Jesus (Cheese-us?) appears in a three-cheese pizza

From Australia: "In a purported "miracle'', the face of Jesus Christ has appeared on a three-cheese pizza made at Posh Pizza in New Farm, Brisbane. Posh Pizza's Maree Phelan said her pizza oven was seemingly blessed with the presence of Jesus Christ, who chose a three cheese pizza as his medium." (Thanks, Oxblood)

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Clearly it’s Jim Morrison… or Che Guevera… or a Death Eater…
emmdeeaych

You say Jesus chose a three cheese pizza as his medium, I say Jesus chose a medium three cheese pizza.

Also, looks more like Sir Paul McCartney from the cover of Let it Be.
- Phikus
  
  Your crust is stuffed with win!
Anonymous

Three cheese pizza, of course. Son-cheese, father-cheese, and holy-ghost gorgonzola: the three subsisting in the one pizza.
travtastic

“Hey, guys! Convert to Christianity! Look, I fucking burned a pizza for you! It’s got my head on it!”
MichaelRN

Oh, what a friend we have in cheeses. *Ducks*
Anonymous

hey , cheese not cheeses !!!!
IWood

Manson.
VICTOR JIMENEZ

Looks moore like Ulysses 31th…
travtastic

Maybe I’m misinterpreting pareidolia, but I’ve always taken it to mean that Jesus has completely given up on the whole bible thing. He’s decided to enhance his visibility with synergistic social networking paradigms.
Soliloquy

Christ, what a pizza.
AlmostLucy

Nonsense, it’s Alan Moore.
Sagodjur

I went to the National Gallery of Art and Jesus appeared in a bunch of the Renaissance paintings I looked at. It’s a miracle!
Yamara

When I was younger, no one could figure out whether I looked more like Charlie Manson or Jesus. So they have a strong resemblance already. Part of Charlie’s many identity problems.

The pizza though is just another in long string of ploys by the Christmeister Himself.

He wants you to eat Him, because He’s just so delicious.

…

It goes with a nice red, btw.
Floyd R Turbo

Great a stuffed Christ pizza
Anonymous

Jesus Christ on a pizza.
Anonymous

It’s Michael Jackson
Anonymous

the velvet underground – Cheese-us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2FNI0SJnP0
giax

I see only Stefani Germanotta, or Lady Gaga, or whatever you want to call her, on that pizza.
Anonymous

The Velveeta Underground – Cheese-us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJj0z0u_9qQ
Ugly Canuck

People seeking religious inspiration in the look of foods may perhaps partly explain these research results:

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/03/24/religious.young.adults.become.obese.middle.age

Are people hungry for religion?
Chong

Cheesus Crust.
Mujokan

To me it looks like Howard Stern. http://images.forbes.com/media/2009/07/14/Howard-Stern.jpg
Mujokan

Also that pizza looks disgusting.
beemoh

And if you find that you can’t eat the entire pizza in one go, instead of throwing it out, put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow, because remember: Jesus Saves.
lalo

non-christian (real) me: wow, you need a lot of imagination to see Jesus there.

imaginary christian me: that’s obviously not Jesus, because everybody knows three-cheese pizza is the work of the devil, a corruption of God’s four-cheese original.
- Anonymous
  
  You don;t need imagination; it’s quite obviously been burnt in intentionally.
  
  This isn’t like a random slice in an apple looking like jesus (which is of course just random); this is just a pizza that’s been intentionally made to look like jesus. You can even see bits of uncooked cheese at the bottom – I mean I know Christians are dumb, but this is insulting even to them, surely?
  
  I guess business is bad at said pizza place.
  - Anonymous
    
    @Anon
    
    Business shouldn’t be bad. They make really nice (and pricey) pizzas.
Felton / Moderator

Are we sure it’s not Arthur Brown?
mudshark23

STENCIL.
fergus1948

It’s the fact that Jebus can make himself appear on a pizza that convinces me that he must have been real.

If he can travel in his head (or holy spirit) 2,000 years into the future and create his likeness on the surface of an Italian dish unheard of in Bethlehem or Nazareth AND believe that it would convince doubters of his existence then I’m sold.

