BS: Christs' face found in potato.

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Dec 01 - 06:55 PM

whilst proving a point in another thread (about searches in Google), I found someone who could no doubt shed some light on why potatoes are so honored....his powers of reason and diligent theological research have given him some deep insights into the relation of spirituality to everyday concerns!...consider, if you will, The MFFC...Monkee Fans for Christ .....No, I am not kidding!

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Mark Clark
Date: 15 Dec 01 - 09:45 PM

I also enjoyed this closely related link:

Behold The Spud o' Christ.

Thanks for alerting us to this important discovery.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Frank Maher
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 10:06 AM

I just got Home from Open Heart Surgery and I want to Thank You All for Putting a Smile on My Face This Morning...God Bless You All,Especially My Good Friend Little John!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: little john cameron
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 12:51 PM

Glad ye're ok Frank auld pal.Noo ye're in elite campany wi' Dermot,me an' aw' the rest o' us bionic buskers. Watch oot for the diabetes tho' as ah hear Gord Tracy has a bionic leg noo.ljc

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 01:08 PM

If you had "the usual" there Frank, stay away from metal detectors. Glad to hear all is okay.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 05:03 PM

I heard a program on public radio once upon a time describing a town meeting which had been called to discuss making English the official language in said town. During a heated exchange, one citizen reportedly stood up and said, "If the English language was good enough for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me!"

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 05:13 PM

I should have followed my own oft-given advice,"think before you click." I decided to seek a source for the above quote and found it attributed to a "prominent congressman," and Texas Governor "Ma" Ferguson. It may be one of those "urban myths." Will have to check further.

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 05:33 PM

I have had patchy memories of several past lives, Spaw, and in NOT ONE of them was I embodied as anyone famous! Anyone interesting? Well, yeah. Everyone is interesting, once you really get to know them...

At least I think so. Maybe you don't.

I don't specifically recall a life in which I was a "poor, filthy, little syphilitic scrounger who died at age 18 in a sewer", but I will not rule out the possiblity! There are worse fates than that.

Such a life could prove quite illuminating upon later reflection...perhaps more useful than many, in fact, as a lesson in spiritual evolution.

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 07:35 PM

It's the twits who claim to be famous personages in former lives that give reincarnation a bad name (to some). These are the same sort of folks whose sole interest in genealogy is confined to looking for a "famous" ancestor, preferably royalty or American "aristocracy." Now if anyone finds a potato that looks like Pete Seeger I hope to hear about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: CraigS
Date: 16 Dec 01 - 07:35 PM

I have seen pictures of the face of Christ in the clouds, and I have also seen the name of the prophet in a slice of aubergine and a tomato. I have never heard that anyone has found a picture of Christ or the name of the prophet in a slice of meat! All I can say is, does this prove that vegetables are sentient, and we should only eat meat, or that the smoker you drink, the player you get?

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 17 Dec 01 - 01:40 PM

More than you wanted to know department: Previously mentioned quotation frequently attributed to Texas governor (1925-1927, 1933-1935) "Ma" (Miriam Amanda) Ferguson (1876-1961) appears in two variations: "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me," and, "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it ought to be good enough for the children of Texas." This apparently was her voiced opinion when it was suggested that Mexican children in Texas schools might need classes taught in Spanish.

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: MizzKyttie
Date: 17 Dec 01 - 02:12 PM

Perhaps, in these troubled times, (with Bin Laden in a hole, and all,) we should grate up the potato, and put it into a pastry crust with broccoli, eggs, and cheese, put it in the oven, and sing "All we are saying...Is Give Quiche A Chance...."

--Kim

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 01:07 PM

Real Islamic warriors don't eat quiche! :-)

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 01:15 PM

some of the hungrier ones 'might' consider it right about now....

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: GUEST,little john cameron
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 12:53 AM

Keep the spirit flowing

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: Charley Noble
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 01:07 PM

For an even deeper mystery see "Christ's Head up the Wazoo."

Subject: RE: BS: Christs' face found in potato.
From: SharonA
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 05:42 PM

I wanna see the picture of the other half of that potato. Would it be... a mirror image? A reversed image like the Shroud of Turin is purported to have? Or perhaps the face of Satan, who possessed that half of the spud?

I checked out Mark Clark's link; dagnab it all, they've sold out of "Spud o' Christ" T-shirts!

Subject: RE: Does the saint come with poTAHtoes?
From: GUEST,Rose
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 11:48 AM

Since Bill D was so kind as to post a link to my website (MFFC) and ask my opinion about why potatoes are so honored as to have the face of Christ appear in them... to quote Mike Nesmith, I just don't have any idea. Not being Catholic myself, I don't see the point in so-called apparitions on buildings, trees, etc. There *have* been people who genuinely had visions of Jesus, but way too much of this stuff is either made up out of whole cloth (like the hoax about scientists drilling into Hell) or is the product of an overactive imagination. There is, however, a big difference between finding faces in potatoes and seeing the fingerprints of God wherever they might be or finding spiritual applications to things that might seem totally unrelated. The latter is more like Miss Marple's village parallels. And keep in mind what Einstein once said: There are two ways to live. You can either live as if nothing were a miracle, or you can live as if everything were a miracle. BTW, I've updated the index to my site so it's easier to read; my apologies to anyone who had trouble with the font color. And the subject line I used here is a reference to a sketch from (I think) Mike Nesmith's Television Parts entitled "Irish Language Lab." You can see it at Videoranch.com; it's a hoot. (Y'all have some great puns up there, too... especially "Give Quiche a Chance"!) And just to show how truly bigoted the Ma Ferguson quote is, Jesus didn't speak English when He was on Earth. He spoke Hebrew and Aramaic! And the Bible was originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek! Grr... she was probably one of those people who believe that any translation other than the King James Version is wrong, too.... Anyway, that's enough out of me. Just wanted to thank Bill for the link and weigh in on the debate. Rosie Girl "Age only matters if you're cheese."--Micky Dolenz