UPDATED: Is this the face of God in a mixing bowl? (From Bournemouth Echo)
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UPDATED: Is this the face of God in a mixing bowl?
8:50am Wednesday 30th May 2012 in Features By Arron Hendy
PHOTO: Is this the face of God in a mixing bowl?*
NOTE: Since our original story on Ruth's face of God was posted in the features section of the site, her photo has been seen around the world. This is the version of the story that appears in the Daily Echo on May 30.
IS this God’s face found on a mixing bowl in Ferndown?
Ruth Davis walked into her kitchen and noticed the image on the side of the bowl after her son Paul had used it for cleaning the windows.
It appears that after mixing in the bowl for the last 40 years the image of a face has developed in the scratches and she believes it is not a half-baked tale.
And after appearing on the Daily Echo website the image has gone global and is being studied as far afield as Australia.
Ruth, of Barns Road, said: “I saw it and thought ‘you never know it might not just be me who thinks it is amazing’.
“My son had been washing some windows and had put the water in the mixing bowl and left it on the work top.
“I walked in the kitchen and thought ‘God has arrived’.
“I left it there and when I came home from work one day my son had used it for window cleaning again and I said ‘you can’t get rid of God that easily’.
“So we’ve not washed him since.”
Ruth said the image reminded her of pictures of God in the clouds.
“I realised it was too old to be Jesus,” she added. “It’s more of a fatherly figure. He’s absolutely up in a cloud.”
Her son Paul does not agree with her but believes Ruth can be forgiven for seeing the likeness.
He said: “It’s very funny because it’s a mixing bowl.
“I can see it and I’m not going to deny it looks like a face.
“But there’s quite possibly nothing divine in that.”
The Reverend Dr Ian Terry, team rector at St Stephen’s and St Peter’s churches in Bournemouth, said it was “lovely” that she believed she had seen God.
He said: “Whatever one might say about the scientific side of things I’m quite clear that as God is the life force within all creation, then if we have eyes to see then we see God in each other and we can see God in all life on earth.
“I’m glad she is developing the eyes to see.”
Comments(65)
bmthtony
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12:50pm Mon 28 May 12
twynham
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1:07pm Mon 28 May 12
Franks Tank
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1:13pm Mon 28 May 12
Duckorange
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1:26pm Mon 28 May 12
bmthtony wrote:I'm getting Chewie as well. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW? (Probably on a pizza, or something)
More like Chewbacca
parkylondon
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1:49pm Mon 28 May 12
Question for god: If you're so all-powerful why do You choose to appear in slices of toast and in mixing bowls to people with over-active imaginations and choose to do NOTHING about child cancer?
I mean, you help actresses win awards and american footballers (Tibow) win games (not all though heheheh) but do nothing about world hunger.
You really are a lazy god aren't you!
AdamSFC
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1:53pm Mon 28 May 12
n4
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2:04pm Mon 28 May 12
Why have I just wasted 30 seconds of my life reading this tosh? It's not even the 1st of April. Com on Echo... Get a grip.
Sam Shepherd
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5:32pm Mon 28 May 12
AdamSFC wrote:Not at all - in fact remarkably busy, as you'd see from the News section of the site. However, this is features, and as such we thought we'd post something a bit more light-hearted.
The Echo have sure surpassed themselves with this one. Slow day was it?
Dick Harris
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7:37pm Mon 28 May 12
billd766
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2:41am Tue 29 May 12
What about God being young, or a woman or black or yellow or anything else for that matter.
mcrosson
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3:05am Tue 29 May 12
ks.com/darwin.html
theant
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3:32am Tue 29 May 12
parkylondon wrote:wait --- if we are asking god questions i want to ask him why men have nipples ...
It's funny this religion thing. Your god "works in mysterious ways" for sure.
Question for god: If you're so all-powerful why do You choose to appear in slices of toast and in mixing bowls to people with over-active imaginations and choose to do NOTHING about child cancer?
I mean, you help actresses win awards and american footballers (Tibow) win games (not all though heheheh) but do nothing about world hunger.
You really are a lazy god aren't you!
