Penguins, virgins, tortillas (Re: The anthropic principle & Rakesh)

[Frances Bolton (PHI)]

On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Dennis R Redmond wrote:
> 
 Since I worship penguins, I've converted to dialectical
> penguinism, myself.


Penguins, huh? Today I was in Clearwater, FL, with LBO's very own Kelley,
and we saw a bunch of people worshipping a bank building. Seriously! They
see an image of the Virgin Mary on the building. The building is now owned
by a church, no longer a bank. There is a 20 foot crucifix, and all these
cheap white plastic lawn chairs set up in the parking lot, so people can
sit there and contemplate the Mother of the Son of God. And there were
actually people sitting there, staring at the side of the building. 

I did not see the Blessed Virgin. Apparently my soul is insufficently
pure. In Santa Fe, NM, I once saw a sacred tortilla. It supposedly had an
image of the Son of Man on it. I found the tortilla more compelling than
the bank building, but it still didn't really do it for me. I'm holding
out for burning, talking, shrubbery.

frances