You saw Jesus where?

 I’ve had it. I’m tired of hearing about people who claim to have seen holy images appear on grilled cheese sandwiches, freeway overpasses and window panes. And now, in a divine sign from above, an image of Jesus has appeared on a piece of sheet metal in Connecticut.

Come on, who really believes this stuff?

The hardware store owner who discovered the piece late last month immediately thought the image looked like Jesus, or possibly the deceased rock singer Jim Morrison of the Doors.
“I think it looks kind of groovy,” the owner told the Associated Press. “I hope it brightens people’s day.”

So where is this sign from above now? It’s on eBay. Big surprise, right? If I found something I believed was a sign from the good Lord above, my first reaction would be to put it on eBay, too. I’d take a picture of it, write a nice little synopsis, then get struck by lightening for trying to make a dime off of a message from God.

Really now, if you felt you had received a message from God, or saw an image of Jesus or some other holy figure on something in your home, would you want to put it on eBay to make a quick dime?
Obviously these people are preying (no pun intended) on the weak minded who will take any sign from above they can get.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer that God sends us signs. But I doubt that a piece of steel metal bearing a fuzzy facial-like image is actually the next burning bush.
I logged on to eBay earlier this week and looked at the so-called image of Jesus. While it does appear to be a face of some sort — if you squint long enough — it could be anyone. It could be me, or you, or your uncle Larry.

As I look around my office right now at the wood paneling, I’m picking out all sorts of images and patterns. The fact is, if you look at anything long enough, and if you want to believe it’s there, you can see any image. Remember the old children’s game that had you look at clouds and pick out a giraffe or a monkey or a car? It’s the same concept here, just in a different form.

I’m sure the guys selling this piece of sheet metal stand to make a tidy profit. As of Wednesday afternoon, with six hours left before the auction’s end, the bidding was just over $1,000. That isn’t much and doesn’t begin to approach the $10,000 or more that items like these often fetch at auction. Perhaps people are wising up to the hoaxes. I can only hope they are, at least.