Jesus in 2009

In the spirit of all those "that was the year that was" articles that are starting to spring up as we edge towards 2010 I thought I would take a light-hearted look at all the places Jesus has surfaced this year. For most of these (especially the Mars one) you need to squint and suspend disbelief, but hey I suppose it shows us exactly why we are pattern seeking primates, we would rather have a fake explanation than no explanation at all. See what you think, which one gets your Jesus appearance of the year vote.

First up we have "maple leaf Jesus", not bad, slightly spoiled by hole in the leaf but no doubt Canadian Christians and pancake lovers will vote for this one.

Then we have "Iron man Jesus", pretty poor this one, looks more like Mick Fleetwood than Jesus IMO.

This one is good, "Ikea toilet seat Jesus", rather abstract but nicely in proportion a keeper for any aficionado of Jesus manifestations.

This next one is a personal favourite of mine "Marmite Jesus", you either love him or you hate him..

Next up "Kitkat Jesus", this one really takes the biscuit, watch out for those nails.

This one is a real challenge, I think you have to squint, look sideways and try not to pull focus, then apparently you see a Jesus face and accompanying robes, nope, still can't see it.

Next, "Ukrainian factory wall Jesus", I thought all those commies were atheists?, oh well apparently Jesus says it with flowers in the Ukraine.

Here we have "burger fat Jesus", nice layout but not one for the diet concious among us, definitely a high cholesterol deity.

Last but by no means least we have "Cheeto Jesus", if you ever wanted inspiration from a cheesy snack then look no further, bit of a stretch for me but then again I'm no connoisseur.

There we have it the contenders for the 2009 Jesus manifestation of the year, lets hope 2010 will provide equally rich pickings, somehow, I suspect it will.