Another religious sighting, another impossible delusion

A California man found a rock that he claims has the image of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe (how many versions of the poor Virgin are there?). I suppose it must be a miraculous stone indeed, considering it appears to be capable of time travel:

But David Nunez says the image is unmistakable - a bluish-black stain on the football-sized rock outlines what looks like the Holy Mother.

Nunez's father found the partially buried boulder while looking for landscaping rocks in an Oakdale, Calif., orchard. Nunez and his father, Jesus - both Catholics from Merced - insist that it's hard to dispute that the image resembles the famous image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

"Everybody thought it looked like a turtle shell, but once he brought it home, we saw a figure on it," Nunez recalled.

Friends have called it a miracle.

Never mind the fact that the rock itself is several million years old, having formed eons before Jesus was even born, and was created by entirely natural processes entirely without God’s direct (or indirect) intervention or influence – ’tis a miracle!

(I’ll post a pic of this magical, time-traveling stone if I ever find one.)

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