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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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I expect that 90% of their sales are for joke gifts. I can't imagine a committed sky-fairy believer (Christian) really buying this and eating an image of their favorite magic, arisen zombie-god.
Then again, something like 60% of the poor simpletons still believe in the "7 days and a talking snake" theory of planetary formation.
Thank God your so smart, funny and and awesome Colin.
Willis, as most fifth grade English students can tell you, the correct insult would be "....you're so smart, funny..." "Your" is possessive, as in "your inability to write."
Bad Spellers of the world UNTIE!
Sorry, Colon, but I have to agree with Willis here. According to the third-grade education he received in Pawtucket, Oklahoma, at the Jesus' Private Christian Elementary School, "your" is the correct spelling in this context.
my bad, I meant "Collin." Not "Colon." "Collin."
I just can't wait till the real Mary Fields signs back on here and reads what I've been posting in her name. muhahahahahah!
You must be under the impression you're somehow getting the better of me. You'll have to try harder than this.
Actually, i already got the better of you. The whole board thinks you're an idiot. And they would not be mistaken, even if I post no longer in your name. 🙂
Religion USA as schlock. WWJD? He'd pull the damn plug!
WWJD??? Who wants Jelly donuts?
Genius...the man is a supplier of a demand people didnt even know they had...PT Barnum eat your heart out hahaha
That is a bogus lie,someone made that picture and is selling it is imossible to be the way it shows.What a way to take money from the public, it is a HOAX !The morons who are buying this toaster are CRAZY!
I like my Jesus with butter and strawberry jam.
Who doesn't?
they can have this on the communion thingy. for a premium price, like a vip line of devotees.
the only b oners most of those men get is when they bump their shin on the coffee table.
I can make one that gives you an Osama result....just throw your bread in some water...wait for it to sink then ENJOY!!!
I want a Mohammed toaster. The Florida Christians would say racist things about me and the Islamic extremists would try to blow up my toast.
I'll be honest. I'd really prefer a Waffle Bot. But a Mohammed toaster would still be pretty cool.
Republosers using God to make money...nothing new.
I doubt much the Lord would find humor in people making money off of this. Just more proof that this nation is flushing itself down the toilet. We need to get it back to it's roots in Christianity and the Word.
And another thing. Just because many of you gosh-darn ATHIESTS can PROVE that the nation wasn't founded on the Word of God, that don't mean a dang thing. Your all deluded by Satan. He is within you all. I know Jesus, and I know He's sitting up in heaven right now with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and those other holy men of God. You are going to burn in hell for trying to promote lies that this nation was founded on something other than the Word of God. Dang you all. Slavery is Ok too. Thomas Jefferson had slaves, and he knew it was in the Bible, and he was a Christian, God-fearing man. The only thing bad was how we PRACTICED slavery. But we should have it back I tell you! Just like the holy, Christian founders of this Theocratic Nation had it back then!!
Don't you mean its roots in Deism?
You're an idiot. This country's roots are secular in nature. Christianity has brought us slavery, oppression of women, bigotry, hate crimes, ignorance and illiteracy. It has put a halt on medical advancements and has hijacked the true Pagan celebration of the winter holidays. Have you even read the bible? It is teeming with hate and violence. Why would an omnipotent being care about a f'ing toaster or what humans eat on a Friday. If Christianity does so many wonders for mankind then why is 90% of the prison population Christian. As it stands, a child rapists can gain access to heaven if he truly repents, but, a atheist or Buddhist that leaves a selfless life has to burn in hell for eternity. Not only do I not believe in such an unjust God, but I prefer that one doesn't exist.
Mary brings up one of the sillier Christian superst-itions. The "believe or burn" theory. It allows believers to smugly tell non-believers they’ll get their “comeuppance”. Think it through, though. You don’t have to kill, you don’t have to steal, you don’t even have to litter. All you have to do is refuse to believe in the Christian god and he will inflict a punishment on you an infinite times worse than the death penalty….and he loves you.
Dark Ages nonsense.
I'll deism YOU, motherflipper! You don't know! You just don't know!! George, and Ben, and Thomas Jefferson, they're all up in heaven sitting with Jesus and Martin Luther (but not Mother Theresa, since she was a flipping CATHOLIC!) and you just don't KNOW the word of the LORD! Deisism is for people who've already given up their sould to perdition. I will prey for you at my kindergarten youth group tonight, prey that you will come to know the Lord of this nation's founding fathers.. you are a poo-poo head.
Mary Fields,
"We need to get it back to it's roots in Christianity"
So are you condemning all your fellow Christian adulterers who have remarried?
Mary Fields,
Are you trying to PRETEND that Thomas Jefferson was a Christian?
Yes, I condemn adulterers. I condemn you all. You needs ta respect the Bible's authoritah! Respect it's authoritah! Or end up in heck like Mick Rommey and the Book of M ormon.
Mary Fields,
Why not put the Bible down for a while and get an education about the real world.
Thomas Jefferson was a Deist. He believed in God, but thought the Bible contained so much nonsense (especially about Christ) that he edited his own version of the Bible. It ended up about only 50 pages.
Try to learn before making false comments.
I'm pretty sure making fun of religious fanatics doesn't make our country worse than others. It is funny. That's it. A joke. Also our Founding Fathers were very agnostic / deist. We really are founded on religious freedom not dominance. Although you might have something by being a kill-joy because the Puritans were all about that.
