For some reason, there seems to be a huge incidence of religious mania in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Back in 1983, there was the woman frying a gordita for lunch, and saw the image of the Virgin Mary on a tortilla. It was kept in a plexiglas box in a shrine at her home.

In 1990, a stain in a shower stall--in the restroom of an auto-parts store in Progresso--resembled (you guessed it!)--the Virgin Mary.. The resulting crowds caused the store to go out of business. (This was, presumably, not exactly what God had in mind.)


In 1993, there were two such manifestations--the image of a glowing figure with outstretched arms seen in the bark of a cottenwood tree in downtown Brownsville, and crowds formed block-long lines to smooch the holy bark. Then someone saw the image of the Virgin Mary in rust spots on a maroon 1981 Camaro--someone cobbled together a tin-roofed chapel to house it, complete with plastic chairs and rough wooden pews for visitors.

In 1995, neighbors noticed the image of the Virgin Mary on a curtain in a private home. The residents got sick of the crowds, so they simply removed the offending holy curtain.

Well, here we go again. An acacia tree started spouting this foam-like stuff some twenty feet up in the branches--following the death of a local 92-year old matriarch, who is said to have loved the tree. Despite the fact that the froth is yellowish (hence more urine-ish than teary)--people insist the tree is weeping.

Scientists who examined pictures of the phenomena said the wad of foam was a spittlebug nest. Obviously secular humanists.

BTW--I swear I am not making this up--I saw it in a syndicated news story originally appearing in the Dallas Morning News.


(NOTE--I was going to put this in SotD, but since the phenomena seemed confined to members of the wide-spread cult known as the Roman Catholic Church, thought it was more apropriate here.)

As if the president wasnt enough, you have presented more evidence indicating Texans are complete fucktards.

I wonder if anyone has EVER made the correlation between the sightings of Jesus, Virgin Mary, Elvis and alien abductions all seeming to take place in backward little boring uneducated towns.

I am wondering if maybe there is something in the water--or the CIA is experimenting with mind-fucks--which would make this thread fodder for Conspiracy.

I am wondering if maybe there is something in the water--or the CIA is experimenting with mind-fucks--which would make this thread fodder for Conspiracy.

Nah.... people are just idiots.

I am wondering if maybe there is something in the water--or the CIA is experimenting with mind-fucks--which would make this thread fodder for Conspiracy.

Nothing so sinister as that. What you have to remember is that the vast majority of people living in the Rio Grande valley area are of Mexican descent. The Mexican-American population holds strongly to it's heritage, which is steeped in superstition. If you look further into the background of the news stories you provided, you will find that these are the people who are involved. Not your average Texan.

By the way, although the Mexican-Americans are highly religious/superstitious, they are pretty harmless.

The people who scare the crap out of me are the evangelical christians who are making a power grab here in this great state (and across the country). While the Mexicans are religious/superstitious, they make no attempts to force their beliefs on the rest of us through governmental decree.

The evangelicals, however, are determined to force a theocracy on America. They have a completly flawed understanding of the 1st amendment, thinking that freedom of religion applies only to christians.

Not all Texans are mindless religious zealots. The problem is that the nutcase fundies are well organized, well funded (tax free, by the way), and determined, while the majority of normal citizens are indifferent/ignorant to the threat posed by the fundies.

I only hope that reasoning people will gain an understanding of this threat and move to block the fundies before it is too late.

Nah.... people are just idiots.

I agree. The average person is incredibly stupid, by my standards of course.

....The problem is that the nutcase fundies are well organized, well funded (tax free, by the way), and determined, while the majority of normal citizens are indifferent/ignorant to the threat posed by the fundies.

I only hope that reasoning people will gain an understanding of this threat and move to block the fundies before it is too late.

I completely second that.

I agree. The average person is incredibly stupid, by my standards of course.

Like Tina Fey said, most folks believe that Adam and Eve rode to church on a dinosaur.

In 1990, a stain in a shower stall--in the restroom of an auto-parts store in Progresso--resembled (you guessed it!)--the Virgin Mary.. The resulting crowds caused the store to go out of business. (This was, presumably, not exactly what God had in mind.)

How could he fucking fail at staying in business? I'd have instantly renamed the store as Virgin Mary's autoparts and only let the ones that bought such sanctified parts to see the cumstain or whatever it was on the wall. Instant millionaire baby, just like God intented

^So many looky-loos crowded into the store's restroom that ligit customers couldn't access the store proper. (It was so crowded in the restroom, even Senator Craig couldn't get into a stall.)

^So many looky-loos crowded into the store's restroom that ligit customers couldn't access the store proper. (It was so crowded in the restroom, even Senator Craig couldn't get into a stall.)

What a moron, I would've kicked them all out and removed the stain, limited the amount of people that could view it at one time, charged them to view it, or exploited their stupidity by selling overpriced souvenirs.

As if the president wasnt enough, you have presented more evidence indicating Texans are complete fucktards.

I take offense to that as being a very capable intellect from Texas. Do not confuse all of us (the silent majority if you will) with Church infused immigrants and farmers (border hoppers and rural residents).

I and many of my friends are agnostics/atheists.

Houston and Austin are very secular cities.

By expressing your statement, you simply showcase your ignorance and immaturity. It's people like you that give us other secular folk a bad name.