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Jesus In Walmart Receipt: The Strangest 'Sacred Sightings' Of 2011 (VIDEO)

Jesus On Receipt

First Posted: 12/29/11 08:17 AM ET Updated: 12/30/11 09:29 AM ET

God definitely moved in strange and unusual ways this past year -- at least judging from when and where the Creator of the universe has been seen.

For instance, a couple in Anderson County, S.C., believe they saw the image of Jesus appear in their Walmart receipt, while a woman in Kansas has varicose veins that reportedly spell out the letters "G-O-D."

People also claimed they saw Christ in pizza, rocking chairs and on the side of an Irish cliff.

Of course, seeing a Christ-like image in odd places -- like a glob of melted wax -- could be a profound experience to some, and a mere coincidence or simple joke to others.

Nevertheless, there may be a scientific explanation for those who find significance in such sacred sightings.

Researchers at Northwestern University led by Joel Voss say the human brain is wired to look for familiarity and meaning in the most abstract squiggles.

Because our brains automatically identify similar objects and then organize them according to type, we can look at a baseball cap and a fedora and know right away that both are hats.

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Brooklynite Robert Corso is hoping to earn the praises of foodies by creating a panini maker called the Grilled Cheesus. The device isn't on the market yet, but a $25,000 funding drive was the answer to his prayers, and the first set of appliances is currently being manufactured.

However, all the scientific evidence in the world doesn't take away the profound spiritual feelings felt by people like pilot Sandra Clifford, the woman who saw the image of Jesus on the side of the cliff in Ireland and snapped a photo on her digital camera.

"I definitely felt a divine presence," Clifford told HuffPost Weird News. "To me, it was definitely a face, but I realize some people may interpret it differently."

Of course, other people don't leave sacred sightings to chance, like Brooklyn entrepreneur Rob Corso, who is marketing a panini maker called the Grilled Cheesus, which prints the image of Jesus onto sandwiches. It goes on the market in March, and he hopes to make a lot of (daily) bread from it.

 
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03:52 PM on 01/02/2012
WalMart receipt looks more like Charlie Manson.
10:35 AM on 01/02/2012
OK, granted, they may be coincidences, but, please, can you explain the coincidences?
07:08 AM on 01/02/2012
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08:34 PM on 01/01/2012
I like it when I feel God's presence. It is the greatest feeling in the world. And way to rare to suit me. I used to feel him more often and stronger when I was very young. I want to get that feeling back. But the worries and cares of living in a corrupt world keep interfering.
10:39 AM on 01/02/2012
Ditto whick1, but, one thing in our favor............... HE understands.
11:08 AM on 01/02/2012
Yes thank you May God our Father Richly bless you and yours
12:14 AM on 01/01/2012
most of this can be easily faked, like the grill cheese Jesus, easily done, by someone with moderate art skills, I am very skeptical.
04:18 PM on 12/31/2011
Wow.... I have a house I bought in No Hollywood Calif the wooden panels had the face of jesus and several animal faces, when I sold house in 2004 I kept the panel from kitchen when I refinished it.

Quentin
03:08 PM on 12/31/2011
kewl ... however, since we have no known image of Christ, only people's renditions of what they thought he might have looked like, none of these mean anything.
09:10 AM on 12/31/2011
Jesus has big ears and a lazy eye!
01:12 AM on 12/31/2011
if you want to see/know real jesus, gods & others, there's a man that could do so, he could even talk to any god&prophet&dead soul&anything at all, do visit facebook: MFaizal Bin Daud, but as usual all.
09:51 AM on 01/01/2012
He talks to demons
11:12 AM on 01/01/2012
no no no no no no no no no no, i'm real, and guess what! worldwide know
me.. cool dude! tell you what, i try to send angel/robotic/deviated
demon-meaning that good demon/others to talk to you, but that person or
me or both got miracle could be at more than one place, so i'll be there
to say hi! time catch the anti-christ with demon, devil & others.
08:51 PM on 12/30/2011
It's amazing how many people can see 'Jesus' for every face that looks like a face with a beard, and 'The Virgin Mary' for every feminine looking face. Nobody alive today knows what they actually looked like, but when they see those shapes, they just 'know'. It's amazing how gullible people can be, especially for all things religious.
08:41 PM on 12/30/2011
seriously?
01:26 PM on 12/30/2011
It kind of looks more like Osama Bin Laden.