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progressoid

(49,978 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:49 AM Apr 2013

Florida woman finds ‘sign from God’ on Goldfish cracker

Last edited Fri Apr 12, 2013, 11:16 AM - Edit history (1)

Florida woman finds religious symbol on Goldfish cracker
MELBOURNE, Fla. -

A Brevard County woman found more than she expected while eating a bag of Goldfish crackers, according to Local 6 News partner Florida Today.

Patti Burke eats two or three pounds of Goldfish crackers in a week, one by one, looking for the saltiest of the snacks. But only once has she found a sign from God on a little orange cracker.



“When I picked this one up, I knew he was special,” the Melbourne woman said of her Holy Week discovery. “He had a cross on him, and he had a crown circle up by his head. Something I’ve never seen before out of all the Goldfish I’ve eaten.”

Burke couldn’t believe it on Easter Sunday, when her pastor, D. Scott Worth, began talking about fish as a symbol of Christianity in front of the congregation of Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd in Melbourne.

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Burke hasn’t yet decided what to do with the cracker, so she carries it in an earring box padded by gauze. She tried to find out how the “the snack that smiles back” — which is normally only printed with a smile — ended up with the cross and two circles. At first, she thought she’d won a special promotion.

“I called Pepperidge Farm and said, ‘Hey, do you have some special promotion going on, I think I’ve got the lucky fish,’” she said. “They called me back and said there’s no way this could have been printed like that in the factory. ... They said it sounds like something miraculous happened and we don’t know how it happened.”




ETA. Forgot the link: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Florida-woman-finds-religious-symbol-on-Goldfish-cracker/-/1637132/19616830/-/3jfj5xz/-/index.html
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Florida woman finds ‘sign from God’ on Goldfish cracker (Original Post) progressoid Apr 2013 OP
Well, hell. I guess I'll have to start believing in God again. n/t Bolo Boffin Apr 2013 #1
Just yesterday I found a screw with the image of a cross in its head. Coincidence? DetlefK Apr 2013 #2
Sure when a bubble bursts during baking, it's a miracle! sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #3
is this from the 'onion'? Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #4
Unfortunately not... onager Apr 2013 #6
Shoot. I forgot the link! progressoid Apr 2013 #7
For everyone's information: trotsky Apr 2013 #5
I will not mock this lady. progressoid Apr 2013 #8
You think that's a miracle? Zoeisright Apr 2013 #11
I witnessed a miracle once. progressoid Apr 2013 #21
Link? cleanhippie Apr 2013 #22
Here ya go! trotsky Apr 2013 #23
I'm sorry I missed that little bit of hypocrisy. progressoid Apr 2013 #26
2 to 3 pounds of Goldfish a week? I looked it up and that is 2 to 3 thousand Goldfish she eats WhollyHeretic Apr 2013 #9
That is the stupidest thing I have ever read. Zoeisright Apr 2013 #10
But who is to know the mind of God? defacto7 Apr 2013 #14
They don't raise enough per week to merit anything more than food art, mold and rust. n/t Gore1FL Apr 2013 #18
Know why goldfish snacks are always smiling? Goblinmonger Apr 2013 #12
because they're baked too. defacto7 Apr 2013 #15
I just wish... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #13
I saw a cockroach in my beer once. defacto7 Apr 2013 #16
God's so good, he'll put off miracles of getting rid of poverty, and instead make special crackers sakabatou Apr 2013 #17
But he's been a little off His game, lately ... Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #19
all due to teaching of science. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #24
It looks more like a sign from the X-Men to me. deucemagnet Apr 2013 #20
I'm just glad that the folks at Pepperidge Farm are finally marketing to atheists. deucemagnet Apr 2013 #25

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
5. For everyone's information:
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:32 AM
Apr 2013

It's OK to mock this person's beliefs, because one of the self-appointed civility police in the Religion group did. So go for it!

progressoid

(49,978 posts)
8. I will not mock this lady.
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 11:21 AM
Apr 2013

Sure, this isn't walking on water or raising the dead, but a miracle is a miracle. And sometimes miracles taste good too.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
11. You think that's a miracle?
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:44 PM
Apr 2013

Here's the definition of miracle: A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is considered to be divine.

That's the impression of a screw head on that cracker. I'll believe in miracles when amputees are healed. Until then, it's just a bunch of bullshit.

progressoid

(49,978 posts)
21. I witnessed a miracle once.
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 07:12 PM
Apr 2013

Our kitty was missing and I asked our neighbor if she had seen her. She said, "no, but I'll pray for her to return".

Low and behold, she returned the next day! It was a miracle I tells ya. I fuckin miracle!

progressoid

(49,978 posts)
26. I'm sorry I missed that little bit of hypocrisy.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 05:12 PM
Apr 2013

No, actually, I'm not sorry. I feel much better no longer visiting that wing of DU. I already have blood pressure issues.

WhollyHeretic

(4,074 posts)
9. 2 to 3 pounds of Goldfish a week? I looked it up and that is 2 to 3 thousand Goldfish she eats
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 01:18 PM
Apr 2013

a week.

One at a time.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
10. That is the stupidest thing I have ever read.
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:43 PM
Apr 2013

Their "god" sure is a wuss if all he can do is make impressions on food. What happened to raising the dead and healing amputees? Apparently that's just too hard.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
14. But who is to know the mind of God?
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 02:56 AM
Apr 2013

He makes the sun to rise, the moon to rule the night and the fish crackers to have crosses and circles. It must be god so we must find his ultimate meaning in this wonderment. I think we should spend millions to study this and ponder on it for... say... 2000 years?

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
12. Know why goldfish snacks are always smiling?
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 07:30 PM
Apr 2013

Because they're baked.


I have nothing to say about someone would would believe that that is a sign from god.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
19. But he's been a little off His game, lately ...
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 12:21 PM
Apr 2013


I do think there needs to be an asterisk on toast, so it is known it includes tortillas and goldfish crackers.
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