Praise Jebus!
sapere_aude

Well, he did say “blessed are the cheesemakers”.
fyreflye

It’s The Dude. Praise Jeff!
davedog

What’s wrong with you people? Johnny Depp, obviously.
Plut0

It’s Darth Vader! The death-star is coming!
futnuh

From the linked article,

Australian Catholic University associate professor and director of the Institute for Catholic Identity and Mission, Patrick McArdle, said the pizza was “almost definitely not a miracle” and would be hard to prove. ”There are a lot of misunderstandings in the making of saints and miracles,” he said. He said generally only “medical miracles”, such as healings, were accepted by the Catholic Church because those incidents could be tested using scientific means.

So the Catholic church would likely reject this pizza as being miraculous â€¦ reserving that designation for scientifically verifiable acts of God ;-)
- emmdeeaych
  
  The church can reject it if they like, but as long as it was there in 30 minutes, they’re paying for it.
Anonymous

the dude!
Anonymous

http://grilled.chees.us/
Erik

There was an artist in Cambridge,MA who built a toaster that cooked an image of Jesus onto every slice of toast.
Anonymous

I’ve made a scribbls about that http://www.scribbls.com/outcomes/Holy_apparition :D
koichan

That dot near the centre makes it look more like a deranged zombie jesus IMHO :)
BrotherPower

That’s a eucharist I could get behind!
Bart4u

Looks like the guy on the papers used to roll a joint.
mg2003

I see Darth Vadar!! Right as he throws the Emperor into the pit, and the electric current displays his face through the mask.

Its a sign from the Dark Side of the Force. Obviously.
zgz

haha, he died for men’s sins, resurrected, joins his dad in the heavens, waits for 2000 years, and then uses his almightly powers to burn his polaroid on a pizza.

I really really want to believe now that there is a god, this is true, and can’t wait to meet the maker as he obviously has a fantastic sense of humour. Maybe bill hicks was right, god did go around planting dino fossils just to mess with our minds, WAKAKAKAKAKA [Bill Hicks Cackle (TM)]
Anonymous

I think either that the owners of the pizza place has tried to get free advertisment or jeus is trying to tell us something.. never ever make fun of jeus as we respect him.
Sekino

Communion performed with a free 1L Pepsi!
jacques45

Is that representative of what most pizzas look like in Australia (disregarding the Viggo Mortensen face, of course)?
Anonymous

That’s definitely Bob Marley.
Tim Maddux

Looks more like George Harrison to me.
Anonymous

Please, That is obviously a left facing profile of Caligula.
Anonymous

Do you love Cheesus?
grimatongueworm

Jesus? Pffft. That’s Chuckie Cheese Manson.
Anonymous

That’s supposed to be a three cheese pizza? It looks like flat bread with not enough cheese to me. I’d feel ripped off if I was served that.
- Anonymous
  
  That’s because outside of the US we go for quality rather than quantity.
  
  American cheese (by which I mean all those generic processed cheddars that make up the cheese collection in the US) are pretty closely related to cheese in a can to the rest of the world.
  
  THIS is pizza: http://yumptious.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pizza-express.jpg
  - Blaine
    
    Y’r n dt.
    
    Processed cheese, which American Cheese is an example of, was invented by the Swiss.
    
    Second, the vast majority of US cheeses are not processed. The US produces more cheese each year than France, Italy and the Netherlands combined. To say processed makes up most of American cheddar is ignorance writ large.
Anonymous

Maybe an Imam should burn the pizza so Alabamans will riot.
Anonymous

Pareidolia does not equal miracle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Racloir

I suspect that this pizza was made with “Cheeses of Nazareth”.
- BB
  
  Heh-heh.
jere7my

Dear news.com.au: Either scare quotes or purported. Not both.
gravytop

Crust almighty
BB

Meh. Got to be a chocolate Jesus to keep me satisfied.
Victor Drath

How the hell is this place baking it’s pizzas? Eeew!

