It may be common for psychiatric patients who are Muslim to attribute their hallucinations or other symptoms to "jinn," the invisible, devilish creatures in Islamic mythology, researchers in the Netherlands have found. The findings demonstrate one way in which culture may influence how people perceive their psychotic symptoms, and could help Western psychiatrists better understand patients who have an Islamic background. Moreover, in today's connected world, patients may fuse the symbols from their own backgrounds with those of other cultures to explain their symptoms, study leader Dr. Jan Dirk Blom, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Groningen, told Live Science. FULL ARTICLE |
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David Duran of Albuquerque, New Mexico, thought he had purchased a simple Fuji apple until he went to bite into it and saw Jesus holding a baby lamb on the fruit.
This is the first time the man has ever spotted Jesus in his food, but it isn't an uncommon trend — it's actually science. The phenomenon is known as face pareidolia, and it has caused people to see rats on Mars, Mother Teresa in a cinnamon bun and Jesus in a Cheetos bag. In 2004, a grilled cheese sandwich marked with the image of the Virgin Mary sold for $28,000. READ FULL ARTICLE & VIDEO
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Slicing into an eggplant turned into a religious experience for a Baton Rouge chef when he found the word "GOD" spelled out inside, arranged in seeds. Line cook Jermarcus Brady of Gino's Restaurant called it a "miraculous image" in an interview with WAFB, a CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge. Brady is religious and told WAFB that his faith has helped him to get through rough times.
"He's showing me that 'hey, I'm real' and that's the only thing I can depend on," he told the station. He told local ABC affiliate WBRZ that he's "scared to slice another eggplant." Gino Marino, one of the restaurant's owners, was also moved by the spiritual seed arrangement. READ FULL ARTICLE In 2007, a Pennsylvania woman also found God in an eggplant. Here's a Mitchell and Webb video that kind of sums it all up. Megyn Kelly caused controversy Wednesday night when she responded to a Slate article questioning the depiction of Santa Claus as white. "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white," Kelly told her viewers on The Kelly File. "But this person is arguing that we should also have a black Santa, but, you know, Santa is what he is — just so you know, we're just debating this." READ FULL ARTICLE SEE STEPHEN COLBERT'S HILARIOUS RESPONSE HERE In one of the strangest cases of purported religious beliefs intersecting with athletic performance, a Kentucky junior cross country runner voluntarily walked away from a chance to qualify for the state meet to avoid running with the bib number "666", which she said conflicted with her Christian beliefs. READ MORE
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