Seller cleans up with 'Shower Jesus'
A man from the United States has sold for $Au2,600 on eBay a water-stained piece of plaster from his bathroom wall that bears an uncanny resemblance to the image of Jesus Christ, its purchaser said.
An Internet casino known for making such purchases said it bought the piece of plaster bearing the reputed image of Jesus from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania man.
It said the image appeared to Jeffrey Rigo, 30, as he stepped out of the shower on June 11, prompting him to cut the plaster piece from his wall and put it up for bid on the auction portal under the name "Shower Jesus".
Meanwhile, the Blithering Bunny examines the "extent to which the US has become a theocracy" (ie, not at all).
Re: Blithering Bunny
Holy interpret-every-word-literally Batman!
In God We Trust. I spent two weeks in the states too. I was in Minnesota, which has a large Swedish descent so they re fairly secular but what I saw on TV scared me. E.g. atheist spokeperson being assasinated in Texas. And the number of kiddies who believe in creationism - truly frightening.
So maybe america isn't technically a "theocracy" but they certainly take their religion more serious than Oz. I think of the American south as larger version of say, Gatton (QLD country town with plenty of cults and churches).
(The Irish couldnt believe my mate and I were atheists)
Posted by: Engels at June 27, 2005 10:55 PM