BATSHIT CRAZY!! FUNDIES RUSH TO TEXAS GROCERY STORE TO PRAY TO VIRGIN MARY ICE FORMATION

[Jcrowley]

Crowds Pray To Frozen Virgin Mary In Store Freezer

POSTED: 11:52 am EST January 15, 2007
UPDATED: 12:15 pm EST January 15, 2007


An ice formation inside a Morton, Texas, grocery store's freezer is prompting tears from people who see it and has apparently answered the prayers of some visitors, according to a Local 6 News report. Morton Thrifty Foods employee Alma Avalos said when she went to the back she noticed that some drops of water from the ceiling had frozen.

As more and more people began to hear about the Virgin Mary, they started traveling in droves to see the ice. Some people cried when they spotted the ice and others said it answered their prayers. "I had a lump in my breast and yesterday when I went home it disappeared," a woman said. "I don't have it no more."

Others said they believe the ice formation is the real thing.

"There are some really Catholic people that really cherish her and they really know it's her and stuff like that and they are really amazed," visitor Stephanie Santos said.

Workers at Morton Thrifty Foods said they will keep the Virgin Mary in the freezer.

http://www.local6.com/spotlight/10752253/detail.html



There She Is.

[originalpckelly]

1. Two things:

It looks like a dick, or it could be devil's mountain:


Does this mean the aliens are coming?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Looks more like a phallic symbol to me.

[Warpy]

20. Guess we're both going to hell

because that's what it looks like to me, too, if I had to pick something besides a lump of ice.

Fundies should take up caving. They'd really love stalagmites.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Yes, it reminded me of an item I saw in an adult toy store recently

I guess it's like images in clouds, your imagination works from the fuel it has to go on. :shrug:

[sakabatou]

56. Same here

[n2doc]

3. Hate to say it, but aside from the scale it looks like a "Rabbit"

...the kind that vibrates....:evilgrin:

[originalpckelly]

4. That's the real reason they're praying to it:

"Please God let me get some tonight! Please!"

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. or some variant thereof...my thoughts exactly

and don't they know that the little candle there is a problem...flames are usually detrimental to ice formations...

sP

[Recursion]

23. "You've got to kind of squint and turn your head to the side"

"Umm... now it looks like a duck"

[neoblues]

5. Coulda been worse...

it might've been made of ice-cream; a riot would then have broken out to see which one got to eat it (and thus internalize the holiness).

[spanone]

7. Steely Dan?

[ourbluenation]

10. BWAHAHAHAHAAA HAHAHA AHAHAHAH HAAAAA AHA ha

:rofl:

[The Cleaner]

8. Fundies?

Well, these people aren't "fundies" in the right-wing Christian fundamentalist sense, they don't generally venerate Mary. Catholics do though.

It's been cold here in TX lately, better this week though. Last week we were in a deep freeze. Nights and mornings are still freezing and below. So no surprise here, maybe a leak or just condensation from a pipe.

[CBGLuthier]

14. Exactly

Hell, true fundies believe all those people there are going straight to hell. And that's the real hell none of that pussified limbo or purgatory shit. :-)

[Jcrowley]

16. Let us get a closer look

An ice formation inside a Morton, Texas, grocery store's freezer is prompting tears from people who see it and has apparently answered the prayers of some visitors, according to a Local 6 News report.

I believe it is a sign. I see it now. This is not just any ordinary condensation. That leak was a message from above. Cast off the shoe, follow the stalagmite.

[Ganja Ninja]

24. Good one.

:rofl:

[MorningGlow]

25. How about Catholic fundies?

That's what I call my aunt--strictly Roman Catholic, but frothing-at-the-mouth, "All non-Roman Catholics are going to hell especially those brownskin heathens my darling George W is working to wipe off the face of the earth", Rush-lovin', Fox News-watchin' Repub = Catholic fundie in my book.

Sigh. Yes, I still love her, because she is my aunt. But I sure can't talk to her much!

[originalpckelly]

27. Yes, never forget Scaliar is a Catholic fundie.

Fundieism is not just for Protestants anymore.

