Some dudes found an image of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal. It recently sold on eBay for $1,575. The first thing I’m going to say about this is that if the Lord God sends you a miraculous sign – even if it is on a piece of sheet metal – do you really think it’s prudent to pawn the fucker off on a website? Secondly, I think people are a little quick to place biblical implications on anything that vaguely resembles humanoid. While the sheet metal in question does appear to have something that sort of looks kind of face-ish (you have to use your imagination), there’s not really anything about the imprint that would seem to suggest it to be the messiah. I’m sure there are plenty of things in this world with a much greater resemblance to Jesus. Take my driver’s license photo, for example. Check it out, tell me which one you think looks more like Jesus:

This one’s the sheet metal.

This one’s me.

I wonder how much I could get auctioning off my license …

Strangely, though, the high bidders seem to be somewhat discriminatory in their purchasing of Christ-related miracles. After all, while the image of Jesus in sheet metal turned a hefty profit, the image of Jesus on a peanut appears to be languishing in auction hell (no offense, Jesus), currently having only a single $5 bid to it’s sacred name.

To get back to the sheet metal, albeit on a side note, some guy on a Netscape message board calling himself lathrop88 pointed out that “‘Sheet Metal Jesus’ would be an excellent name for a band. Sacrilegious, sure, but still pretty cool.” If there are any heavy metal bands out there, right now, in search of a name, you’d best snatch it up quick before somebody puts a fucking patent on it. It’s not gonna stay free for long.

But, to end this rambly, pointless post, I’ll point everyone to another auction involving the most convincing image of Jesus on a tortilla that I have ever seen.


Those further interested in images of Christ can learn more, here.

posted by arthbard at 1:16 am on Saturday, March 11, 2006

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