Chicken Born With Duck Feet
A chicken in Columbia has surprised everyone by being born with webbed feet and legs like a duck. Vetinary experts say that the chicken is not a result of cross-species breeding, and is just a genetic mishap.
(Thanks, Adam.)
Divine Or Delusional?
wcbstv.com has a gallery of images showing items on which religious icons have allegedly been found. We've covered a few of them here, but some of the images were new to me. I found I could generally make out the figure or face or whatever was being claimed to be there, if I squinted or tilted my head, however some of them were really beyond my ability to make out, even though I was
trying to. Personally, I accredit these phenomena to pareidolia.
Vatican Newspaper Denounces Fake Penitent
The Vatican Newspaper has attacked a reporter who, in the course of writing an article for a magazine, made false confessions to 24 different priests. The article the reporter was writing was researching whether priests followed the strict teachings of the church, and how they handled difficult situations in which to give advice.
Museum of Hoaxes is Site of the Week
Scifi.com has this week chosen the Museum of Hoaxes as its Site of the Week.
(Thanks, Hulitoons.)
Comments
(Yes, I'm just teasing.
The thing I wonder about with those images is how people know it's Jesus in them, and not somebody else like Satan or Moses or Muhammad or Elvis?
If you'd been reading the Museum of Hoaxes faithfully, Accipiter, you'd know they're really images of Emmett Kelly.
I hope I have explained myself clearly.
You're sort of wasting your time, retreading the same path that has already been marked out, surveyed, and traveled by many, many minds much more wise and qualified that yours or mine. It's like you're discovering America all over again--it's been done, and better.
It's just that it's rather pretentious of you to present such a position as being your own idea when it's such an established concept. The fact that you don't KNOW it's an established concept just ends up implying a sad ignorance.
"I think that extraordinary people are not subject to the same rules and laws as the masses."
"Oh, so you agree with Neitszche then. Neat."
"Who? No, this is MY idea, came up with it all by myself."
"Riiiiight...."
If it walks like a duck but talks like a chicken, serve it with a nice orange glaze anyway.
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I think the Vatican is upset that the reporter committed sacrilege by profaning one of the sacraments. The "Scientific Method" has nothing to do with it, since his test wasn't really "scientific" at all.
It's not like he uncovered anything unusual, either- I could have told you that plenty of priests would waffle on telling penitents to follow Church teaching. Heck, I've confessed mortal sins and had some priests tell me not to even worry about them- bad advice, to be sure, but it happens sometimes. The reporter could have easily collected the same information just by asking around.