torrere · 11-13-2003, 02:12 PM

Who was it that was talking about idols, and not worshipping them? Wasn't that God?

FileNotFound · 11-13-2003, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by Torrere
Who was it that was talking about idols, and not worshipping them? Wasn't that God?

God didn't like false idols.

perth · 11-13-2003, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by Elspode
My favorite Virgin Mary sighting was the fogged up double paned glass window version awhile back.

I was always partial to the Fencepost Virgin.

Uryoces · 11-13-2003, 03:26 PM

Elspode and Torrere: absolutely right. It's yet another demonstration of taking something that supposed to be about fellowship and love, and completely perverting it. Sometimes in bizarre ways.

Elspode · 11-13-2003, 04:19 PM

It has always blown my mind that 'the faithful' always seem to get caught up in the minutate, and completely miss the whole point of their own deities/prophets/idols/whatever.

What part of "Thou shalt not kill" do the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland not get, for example? If you are going to kill each other over religion, shouldn't you at least adhere to your own religions' rules?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-13-2003, 08:06 PM

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for all the people who went there to worship a dead tree. (I.e., morons.)

Hey, hey, don't be dissing the Druids.

Elspode · 11-13-2003, 09:10 PM

I think Druids usually worship living trees, but I imagine they have some reverence for dead ones as well.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-13-2003, 10:25 PM

Sure, they're the dear departed.

elSicomoro · 11-13-2003, 10:28 PM

Well, if it inspires and stirs folks and isn't hurting anybody, more power to them. Some people just need something to believe in...why not a tree stump that looks like the Blessed Virgin?

goethean · 11-13-2003, 11:02 PM

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Now it's strewn with candles and notes and crap for all the people who went there to worship a dead tree.

Let me know what you consider sacred so I can piss all over it.

Moron.

11-13-2003, 12:12 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/13/2003: Virgin Mary in a tree stump For a while there IotD was cataloguing the various "sightings" of the Virgin Mary, but there hadn't been any recently... until this. Here we have a tree stump in an empty lot in a poor neighborhood in Passaic, New Jersey. Now it's strewn with candles and notes and crap for all the people who went there to worship a dead tree. (I.e., morons.)

11-13-2003, 01:03 PM	#3
tonksy 100:10100 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 96	i don't see it? am i blind or pragmatic? __________________ ...with all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...

11-13-2003, 01:03 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	As a Pagan, I feel compelled to point out that we often see the Goddess in the subtle ways of nature, and if Catholicism isn't goddess worship, then nothing is. Therefore, this should come as no surprise whatsoever. Okay, it would probably come as a surprise to the Catholics to discover that they were goddess worshippers, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em. My favorite Virgin Mary sighting was the fogged up double paned glass window version awhile back. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-13-2003, 03:26 PM	#9
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Elspode and Torrere: absolutely right. It's yet another demonstration of taking something that supposed to be about fellowship and love, and completely perverting it. Sometimes in bizarre ways. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

11-13-2003, 04:19 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	It has always blown my mind that 'the faithful' always seem to get caught up in the minutate, and completely miss the whole point of their own deities/prophets/idols/whatever. What part of "Thou shalt not kill" do the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland not get, for example? If you are going to kill each other over religion, shouldn't you at least adhere to your own religions' rules? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-13-2003, 02:05 PM	#5
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	When I was little I used to see these odd things floating in the air if I first focused on something far away then relaxed my eyes on an non existing point. I used to think that they maybe ghosts or spirits. Then I grew up, went to catholic school, lost all hope and doubt about the nonexistance of god and realized how stupid I had been when I was younger.

11-13-2003, 02:12 PM	#6
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Who was it that was talking about idols, and not worshipping them? Wasn't that God?

11-13-2003, 09:10 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I think Druids usually worship living trees, but I imagine they have some reverence for dead ones as well. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-13-2003, 10:25 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sure, they're the dear departed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-13-2003, 10:28 PM	#14
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Well, if it inspires and stirs folks and isn't hurting anybody, more power to them. Some people just need something to believe in...why not a tree stump that looks like the Blessed Virgin?

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