Mr N James
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8:42am Tue 29 May 12
rudolph_hucker
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9:05am Tue 29 May 12
theant wrote:Nipples develop on a foetus prior to the sex being determined.
parkylondon wrote:wait --- if we are asking god questions i want to ask him why men have nipples ...
It's funny this religion thing. Your god "works in mysterious ways" for sure.
Question for god: If you're so all-powerful why do You choose to appear in slices of toast and in mixing bowls to people with over-active imaginations and choose to do NOTHING about child cancer?
I mean, you help actresses win awards and american footballers (Tibow) win games (not all though heheheh) but do nothing about world hunger.
You really are a lazy god aren't you!
I once saw a very realistic image of David Cameron and George Osborne appear on some Andrex after I had been to the loo. But I won't send it in.
mmm2008
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9:06am Tue 29 May 12
FAT TONE
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10:29am Tue 29 May 12
FAT TONE
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10:30am Tue 29 May 12
God Knows.
FAT TONE
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10:35am Tue 29 May 12
ukdragon
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11:35am Tue 29 May 12
Case closed!
makingsenseofitall
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11:49am Tue 29 May 12
bottomsup
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12:02pm Tue 29 May 12
Get a life.
joncon
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12:39pm Tue 29 May 12
joncon
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12:39pm Tue 29 May 12
nonnisrevenge
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1:23pm Tue 29 May 12
Actually if you let your eyes lazily rest on the image it resembles Chewbacca.
TrevorH
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2:30pm Tue 29 May 12
Dog friendly 1
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5:24pm Tue 29 May 12
freedom for pokesdown
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5:37pm Tue 29 May 12
theant wrote:Men have nipples because God has nipples. We are created in his image silly!
parkylondon wrote:wait --- if we are asking god questions i want to ask him why men have nipples ...
It's funny this religion thing. Your god "works in mysterious ways" for sure.
Question for god: If you're so all-powerful why do You choose to appear in slices of toast and in mixing bowls to people with over-active imaginations and choose to do NOTHING about child cancer?
I mean, you help actresses win awards and american footballers (Tibow) win games (not all though heheheh) but do nothing about world hunger.
You really are a lazy god aren't you!
EGHH
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7:41pm Tue 29 May 12
BIGTONE
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8:15pm Tue 29 May 12
chocolatelover26
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8:54pm Tue 29 May 12
High Treason
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9:11pm Tue 29 May 12
FAT TONE wrote:That's what wacky baccy does to you.
Why do men shave every day and women can go 2 or 3 days without shaving.
Richard 1976
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9:39pm Tue 29 May 12
Tatsie
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9:52pm Tue 29 May 12
tommylily1
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2:42am Wed 30 May 12
Horridbloke
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8:49am Wed 30 May 12
The Renegade Master
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9:06am Wed 30 May 12
Vikki27
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9:06am Wed 30 May 12
Now we mention it, I think I saw the face of God in my back garden the other day. I poked some holes in the soil and voila! The face of God. *rolls eyes*
Derf
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9:10am Wed 30 May 12
doobiesis
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9:16am Wed 30 May 12
doobiesis
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9:17am Wed 30 May 12
The Seasider
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9:17am Wed 30 May 12
I quite like the tabloidish way the Echo is heading. There should always be at least one story every day to make us laugh. 'A light heart lives long' and all that.
I look forward to more 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster' and 'World War 2 plane found on moon' type stuff!!
live-and-let-live
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9:23am Wed 30 May 12
Morrigan
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9:26am Wed 30 May 12
Cmdr Kryll
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9:32am Wed 30 May 12
Morrigan wrote:Well said
How can it look like "God", when there is no such thing?
tricky1007
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9:33am Wed 30 May 12
Sam Shepherd wrote:Sam please don't let people at the Echo think, what would all the depressed people do if they realise this is light-hearted, they might smile, enjoy their day, help an old lady across the road, and then where would we be. Please go back to normal articles that they can complain about... Thank you
AdamSFC wrote:Not at all - in fact remarkably busy, as you'd see from the News section of the site. However, this is features, and as such we thought we'd post something a bit more light-hearted.