[Igel]

54. Even most ultra-conservative Catholics aren't prone to

watching ice melting and calling it the mother of God.

Think "virgen de Guadalupe" or Lourdes, and you get the right sort of Catholic. Mostly poor, mostly poorly educated--and in the US mostly immigrants or their children. And most don't necessarily push for the same kinds of Bible interpretation and preaching that American protestant fundies do; in fact, they may frequently be social conservatives, but I can't put them in the same class as Falwell and his minions.

[Kerrytravelers]

34. Catholic fundies.

Believe me, we have 'em. They're just as bad as the Protestant fundies... in their own special way.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Oh my...the *vision* I just had:

A bunch of batshit crazy female fundies with their tongues stuck to that thing!

Remember the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding?" :rofl::rofl:: The Statue of The David?:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

12. !!!!

:rofl:

I think this may very well prove our fundie friends had their Flavor-Aid spiked with something.

[durrrty libby]

11. It's sad, but people are truly nuts

[originalpckelly]

18. I think this pretty much proves it.

I mean, really, the Virgin Mary could give birth to the son of God, but she can't get a better press agent?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

13. Is this the year 1107?

:wtf: :silly: :smoke: :party: O8) :hide: :beer:

[Binka]

15. Really Catholic Really Cherish Really Know Really Amazed? WTF

They should make the thing into a giant BLOODY MARY. Then it would have some fucking value!

[Binka]

17. Dupe Oops!

[KansDem]

19. Man, she reminds me of some of the dates I had as a youth!

...not always named "Mary."

[MamaBear]

21. Is that a stalactyte, a stalagmite, or just an icecicle?

If they go nuts for icecicles, maybe it's a good thing they're in Texas. They'd get pretty worn out up North. :shrug:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. i am going with ice-stalagmite n/t

[sarge43]

31. "They'd get pretty worn out up North"

True, but would BVM hang upside down from rain gutters?

[TlalocW]

43. Probably technically a stalagmite

Remember - a stalactite has to hold on "tight" to the ceiling.

TlalocW

[Recursion]

26. These aren't "fundies" in the usual sense of that word

...if by "fundies" you mean Fundamentalist Evangelicals. Those fundies are, first off, mostly anglo, and secondly very anti-Mirian. Given that A) this is Texas, B) this is a Mirian apparition, and C) every person quoted has an hispanic-sounding name, my guess would be that the throngs are, first off, mostly hispanic, secondly, Roman Catholic, and thirdly, have almost nothing in common with the evangelical movement other than a rough agreement on the accuracy of the Nicene creed.

[Bill McBlueState]

32. you mean words have meanings?

Thanks for the post. That bothers me, too. "Fundamentalist" is a word that applies to a specific movement within Protestant Christianity, but it more often gets used as a synonym for "one who has a strong opinion regarding religion."

[uppityperson]

53. I use this as a definitions of "fundamentalism"...

someone who believes that not only is their way the right way, but it is the only right way, and they have a mission to not only live and be their right way themselves but to make others live in their way also by attempting to convert them and, if they fail at that, by just making them.

I see fundamentalism not just as a religious thing, but can be about anything, any way of being (religious, political, monetary for instance)

[tanyev]

29. And if you put her out in the sunshine, she'll be miraculously assumed into heaven.

Geez.

[MiniMe]

30. Is it Kosher to keep the Virgin Mary in the freezer?

What would the Pope say?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. ROFL!

:rofl:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

35. you used Virgin Mary and Kosher in the same sentence...

now THAT is funny!

sP

[MiniMe]

38. Of course, it was on purpose

You have to find humor in things like this. Maybe they will find the virgin mary in one of Georgie's bowel movements. Now THAT would be funny. I can hear * now, "Look what I made, Look what I made", just like the 2 year old that he is. :rofl:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

42. thanks for the laugh..

I needed that today!

sP

[zanne]

36. People are feeling very desperate.

That's the only reason people are seeing Mary and Jesus everywhere. There's something desperate going on in this country and it's very sad that people are clutching at straws like this.

[bdamomma]

37. people are really cracking up

PEOPLE WITH TOO MUCH RELIGION ARE STUPID!! How true!!

