So, a church in Alabama that was flooded during Hurricane Katrina now has a section of buckled drywall that people are saying is the < a href="http://www.wltx.com/fyi/fyi.aspx?storyid=36295">spitting image of Jeezy Creezy, so now people are flocking to the church to pray to the buckled drywall, and some people are claiming that they were healed by the buckled drywall....
Fer cryin' out loud. Seriously, I mean, I know I'm not a believer, but COME ON. IT'S A PIECE OF BUCKLED DRYWALL. And it's not even like it's a friggin' mystery how the drywall got all waterlogged.
The Forbes piece on their methodology says:
For our purposes, we decided to define a tool as a material device that provides an advantage in accomplishing a task. That eliminated things like language and software.
We decided to exclude the traditional list of "simple machines," which includes the lever, pulley, wheel and wedge, since most other tools employ some form of simple machine--a hammer is basically a lever, and an axe is essentially a wedge.
We tried where possible to limit the list to handheld or easily portable objects, eliminating most heavy machine tools, like hydraulic jacks.
We also decided to eliminate complex machines capable of essentially running themselves. That means things like cars, windmills and computer networks don't qualify.
They also explain what good lathes and chisels are.
now people are flocking to the church to pray to the buckled drywall, and some people are claiming that they were healed by the buckled drywall....
Maybe they should pray to the buckled drywall for a light hurricane season in '06.
That image looks more like Bullwinkle squinting and lowering his horns than Jesus Christ to me.
"You also have to look at it through your spiritual eyes and be able to recognize that it is Jesus himself on that wall," said Bogan.
I guess my spiritual eyes need glasses too, because I don't see it.
That image looks more like Bullwinkle squinting and lowering his horns than Jesus Christ to me.
"Watch me raise this man from the dead!"
"Again? That trick never works!"
They need a higher-res picture in that article.
Why would you need to be in front of the drywall to get healed? Shouldn't it work anywhere? Weird. As a disclaimer, I don't think that stuff is representative of religious folks in general.
"This time for sure....Presto!"
"Guess I got the wrong tomb."
a section of buckled drywall that people are saying is the spitting image of Jeezy Creezy
Buh-wha? I'm an avid believer in the guy, and I've seen better portraiture on a cheese sandwich. I'm mentally filing these people in the same place as that subliminal advertising guy who swore that every Ritz cracker on the planet had the word SEX written all over it.
Though I expect it's better that they keep themselves busy staring at imaginary pictures of the Big Guy in a couple of cracks in a waterlogged wall than, say, lobbying to ban contraceptives or the teaching of evolution. At least this is eye-rolly but harmless.
At least this is eye-rolly but harmless.
I find it weird, but really, it's not any weirder than a guy painting himself blue and going shirtless at a football game in the winter, or people dressing up as Klingons and marching in a town parade (happened in my Missouri suburb town). I find those things weird too.
