Gene Guglielmi, a 57-year-old New Jersey-based nurse who professes the Catholic religion, became viral on social media for ensuring that the figure of Jesus Christ appeared to him in the middle of his tangerine, which she considers a miracle.
According to information circulating on the Internet, women discovered the peculiar religious figure at the time of splitting his mandarin in two. Immediately, she proceeded to take some photos to later share them with her family and friends on social networks.
Gene Guglielmi assured that it was a Christmas miracle. Some netizens criticized Gene Guglielmi for believing in this supposed appearance. Pareidolia is the belief that something sacred is revealed in a fact or an object of everyday life.
“We have been trusting that Jesus will return, and he was just chilling in a tangerine all this time. I saw the figure as soon as I separated the two halves of the tangerine. I remember thinking ‘Look at that, a figure that looks like Jesus hanging on the cross’ “, he wrote next to the images, which they did not take long to go viral.
Christ in mandarin causes debate on social networks
Some netizens criticized Gene Guglielmi for believing in this supposed appearance. Pareidolia is the belief that something sacred is revealed in a fact or an object of everyday life.
The appearance of Christ in a tangerine caused all kinds of reactions on social networks, as some say that in reality it’s about a Christmas miracle and that Gene Guglielmi was a very lucky person. It should be noted that this event reminds us of the time the image of Christ the Redeemer appeared in the sky of Yucatán.
However, the veteran woman also received criticism from those who say that it was a simple tangerine and there was no reason to make such a fuss about it of the supposed appearance. There were even those who even called her “naive and childish.”
What does it mean to see religious images in things?
Pareidolia is the belief that something sacred is revealed in a fact or an object of everyday life.
As informed AmericanPost.News Previously, the appearance of religious figures in different places and objects is always a curious fact. However, you should know that this type of event they are known as pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon in which a random image is perceived by the brain as a recognizable shape.
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