I second the Skeletor, and I’ll raise you a Chewbacca. It’s Skeletor Chewbacca-Christ. :)

I bet this sells for a MILLION DOLLARS on ebay.
- travtastic
  
  Apparently with a Jesus stencil.
turn_self_off

It is funny how interchangeable Che and Jesus appears to be.
Anonymous

Jim Morrison…He said he would come back.
Anonymous

In some denominations, only a member of the clergy would be allowed to deliver this pizza. Could mean longer delivery times. Just sayin’.
Alvis

That’s NOT a three cheese pizza! Through the mystery of the trinity, they are all one Cheesus.
Pope Ratzo

What does Jesus have against sausage and mushrooms?
Ugly Canuck

This appears to be merely a simulacrumb of jesus.
Antinous / Moderator

It’s a zither.
Infinite Jones

Not the first time this kind of mix-up has occurred in Australia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aqr7Ykxc4Y
glamaFez

I’d eat it.
Anonymous

http://tinyurl.com/442od85

Cheesus cheetos!!
quitterjunior

The sacr-emmental pro-fetas comte save your soul, nacho stomach. Ripen your heart with love and tolerance…of lactose.
quitterjunior

Also – that is just an amateurishly made pizza, man. (son of man?).
mypalmike

Of course it’s photoshopped. In the original, Jesus is puking after a night of pizza and beer..
Ocker3

That is quite obviously Zombie Jesus, the slaw mouth and black eyes are the key signs.
jacob_ewing

Oh cheeses christ!
jimh

Photoshop, etc, pixels, etc.
But it looks more like the GruyÃ¨re Reaper to me anyway…
rob_cornelius

looks more like Charlie Manson to me
- The Life Of Bryan
  
  Definitely Chuckles. I can tell from some of the bubbles.
Anonymous

Looks more like Che Guevara to me.
Anonymous

Looks more like “Che-ese” Guevara. :D
Fett101

That’s definitely Jim Henson. The pizza is obviosly doing it’s best to ask to be made into a puppet.
Anonymous

Looks like Kenny Loggins to me.
Anonymous

john the baptist.not jesus.
amanicdroid

Even better, if you turn it upside down it looks just like a delicious cheese pizza.

Time to go out and have my own cheese, tomato, and bread baked blessed event.
Calimecita

“Grilled Cheesus” was a Glee episode… Is this a case of copycat Cheesus? :-O
Anonymous

Dr Doom, oven-baked ruler of cheesovia
Strange Quark Star

It’s Cheezus Chrust!

Are there any food manufacturers who do this on purpose? Why not?
LonelyPlaneteer

Looks like Michael Jackson to me.. after several nose surgery.
cory

Cheese and rice!
Calimecita

Also, I forgot to comment on the subtlety of the “three-cheese” touch – you know, the holy trinity and all that.

Though it looks more like a late 70s Bee Gee to me :-P
Elmo Gearloose

It’s a sign of the “Endtimes” people!
I recently read this “sign” too:

I found ‘Allah’ in my potato

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/2011/03/31/i-found-allah-in-my-potato-86908-23028100/
Mar 31 2011

A Scots Muslim mum has found the word “Allah” inside a potato she was peeling.
Mariam Nadeem told the Record: “It’s like a special blessing has been sent to us.”
Mum-of-two Mariam, 30, of Glenrothes, Fife, discovered the Arabic writing inside the spud as she peeled a batch of potatoes to make samosas.
“Then I noticed the brown writing in Arabic against the yellow of the potato.
“I couldn’t believe it when I spelled out ‘Allah’.”
“I showed it to our neighbours and they too were surprised.”
Nadeem then took the potato to her local mosque.
Atvaark

Overcooked.
Marktech

I’m yoyoing between Barry Gibb and Skeletor. I have to say, that’s not what I thought I’d be doing today.
Anonymous

Looks more like Che Guevara if you ask me.
antigenx

Did they at least eat the pizza afterward?
- Felton / Moderator
  
  If so, it was one big, greasy communion wafer. See Sekino@43 for the blood of Christ.
dross1260

It’s Trinitrous Cheez Pizza!
Anonymous

c’mon, people, that’s kenny loggins. the high cheese factor should’ve tipped everyone off to that.