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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on November 17, 2004, 09:59:58 AM
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Woman 'blessed by the holy toast'
A half-eaten slice of cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has got online bargain-hunters licking their lips.
A Florida woman put the item up for sale, claiming it has brought her great luck since she found it 10 years ago.
The internet auction site eBay originally pulled the offering, fearing it was a joke, but has now apparently been reassured it is genuine.
The snack has attracted a bid - thought to be a hoax - of $99.9m.
Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, set a starting price of $3,000, and pleaded with people not to post hoax bids.
'Total shock'
She described how she came across the mysterious morsel.
"I made this sandwich 10 years ago. When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me; it was Virgin Mary starring (sic) back at me. I was in total shock," she explained.
Mrs Duyser has since kept the toastie surrounded by cotton wool, in a plastic container on a stand.
She says a decade on from its conception, it has not shown any sign of mould or crumbling - which she considers "a miracle".
She also believes its mystical properties have brought her blessings, including $70,000 won in a nearby casino.
Other visitors to the website were sceptical, however.
Mocking imitators posted pictures of Elvis and a "burnt George Bush" depicted on slices of toast.
Another tried to sell T-shirts showing Mrs Duyser's sandwich, while a budding artist posted a watercolour based on the image. There were no bids.
Mr Duyser dismissed the naysayers.
"I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God," she proclaimed.
EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said the company had decided to allow the auction to continue.
"There's nothing to indicate that the seller isn't willing to give up this cheese sandwich to the highest bidder," he said.
But Mrs Duyser added a note for any misguided bidder who might consider paying thousands - or millions - of dollars for a blessed breakfast snack.
"I would like all bidders to know that this item is not intended for consumption," she made clear.
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Originally posted by rpm
She also believes its mystical properties have brought her blessings, including $70,000 won in a nearby casino.
Is God endorsing casinos now? Time to print a revised edition of the Bible :rofl
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Beat by a 16 yr old, RPM :eek: :p
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=135814&referrerid=3203
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Hmmm...and I thought they were called false relics..:rolleyes:
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One word for her, WACKO
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Her beliefs don't seem any more whacko than any other religion's beliefs... The whole concept of religion is based on the idea of having faith in a higher power that you can't sense but which nontheless affects your life in mysterious ways. Talk about whacko, yet billions of people live their lives according to this faith in something that can't really be proven or disproven.
How is this woman's faith in a piece of toast any different, except that she actually has a physical object she can point to, instead of just waving her hands around and saying "god is *here*... no, I mean *here*... and *here*"?
It's sorta funny, but anyone with any religious faith at all who scoffs at this woman's faith is nothing more than a whacked out hypocrite themselves. Look in the damn mirror before pointing fingers.
I personally wouldn't believe a piece of toast is the virgin Mary, but I don't have an affinity for taking things on faith either so I don't see my skecptism as being hypocritical, although I'm sure someone could come up with a way to make me look hypocritical about the whole thing. It just strikes me as odd to see otherwise "normal" religious believers scoff at ANY faith when their own beliefs have just as much or as little basis in measurable phenonema.
How do YOU feel when people scoff at something you have faith in?
I hope this lady makes a few bucks selling her toast to someone who's just as imaginative as she is, because I just don't see anyone being hurt by it. It's not like she's put on a ski mask and blown something up because people aren't showing respect for her toast...
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Yah not that you mention it I do see the virgin Mary Hart.
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i just made a grilled cheese samwich and you won't belive this, but ............it looks just like a grilled cheese samwich, mmmmmm tastes good also.
no $75,000 for me.
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In the distance I hear a Cuckoo Clock.
Karaya
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MrLars is rich now, no wonder he is no longer around!
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LOL
If it brought her such great luck.
Why she looking to get rid of it?
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Eagl you're making sense, thus I hereby unload a crate of 3ullchit about you inherently having an obvious anti-religiospiritual agenda.
If you scoffed at something I had "faith" in, I'd instantly be very irritated as that'd exhume a lot of doubts I'd burried, which is very unstabilizing and must therefore be suppressed without further thought, but lots of distracting fanfare.
Any reference to holistic systematic would be adressed by an abundance of fallacious arguments that'd fool anyone questioning my intention for the last word, reasonable or not. (preferably not)
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Thank you moot, I needed that :)