[Greyskye]

39. Virgin Pops! Get yer Virgin Pops here!!!

Although now that I'm looking at it again, I think someone stuck a bong in the freezer.

[MiniMe]

40. OK, that is just wrong

And also funny as heck! :rofl:

[Greyskye]

65. Thank you, thank you.

I'll be here all week. Be sure and tip the wait staff!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

47. !!!

:spray:

[kestrel91316]

41. Well, not quite. Fundies (aka Protestant fundamentalists) do not pray to

icons. It's the Hispanic Catholic crowd that go for this. They see Jesus and Mary EVERYWHERE.

[RB TexLa]

51. We don't pray to icons either

There aren't Catholics who think an image of Mary is going to intercede on our behalf. People create images of Mary, Jesus, St. Peter, and whoever to honer them. We don't pray to the item. An apparition is what someone wants to make of it, others of faith are free to believe or not believe that an image of our idea of the image of Christ or Mary or whoever in ice, a piece of cheese, the sky, or where ever is divine.

And you don't have to see an image to see Jesus and Mary everywhere.

:rant:

[TlalocW]

44. Oh, man, Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary is going to be pissed

that Ice-Stalagmite Virgin Mary is getting all her press.

TlalocW

[bmbmd]

45. Hey-I used to live in Morton ,Texas.

Home of the Bobcats. But I prayed real hard and got to move, now I don't live there no more...

[kentuck]

46. OMG !

Who's watching the government!?

[EstimatedProphet]

48. Why, it looks just like the Virgin Mary!

It looks exactly like her right after she fell into that crevasse on that iceberg and froze solid! It's a miracle!

[karlrschneider]

49. Big deal, I found the Trinity in the garage this morning!

[Solo_in_MD]

50. Fundies to me mean evangelicals, Virgin Mary mania is a Catholic/Orthodox thing

Still, its pretty damn funny

[obreaslan]

52. Also found in the same freezer, a representation of the First Council of Nicaea...

[mikeytherat]

55. It's an unfinished ice-bong!

The Freezer Dudes hadn't finished it before someone discovered it!

mikey_the_rat

[zbdent]

57. I thought about selling a likeness of Bush on eBay ...

but I decided to flush, instead ...

[CactusJock]

58. stupid fundies, anyone can see it's elvis

[Rex]

59. Ah yes, my fellow Texans...stupid as the day is long.

Looks like a big honking DICK to me! With a mini-dick attached at the bottom for dbl porn action! Oh no, wait...it's the Virgin Mary! :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[BuyingThyme]

60. She looks taller in that photo.

[cynatnite]

61. Looks like a frozen dildo...

:rofl:

[theHandpuppet]

62. Crazy to the point of pathetic

Yes, I'm sure the Virgin Mary chose the freezer of "Morton's Thrifty Foods" to make an appearance. Just like she chooses to appear on grilled cheese sandwiches and dirty highway overpasses. If VM really wants to make a statement, how about an appearance at the SOTU tonight, where she and her son can smite the evildoer-in-chief to the delight of an audience of millions?

Jeezus H Christ, some folks haven't the common sense God gave a friggin' gnat.

[soothsayer]

63. I think it's sweet, and it DOES look like Mary (among other things)

Let them enjoy her. Who knows, maybe it's a miracle....! We need miracles.

[MiniMe]

64. Future News: President Bush takes a dump in the shape of the Virgin Mary

Calls an emergency Cabinet meeting and says "Look what I made, look what I made". James Dobson and Pat Robertson were called in to see what our President made and declared it a miracle. Presidential crapper to be moved as is to sit in a shrine in the still to be built Presidential Library.

[judaspriestess]

66. LOL., well in the Hispanic newspapers

people advertise they have a "Nino Dios" somehow the child has god like abilities and for some money the child will pray for you. So I've decided that I am going to advertise a "Pero Dios" which means my dog has god like abilities and for a donation he will heal you.

[Jcrowley]

67. Some evening insanity

before the insane emperor speechifies. Perhaps he too will mention the icy virgin and her adherents.