Courtesy of KLTV 7 News via CNN, we are all now painfully aware of the existence of a moth that bears upon its back the image of everybody's favorite 2,000 year-old zombie carpenter. At least that is what it looks like to Pittsburgh, TX believer Kirk Harper. Naturally he is excited because he has apparantly only seen Jesus before on grilled cheese sandwiches and greasy windowpanes.
I do see it what the fuss is all about but this example of pareidolia looks to me much more like a certain character from a popular science fiction series than any religion's deity.
Of course, if somebody notified the local news about a moth that resembled Worf they would have been laughed at. "Call us back when you've got some real news!", they might say. Like a crop circle or the unvetted press release about something that is going to kill us all. Non-religious pareidolia rarely gets a fair shake these days. And it certainly won't sell for 30 grand on eBay. But would it kill people to be at least try to be a little more creative instead of just hollering Jebus every time something they are about to eat, or that they found stuck on their windshield, looks like a face.
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Pretty moth, but I don't see Jesus in the markings. Does that mean I'm defective? or normal?
I can usually pick out the carpenter in the grilled cheese sandwiches and in the potato chips. But, I've stared at this moth for quite a few minutes and can't see a darn thing. I must be broken.
I'd see a neurologist, or at least an evolutionary psychologist to get to the bottom of it.
Hey there,
do you know that (old hymnn?) famously recorded song by Kate and Anna McGarrigle (Kate = mother of Rufus Wainwright!) -- "Help me Jesus"? You oughtta give it a listen.
As always, in your best interests...
tl
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