{"id":780,"date":"2012-07-23T02:16:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T06:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=780"},"modified":"2012-07-23T02:16:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T06:16:29","slug":"virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting-accusations-of-devil-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/07\/23\/virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting-accusations-of-devil-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Mary-Shaped Tree Knot Now Sparks Fighting, Accusations of Devil Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/daily\/intel\/2012\/07\/23\/tree%20shape.o.jpg\/a_146x97.jpg?w=525\"><\/p>\n<p>The faithful are <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/2012\/07\/new-jersey-residents-flock-to-virgin-mary-tree.html\">still flocking<\/a> to the knot in a New Jersey tree trunk that either clearly shows the outline of the\u00c2\u00a0Virgin of Guadalupe or a generic oval shape, and things have taken a violent turn. Some say those who&#8217;ve gathered around the tree are indulging in idol worship, and The New York <i>Times<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/23\/nyregion\/in-a-tree-trunk-in-new-jersey-some-see-our-lady-of-guadalupe.html?ref=nyregion\">reports<\/a> that when a man approached the crowd yelling, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is witchcraft; you are worshiping devils!\u00e2\u20ac\u009done believer charged at him and a 90-year-old woman hit him repeatedly with white long-stemmed roses. If this continues playing out like a <i>Simpsons<\/i> episode, it should end in a few days when the holy tree is unintentionally ripped down by an angry mob.<\/p>\n<p>Read more posts by <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/author\/margaret%20hartmann\">Margaret Hartmann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filed Under:<br \/>\n          <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/miracles\" title=\"Read all posts tagged miracles\">miracles<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/strong>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/west-new-york\" title=\"Read all posts tagged west new york\">west new york<\/a><br \/>\n            ,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/trees\" title=\"Read all posts tagged trees\">trees<\/a><br \/>\n            ,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/virgin-mary\" title=\"Read all posts tagged virgin mary\">virgin mary<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p>via Daily Intel <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/2012\/07\/virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting.html\">http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/2012\/07\/virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The faithful are still flocking to the knot in a New Jersey tree trunk that either clearly shows the outline of the\u00c2\u00a0Virgin of Guadalupe or a generic oval shape, and things have taken a violent turn. Some say those who&#8217;ve gathered around the tree are indulging in idol worship, and The New York Times reports &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/07\/23\/virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting-accusations-of-devil-worship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Virgin Mary-Shaped Tree Knot Now Sparks Fighting, Accusations of Devil Worship&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[53,6,52],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-reader","tag-daily-intel","tag-ifttt","tag-margaret-hartmann"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2skW4-cA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}