Recovering Catholic Piety Regarding Mary

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Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
Too bad Ebay pulled the auction. I was looking forward to taking a bite out of Roman Catholicism.

With it being 10 years old, it would've bitten you in the end. :lol:
 
My wife grew up near the border of Mexico, which is heavily Catholic, and this kind of weird stuff happened all the time - pictures of Mary on potatoes, window frost, or whatever. One car repair shop had to close down temporarily because someone saw Mary in the window and so many people came to drop flowers and the like off that customers could not get in.
 
Blast from the past ---

"On October 15, 1996, a cinnamon bun bearing a striking resemblance to the Holy Mother of Calcutta, Mother Teresa, was discovered in Nashville, Tennessee by Bongo Javaâ„¢ Coffeehouse employee Ryan Finney. "I was horrified because I almost ate this religious piece of dough," said Finney. The bun -- now referred to as The NunBunâ„¢ -- was shown to several employees and customers to verify the likeness. It was then stored in a freezer at the Nashville coffeehouse for nearly a week until purchased by Bongo Java employee Todd Truley for $1.89. ..."

http://bongojava.com/beans.php?content=nunbun
 
Originally posted by tcalbrecht
Blast from the past ---

"On October 15, 1996, a cinnamon bun bearing a striking resemblance to the Holy Mother of Calcutta, Mother Teresa, was discovered in Nashville, Tennessee by Bongo Javaâ„¢ Coffeehouse employee Ryan Finney. "I was horrified because I almost ate this religious piece of dough," said Finney. The bun -- now referred to as The NunBunâ„¢ -- was shown to several employees and customers to verify the likeness. It was then stored in a freezer at the Nashville coffeehouse for nearly a week until purchased by Bongo Java employee Todd Truley for $1.89. ..."

http://bongojava.com/beans.php?content=nunbun

"The Nun Bun?" :lol:
 
Originally posted by Scott
"What's wrong with this?"

Serious question?

No. I thought a little jokey joke was appropriate after a couple of the Catholic thread discussions, but tone, etc., can't always be picked up.
 
I realize the individual is not actually purchasing a grilled cheese sandwich for 99,999,999.00 dollars, but does anyone have a clue on how ebay would handle this? They will still have to pay a percentage to Ebay, won't they?

"God Bless America"
 
What a waste. Why would anyone pay 70,000 and climbing for a piece of bread--even one with a faint impression of a face on it? Now if she could throw in a blessing from the Holy Father himself, maybe then I would go for it...
 
From the description of the item:
"...it is like a miracle, It has just preserved itself which in itself I consider a miracle, people ask me if I have had blessings since she has been in my home, I do feel I have, I have won $70,000 (total) on different occasions at the casino near by my house, I can show the recipts to the high bidder if they are interested, I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God, "

What a great spiritual test, it helps me win money at the casino, therefore it must be from God. There is a casino near my house, I wonder how I could use it to test each new doctrine I come across... "I meditated on theory X, then went and won $500 at poker, therefore X must be true."
 
I guess it is no coincidence that the current bid is slightly under $70,000! People a risk adverse.
 
Originally posted by matthew
What a waste. Why would anyone pay 70,000 and climbing for a piece of bread--even one with a faint impression of a face on it? Now if she could throw in a blessing from the Holy Father himself, maybe then I would go for it...

If it were a good Philly cheesesteak or NY pizza then I might consider it.
 
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