'Touchdown' Jesus Statue Destroyed by Lightning

[Valka D'Ur]

Finally Zeus decided to act

So apparently they still haven't gotten the message about idols and graven images. Sheesh, that was a dumb design for a statue in the first place. It looked like the place had flooded - and now I read that it was supposed to look like the statue had fallen into a big mud puddle?

 

[classical_hero]

This got bumped just for that?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Well then, lets update.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/touchdown-jesus-statue-replaced_n_1607501.html

MONROE, Ohio -- A towering roadside Jesus statue destroyed two years ago in a lightning fire will be replaced later this summer in southwest Ohio.

The previous statue was ruined when it was hit by lightning two years ago this month. It depicted a waist-up Jesus with arms uplifted, drawing the nickname "Touchdown Jesus," or "Big Butter Jesus" for its creamy color.

The new version will have a full-bodied Jesus with arms reaching out, as if beckoning. It is being constructed with fire-resistant material.

Full bodied. Arms reached out. Classy.

 

[holy king]

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[Borachio]

Hmm. Speaks volumes, eh?

Is that a pair of nunchucks I see on the door handle?

And what's the meaning of the handprint on the door?

A king of hearts...and what's the other card?

 

[Gatsby]

Interesting...from http://www.goldenthread.com.au/Kabbalah.php :



The Divine Lightning Bolt

The Divine Lightning Bolt is an attempt by God to reconnect with man, after the fall of man, God became disconnected from us and us from God. The Lightning Bolt moves downwards through the Tree-of-life in a zig-zag motion from Kether to Chokhmah back to Binah and down to Malkuth. While man attempts to reconnect with God by moving upward through the Tree, God moves down the tree to meet with us.

 

[Borachio]

Ha, ha! Kabbalah! Long time since I saw this last.

 

[Gatsby]

A king of hearts...and what's the other card?

It looks like The Joker, a card of great significance in the Tarot. From
http://voices.yahoo.com/tarot-symbolism-fool-card-1627475.html :


When well-aspected in a reading, the Fool can represent a person progressing towards greater spiritual development.

When ill-aspected in a reading, the Fool can represent folly, eccentricity, inconsiderate actions. The Fool can also signal that the Querent is being deceived or taken advantage of.

 

[Borachio]

O that I were a fool!
I am ambitious for a motley coat.

As You Like It

And the Querent is the one seeking a reading.

 

[Core Imposter]

This statue was pretty (in)famous because it is about 100-200 meters from a major interstate highway, making it very prominent on the landscape. With the rampant unemployment in the area and entire towns becoming more and more deserted due to lack of jobs and foreclosures, I can think of better ways to spend the money being slotted to rebuild it.

Thats a socialist comment. Your mindset is the problem son.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Hug Me Jesus will have a copper lightning rod at the top so it doesn't burst into flames when hit by lightning.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Hug Me Jesus will have a copper lightning rod at the top so it doesn't burst into flames when hit by lightning.

Thanks, science.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Hug Me Jesus will have a copper lightning rod at the top so it doesn't burst into flames when hit by lightning.

Hahaha I was gonna post why didn't someone think to put a lightning rod on the touchdown jesus statue - but that's too much science to mix in with the space god.

 

[_random_]

Well then, lets update.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/touchdown-jesus-statue-replaced_n_1607501.html


Full bodied. Arms reached out. Classy.

To update on your update:

While being hauled to its new home at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, the 50 foot tall statue of Jesus was trapped as it was being driven through a McDonalds drive-thru. One outstretched arm of the statue caught on a statue of Ronald McDonald causing it to shift, stand semi-upright and lodge between a drive thru window and a McDonaldland Playland.

The driver of the truck had attempted to maneuver the vehicle through, despite turns that were obviously too tight and a warning sign indicating that he did not have enough clearance. &#8220;I know I should have just parked and gone inside,&#8221; said driver Fred Holland. &#8220;But I truly thought I was going to make it. I don&#8217;t know what it was. I think that I just had this feeling that, with him, all things are possible.&#8221;

http://www.derfmagazine.com/news/business/touchdown-jesus-statue-ohio#

So this is pretty much exactly what cynical Europeans think of when they make fun of Americans, right?

 

[Borachio]

This is outrageously funny. Are you sure you haven't made it up?

I used to drive for a living, and I still have nightmares like this. Without the trusting to plastic Jesuses, that is.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

So this is pretty much exactly what cynical Europeans think of when they make fun of Americans, right?

Yes it is. It's got fat, religion and stupidity wrapped up in a story with a neat little bow.

 

[LegionSteve]

It is easier for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, than it is to get a 50ft Jesus through a McDonalds drive through. Or something.

 

[Crezth]

This happened very close by to where I live, and I had seen the Jesus many times. It was always a source of great amusement for me. A popular joke after it burned down - and I did trip up to look at the carcass - was "They're rebuilding it because apparently one act of God was not enough."

Doubly so for this alleged full-body statue.

 

[holy king]

 

[Borachio]

Kitty Jesus says, "I caught a fish this big."