2/6: Jesus tree

Undertoad · 02-06-2002, 02:42 PM

The woman who owns this tree says that she can see the fact of Jesus in it, and that has led to the usual mess of speculation that it is a sign from above, mixed with speculation that it could not possibly be anything of the sort.

Nic Name · 02-06-2002, 03:01 PM

I see Osama bin Laden in it.

blase · 02-06-2002, 05:01 PM

Damn, I had a quesadilla for lunch yesterday that had a most striking image of Jesus on the top tortilla. What was I thinking to have just eaten it?!?! I could have been famous...drat!

Torrere · 02-06-2002, 06:54 PM

Been staring at this picture *WAY* too long.

I see two people lying down looking at each other (a very old man with a white beard talking to a young boy in a blue shirt). I see a woman playing with her hair. I see a black person sitting (writing?) at a desk wearing a faded and bulky almost-white sweater. I see an operating surgeon. I see a woman with white wings, a golden shirt and a black flowing dress flying. I see a very dramatic (maybe martial arts fighter?) person wearing a blue robe and a pointed hat gesturing. I see a riverboat man pushing into the water with a long pole. I see somebody making "owl eyes".

I can kind of see a dog's face... but still no Jesus yet

[Edit: Now I can also see a cowled woman holding a baby and a person with their face painted half white and half black.]

tw · 02-06-2002, 10:57 PM

Jesus told me that it was his face......

It doesn't get more convincing than that...

02-06-2002, 11:05 PM

I see Jesus on the tree.

I see Jesus all the time.

On the face of every child.

In the water on the top of my separated sour cream.

Nic Name · 02-06-2002, 11:08 PM

I see a boy and a bear and a wolf and an eagle and ...

Hey, if you like this sort of game, check out the art of Johannus Boots
in a nice flash website.

jeni · 02-06-2002, 11:53 PM

i don't think paul saw that right away either, but i looked over at his monitor and saw it right away. pretty simple, i guess, if you don't KNOW what you're looking for. it does look to me like someone carved jesus into the tree. hm. hehe.

02-07-2002, 08:05 AM

Okay, I still don't see any fucking messiahs in that tree. Someone photoshop it and highlight His Christliness.

SteveDallas · 02-07-2002, 10:30 AM

Hey, this is so cool, I want to meet this woman. Because, you know, nobody REALLY knows what Jesus looked like. I mean, we all know that this fair-skinned, long-haired, bearded look probably comes down to us mostly from the european Renaissance painters such as Leonardo da Vinci. And if she knew when she saw this tree that it had Jesus' face in it, then that means she knows what Jesus really looked like!! Wow!! Get her on Letterman!

02-07-2002, 10:41 AM

Ha! Now I see it! Looking over to the left, right?

Undertoad · 02-07-2002, 12:33 PM

Yes indeedy. The funny thing is, most of the shape is created by decay and destruction.

In the end it's like that "face on Mars" thing a few years back. It turns out that humans are built to look for patterns in things; it's one of the things that we do really well, so much that we don't even think about it. So our brains are built to find faces and shapes and images in random patterns. The same thing that makes us believe that this

is a smiley face, makes us think that Jesus is in that tree.

Griff · 02-07-2002, 01:14 PM

Um, like no. Thats Merlyn talking to Wart. I swear you people are "****ing" blind.

That Guy · 02-07-2002, 02:53 PM

Kinda like our eyes see the triangle, though it's obviously not there.

jeni · 02-07-2002, 09:06 PM

huh? i just see three pac mans

02-06-2002, 02:42 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/6: Jesus tree The woman who owns this tree says that she can see the fact of Jesus in it, and that has led to the usual mess of speculation that it is a sign from above, mixed with speculation that it could not possibly be anything of the sort.

02-06-2002, 03:01 PM	#2
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I see Osama bin Laden in it.

02-06-2002, 05:01 PM	#3
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Damn, I had a quesadilla for lunch yesterday that had a most striking image of Jesus on the top tortilla. What was I thinking to have just eaten it?!?! I could have been famous...drat!

02-06-2002, 06:54 PM	#4
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Been staring at this picture WAY too long. I see two people lying down looking at each other (a very old man with a white beard talking to a young boy in a blue shirt). I see a woman playing with her hair. I see a black person sitting (writing?) at a desk wearing a faded and bulky almost-white sweater. I see an operating surgeon. I see a woman with white wings, a golden shirt and a black flowing dress flying. I see a very dramatic (maybe martial arts fighter?) person wearing a blue robe and a pointed hat gesturing. I see a riverboat man pushing into the water with a long pole. I see somebody making "owl eyes". I can kind of see a dog's face... but still no Jesus yet [Edit: Now I can also see a cowled woman holding a baby and a person with their face painted half white and half black.]

02-06-2002, 10:57 PM	#5
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Jesus told me that it was his face...... It doesn't get more convincing than that...

02-06-2002, 11:05 PM	#6
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I see Jesus on the tree. I see Jesus all the time. On the face of every child. In the water on the top of my separated sour cream.

02-06-2002, 11:08 PM	#7
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I see a boy and a bear and a wolf and an eagle and ... Hey, if you like this sort of game, check out the art of Johannus Boots in a nice flash website.

02-06-2002, 11:53 PM	#8
jeni is stuck on altair-4 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: santa cruz, california Posts: 514	i don't think paul saw that right away either, but i looked over at his monitor and saw it right away. pretty simple, i guess, if you don't KNOW what you're looking for. it does look to me like someone carved jesus into the tree. hm. hehe.

02-07-2002, 08:05 AM	#9
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Okay, I still don't see any fucking messiahs in that tree. Someone photoshop it and highlight His Christliness.

02-07-2002, 10:30 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hey, this is so cool, I want to meet this woman. Because, you know, nobody REALLY knows what Jesus looked like. I mean, we all know that this fair-skinned, long-haired, bearded look probably comes down to us mostly from the european Renaissance painters such as Leonardo da Vinci. And if she knew when she saw this tree that it had Jesus' face in it, then that means she knows what Jesus really looked like!! Wow!! Get her on Letterman!

02-07-2002, 10:41 AM	#11
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Ha! Now I see it! Looking over to the left, right?

02-07-2002, 12:33 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes indeedy. The funny thing is, most of the shape is created by decay and destruction. In the end it's like that "face on Mars" thing a few years back. It turns out that humans are built to look for patterns in things; it's one of the things that we do really well, so much that we don't even think about it. So our brains are built to find faces and shapes and images in random patterns. The same thing that makes us believe that this is a smiley face, makes us think that Jesus is in that tree.

02-07-2002, 01:14 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Um, like no. Thats Merlyn talking to Wart. I swear you people are "****ing" blind.

02-07-2002, 02:53 PM	#14
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	Kinda like our eyes see the triangle, though it's obviously not there.

02-07-2002, 09:06 PM	#15
jeni is stuck on altair-4 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: santa cruz, california Posts: 514	huh? i just see three pac mans

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