The Echo have sure surpassed themselves with this one. Slow day was it?
Professor Zaroff
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9:45am Wed 30 May 12
joncon wrote:Looks to me more like a Tharil from the seminal 1980 Doctor Who story 'Warriors Gate'.
Looks more like one of those tree creatures from the 2011 Doctor Who christmas special
Yawwwn!
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10:22am Wed 30 May 12
live-and-let-live
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11:50am Wed 30 May 12
wizzydolphin
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11:54am Wed 30 May 12
Yawwwn! wrote:alternatively you make the effort to come onto the website and moan about it publicly instead! Can't you guys just take it for what it is - a bit of light hearted journalism
Now I know why I don't actually buy the Daily Echo. Why would I part with money to read cr@p like this?
l'anglais
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12:24pm Wed 30 May 12
lisa401
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1:29pm Wed 30 May 12
Baysider
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1:33pm Wed 30 May 12
bmthgrouch
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3:49pm Wed 30 May 12
More like God help us.
Unbelievable, these people also see "God" in there cornflakes, tea leaves and pint glass at there local.
*Fiona*
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6:30pm Wed 30 May 12
Franks Tank wrote:Jehova God
Which / whos God would that be then?
__________________
God isnt a man.
God is an omnipresent spiritual cosmic flow of energy.
Old before my time
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6:48pm Wed 30 May 12
overthehills
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7:10pm Wed 30 May 12
Yawwwn!
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7:56pm Wed 30 May 12
wizzydolphin wrote:This website is free, the newspaper isn't, if i had to pay for this site, then I would not visit The Daily Echo on line either. The Daily Echo are creating a story out of nothing, especially as there is no known image of God! It is poor journalism full stop!
Yawwwn! wrote:alternatively you make the effort to come onto the website and moan about it publicly instead! Can't you guys just take it for what it is - a bit of light hearted journalism
Now I know why I don't actually buy the Daily Echo. Why would I part with money to read cr@p like this?
Lord Elpas
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8:31am Thu 31 May 12
K5054
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8:36am Thu 31 May 12
rudolph_hucker wrote:If I am God then I choose not to because "I am God". You are here at my choosing not yours.
theant wrote:Nipples develop on a foetus prior to the sex being determined.
parkylondon wrote:wait --- if we are asking god questions i want to ask him why men have nipples ...
It's funny this religion thing. Your god "works in mysterious ways" for sure.
Question for god: If you're so all-powerful why do You choose to appear in slices of toast and in mixing bowls to people with over-active imaginations and choose to do NOTHING about child cancer?
I mean, you help actresses win awards and american footballers (Tibow) win games (not all though heheheh) but do nothing about world hunger.
You really are a lazy god aren't you!
I once saw a very realistic image of David Cameron and George Osborne appear on some Andrex after I had been to the loo. But I won't send it in.
I also choose, who if any, I allow into paradise.That's what it means to be me. If you don't like it then don't bother to believe and all your problems then become your own.
What you are trying to do is to to stick me with all your problems.
I had a man whoes wife was dying the other day who had never bothered in all his 80 years about me before, and in fact swore I did not exist. On hearing of his wife illness and impending death he was on his knees making every promise to me under the sun if I would only spare his wife. What should my answer be? So if I am God and I created you, then quite frankly I must be pretty stupid.
Momomyall
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6:39pm Thu 31 May 12
PooleParky
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9:26am Fri 1 Jun 12
"Is this the face of God in a mixing bowl?"
"UPDATE: No, it isn't"
barbienightmare
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5:48pm Fri 1 Jun 12
K5054
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7:19am Sun 3 Jun 12
barbienightmare wrote:I thought a twee - weet was the last sound you gave out as you expired
My moneys on it being Thade from planet of the apes
K5054
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7:20am Sun 3 Jun 12
K5054 wrote:a twitter when your born and a tweet when you die .lol.
barbienightmare wrote:I thought a twee - weet was the last sound you gave out as you expired
My moneys on it being Thade from planet of the apes
Harv1979 says...
12:10pm Mon 28 May 12
No, case closed.