Charles Dawrein was right. you are the missing link if you don't believe in Jesus and if you don't stop eating toast with his face on it.
@Observer- yeah, and you probably believe that the gays have a right to get married too? Get your facts right, to you too. you are so ignant. i swears. the Bible is clear that it is not 50 pages long and neither was Thomas Jefferson's shlong.
Mary Fields,
"@Observer- Get your facts right, to you too. you are so ignant"
lol. YOU were the one who claimed Jefferson was a Christian. "You are so ignant (sic)".
@Observer- I think you need to Observe the Bibble before you start critticizing me. You weren't alive to know Thomas Jefferson, whether or not he was a Chritsian. But the Lord himself told me that he was. So take that, motherflipper.
To the troll who has taken my name, there is an easy way to tell the difference between you and me. I can spell. You cannot.
Mary Fields,
"@Observer- You weren't alive to know Thomas Jefferson, whether or not he was a Chritsian. But the Lord himself told me that he was.'
Sorry, but apparently you took the word of an unreliable source. The Jefferson Bible not only exists, you can buy a copy of it. Just go to wikipedia or Amazon.
Stop listening to voices in your head and get an education. If you had done ANY research on Jefferson, you'd know about the Jefferson Bible. Fantasy doesn't make for FACTS.
@"Mary Fields," who claims that I am a troll- so you admit that the rest of the statements with your name attached to them are accurate in content, if not in spelling?
@Observer- "fanstasy doesn't make for FACTS" huh? Well it made it for the Bible! oh wait...
@Observer- and the "voices" as you call them aren't in my head. They are the voice of God. And I think they're somewhere in the region of my soul. Motherflipper.
"""You don’t have to kill, you don’t have to steal, you don’t even have to litter. """
And the beauty of this religion is, even if you commit these crimes they all may be forgiven if you just repent. If you don't believe, though, you're TOAST.
damn, you can't write shi t this good!
And if YOU don't believe, Jeff Williams, Jesus is gonna toast you in his Jeff Williams shaped toaster oven.
Well, gentlmen, I bid you all good day. I am off to do some more research on the length of Thomas Jefferson's schlong. 50 pages long, my left foot.
I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people buying this are doing it for a joke or just to have an unusual item. I would bet most are not getting it for any religious reason (other than mocking religion). If people want to buy it, why not sell it to them.
Jesus, Mary, Peace, Pot. Great selection. For $31, are they are least made in this country? Buy 3 Jesus, get a FREE Mary (you can't make this stuff up!)
Do they have one of Jesus Smoking Pot?
What happened too you shall not take me invain or you shall not worship graven images?
That was God not Jesus. It's okay to eat Jesus as toast. It's also Jesus body and blood that are swallowed in communion. It all seems cannibalistic.
I dont think it is nesessary. WHY PEOPLE WHY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
ironic...
....since the only people Jesus ever got violent with were money-changers (AKA capitalists)....
...sometimes I wish Jesus would come back, just to beat the crap out of all the people who use his name for their own evil scams....
...and I have a feeling that no one who calls themselves a christian would actually be accepted by Jesus, especially since he was a Orthodox Jewish Rabbi...
If he made one that pictured Obama,would you have to use wheat or dark rye.
Overcook it slightly and convert it to islam.
Let's Toast,
"Overcook it slightly and convert it to islam."
So is the regular version a Communist, socialist or United Church of Christ racist? The dim bulbs have a very hard time deciding and aren't bright enough to know they are all different.
And if you made it about Michelle Obama, you'd have to do it in dark oak!!
Don't sell the toasters... Sell the Toast! Jesus Freaks would pay good money for Toast with Imagines of Jesus!
But if you have to sell the toasters... every now and then mix in one with the image of satan.... (just for laughs)
I'm sure this is exactly how Jesus saw his message being used and spread.
Everyone who buys this is a joke of a Christian if you think this is where Jesus would have you spend your 31 bucks plus tax. You could feed a poor child for a year with that, just so you know.
Or you could spend an additional 31 bucks and feed a poor child Jesus toast to make sure he gets the message clearly.
Stop assuming everyone is a Christian. Some of us are happy atheists that would gladly pay 31 dollars for amusing toast. Kthxbye.
Incorrect. There is no such thing as a happy atheist.
Hey you gave me an idea for a spread to put on toast called "The Word"
The problem with that is that I don't want to feed a poor child. How many could you have fed for the price of the computer you are typing on?
I disagree. God gave us a sense of irony, and a sense of humour. Why not spend 31 bucks on a toaster that brings a smile to someone's face, rather than 31 bucks on a normal toaster. Being a Christian does not mean being morose, and humourless, and somber. I means joy, and rejoicing, and finding the good everywhere. So why not find the good in a Jesus toaster?
Mary Fields, you are an idlot! Shut up!
Flip you, Jim. You are a flipping idiot, not me. I don't know ANY happy athiests, but I do know that I am happy lovin' the Lord even though I suffer from routine constipation, just got 3 fingers amuputated due to my diabetess, and my 2nd husband recently left me for the senior pastor of our church. So you just shut the flip up, Jim. I know happiness, and YOU don't got it. Motherflipper.
Santa Maria it's a miracle! LOL
I'd much rather have a nice piece of buttered toast that that bland tasting communion.