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December 14th, 2011
02:39 PM ET
Jesus toasters selling brisklyBy Steve Walsh, CNN (CNN)–From telephone poles, to store receipts to a cheesy snack, people have claimed to see the image of Jesus Christ in all sorts of unconventional places. Others have drawn divine inspiration from what they believe is the face of the Son of God on their morning toast. A miracle? Perhaps. Or maybe it’s just toast. This holiday season, Galen Dively, a Vermont entrepreneur, is capitalizing on the hunger for Jesus crust. For $31.95, you don’t have to wait for a miracle to see Jesus on your daily bread. Look no further than the Jesus Toaster. Dively’s company, Burnt Impressions, also offers toasters that imprint images of the Virgin Mary, peace signs and pot leaves among others. Dively tells CNN affiliate WCAX right now, he’s selling 50 to 100 Jesus toasters every day. What do you think? All in good fun? Marketing gone amok? Leave your comments below. |
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Love it!
Like all things religious, this is just stupid.
I believe you are the stupid one seeing as you didn't think to come up with this. There was a demand and someone filled it, now their rich
Braise the Lord!
5 stars
+1!
Reminds me of the commercial opportunities available in listing all the planks in Mitt Romney's campaign platform:
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Great for the guy who invented this but really pretty dumb. I wouldn't waste my money on just another silly gimmick. I'm sure all the right-wing nutcases will run out and buy one!
The father, the son and the holy toast!
The same comment was posted by someone else on page 10 of the comments at the top of the list.
Silly me – I didn't go back 10 pages to check. Thanks for that.
Still funny.
i want a chupacabra toaster
You only need to go back one page. To page 10. I didn't say it was 10 pages back. I look forward to more of your award-winning, all-original comedic commentary.
No need to hate. As you look forward to my wit – I, too, shall look forward to your pedantic corrections and observations!
They said G_d was dead. Now Christ is toast.
It's not my fault that people have grossly poor reading comprehension. No child left behind, eh? Worked wonders and marvels for you apparently.
Again with the hate? Let it go...otherwise you might burn your toast. Then where will you be?
CANADA ROCKS, have you met captain america? I think the two of you would hit it off together.
Sheldon Cooper, Canada.
The majority of folks buying this thing don't believe anyway.....Soon enough he will know what burnt toast really means!
Pascal's Wager. Deep North loses!
Nothing like passive aggressive threats of eternal punishment from a humorless father figure in the sky to bring us heathens around to your way of thinking!
I wish I had thought of this. Brilliant. I want a Cthulhu one!
Awesome – love the Cthulhu toast! Made with Love(craft).
Just bought the book "Look It's Jesus" yesterday – great timing. It's a collection of photos taken by people who've seen Jesus in grilled cheese sandwiches, mold and all sorts of stuff. Really fun book.
Wow! Marketing genius! "Get your 5 piece Spiritual Toaster Collection Set today and be prepared for any season with spiritual correction. Regardless of the diversity of your friends, make everyone happy by serviing them toasts with images of Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, and let's not forget Satan for our Satanic friends. Oh, and for the atheist at your house, serve him white bread."
Wouldn't atheist toast be toasted without an image? Or is your argument that they don't need toast?
Maybe an image of the Large Hadron Collider for the atheists?
Nah – they've been converted too – looking for the God particle.
Just toast with no picture on it. The Large Hadron Collider actually exists, so we don't need a likeness of it stamped on our food to see it.
"""and for the atheist at your house, serve him white bread."""
Right, but serve it burnt...
I want one of these toasters!
'Talk about not knowing which side your bread is buttered on!...
Pareidolia is the tendency to interpret a va-gue stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
Apophenia is the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena — such as finding significance in such random things as automobile license plate numbers, birthdates, and arrangements of fallen twigs — perhaps best exemplified by the film A Beautiful Mind.
Toasting Jesus has never been so fun.
The inventor of this Jesus toaster is not obviously God fearing. I see his invention as a deperate way to make money–at all costs. A serious lack of respect to God.
Lack of respect for God. A victimless "crime" if there ever was one.
Oh noes! He isn't respecting your make believe sky daddy! Whatever will we do?
I think this entrepreneur is brilliant. Soak those Jesus freaks for money at every possible opportunity. Better it end up circulating in the economy rather than wasted printing Bibles and decorating churches.
If anything, you disrespect god by suggesting that he has petty emotions and a fragile ego. Besides, the abrahamic perception and portrayal of god isn't worthy of respect.
Or maybe he wants a new way for Christians to be reminded of their faith every morning?
What AtheistSteve said. Completely agree.
@Rory- your God must be slightly smaller than the image on that piece of toast if he would be offended by it.
Why do these fundamentalists always see the worst in everything and everyone? I bet some little old Catholic grandmother designed this to raise money for her gang-member grandson's funeral.
"A desperate way to make money–at all cost"? Seriously? Isn't this cheaper than the 453 new versions of the Bible Tyndale publishes on a monthly basis to appeal to everyone from the single mother of a r ape victim, to a grieving alcoholic who just lost his dog to cancer? Those range at LEAST $31.99 per copy. Talk about "a desperate way to make money–at all cost." At least the people who designed this toaster aren't hiding behind the name of Jeay-zus!
I can't believe this didn't exist already.
After we eat his body and drink his blood in remembrance of him, of course he's toast.
LOOK Mommy Jesus no head....
(Even) as an atheist, I find this in very bad taste.
Apply butter!
Halleluja, I see humour!
are you kidding? this is freaking hilarious! from one atheist to another.
You are no atheist,
Coming this Easter, the cup of salvation, available in sizes A through DD.
Why bother with an A size? You know all the Christians will order DD.
I dunno...i think most of the Christian men would be afraid they were "lusting" after their own wives if they bought them a brasseire. And most of the Christian women would be afraid that they would cause their husbands to "stumble" by thinking "impure thoughts" if they obtained DD boobs by any means other than gaining excessive amounts of weight due to depression and good old-fashioned home cookin'.