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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 $31.95, you don’t have to wait for a miracle to see Jesus on your daily bread. Look no further than the Jesus Toaster. Dively’s company, Burnt Impressions, also offers toasters that imprint images of the Virgin Mary, peace signs and pot leaves among others. Dively tells CNN affiliate WCAX right now, he’s selling 50 to 100 Jesus toasters every day. What do you think? All in good fun? Marketing gone amok? Leave your comments below. |
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JESUS! What a toaster.
If one eats a lot of Jesus toast, does one take a holy$%#@?
Total blasphemy.
No, but i always look in the bowl for a jesus turd, i can sell on ebay to some moron. I have found 2 so far and the both hit thier reserve. Good flushin
Holy Sheite.
idiots.
Sure u are!
This is not funny. It is blasphemy.
But Blasphemy is a victimless crime!
Blasphemy – the ultimate victimless crime.
highiqer?!? blasphemy? why don't you wheel out the catapult and let's attack? what are you, some kind of medieval minded moron?
I know! How dare they defame toast in that manner!
what are you, some kind of medieval minded moron? blasphemy? why don't you wheel out the catapult and attack?
I agree with you High IQer. People think it is funny to make a joke of religion and of Jesus Christ. They are not going to be making jokes when they meet their maker on judgement day.
Yes, but it doesn't matter if it's blasphemy if it blasphemes those stupid, ridiculous, icky Christians! Where have you been?
I agree. IT will be soooo nice when God wages the final war on these ungodly Cretans.
Flamingo Kid:
Wasn't your Judgement day a few months ago when when of your wackos predicted you'd all be raptured??
Still waiting.. maybe there be less war when we stop all this religious phony baloney....
I agree High IQer. The society we live in is filled with immorality. One cannot even watch television anymore without having immorality shoved in your face. These people think they can make an image of the one who is second unto God and make $ off of it. Boy are they going to regret it.
I can't WAIT for the Harry Potter one!!
Wish I could sell them some ocean front property in Arizona.
Here's my idea for an Islam-themed toaster: You put the bread in and then then it explodes.
What is it with Christians and cannibalism..? They have to eat their god in communion and now for breakfast...
The cannabilistic ritual of communion is one of my favorite Catholic superst.itions. It is just so silly!!
I recall a conversation with a Catholic priest once over the ritual of communion. You know, where bread and wine supposedly becomes the flesh and blood of Jesus because the Catholic priest has magic powers and performs some hocus-pocus over it at Catholic masses.
He was disdaining the view of an Anglican (I think, although it could have been another denomination) priest who maintained that the communion was just symbolic.
So, I asked the Catholic priest, "So, I assume there is no actual physical change to the bread and wine." "Of course not." he replied. "So, how can it be other than symbolic?" I asked.
Stony silence, eyes averted.....
Apparently under Catholic doctrine, there is a pretend World between symbolic and real where, despite not changing one iota, the bread and wine is the flesh and blood of JC – and it's not symbolic.
Go figure
I converted to orthodox Judaism 25 years ago. I was raised Catholic. Judaism just makes so much more sense to me. Judaism is about a sincere desire to attain wisdom, to be a scholar, not just shouting out verses that are taken out of context. To be ethical, to pursue justice with a measure of compassion, to be the best human being you can be and to have a personal relationship with God through prayer and good deeds.
Jesus must be the most overrated figure in history. The guy did nothing. He humped around Palestine for a few years, sponging off people and yelling the end is nigh, just like those crackpots you see on the streets in any major city. When he died, his following was just a small cult and he was a political and millitary non-event.
There is even a (not totally implausible) argument that he never existed. You have to admire Christians and their ability to worship a dream – a hokety sky-fairy.
Wow. Colin admires Christians? I didn't know that.
What about the Tim Tebow toaster?
Who is Tim Tebow?
"Who is Tim Tebow?"
A guy who spends his life on one knee.
quick....to ebay...
Jesus should teach CNN how to spell. There is no such word as "amoung".
LOL...the path to Heaven is thru a narrow gate and you must be able to read the Word to get there....and there is only one way to Heaven Oprah
I would buy one that produces toast with images of Allah on it.
Yeah but that guy's elusive... It's hard to get a good picture of him!
Cool idea Galen, but you should make one for each of the republican candidates. Because if American voters have any brains.. They certainly will be toast....but unfortunately, Americans aren't too smart.
I'm waiting for the Virgin Mary waffle maker.
It makes immaculate waffles.
I heard the waffles are holey
Yeah, on that one you don't even have to put anything in it for toast to come out.
Joseph had no syrup to put on them.
it goes to show that most people still believe in fairy tales.
If they would just gold plate this and make Jesus smile I might just by one.........
Well I'm not sure of the intentions of the company, I don't see anything sacreligious about it.
Jesus said something like, "Eat this bread. It is my body. He who shall eat of this bread shall achieve everlasting life."
They may have done it as a joke, but it may only serve to increase faith. Hope they can live with that.
They should also make a general "God" themed toaster. You open the box for it and there's nothing inside.
That would accomplish just as much as god
The real toaster awaits those that reject the truth
Cool- I'm hoping I get to be pumpernickel!
The article is written to invite fools to mock. What else can you expect from fools?
Pumpernickel is bigger than white. Everyone knows that.
forge, stop pushing your sicko god and his unfair eternal torture at us.
Got that goat sacrificed yet? Your evil Christian god will toast you if you haven't.