Jesus Statue Struck By Lightning, Destroyed

[Soylent Brice]

this thing is about 20 minutes north of where i work.

MONROE, Ohio -- A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along Interstate 75 has been struck by lightning in a thunderstorm and the statue burned to the ground.

slideshow: http://www.whiotv.com/slideshow/news/23901985/detail.html

before:

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if i were religious, i would say this was a punishment for the massive display of idolatry...

but i'm not, so i'll just chalk it up to :rofl:

[Ian David]

1. Touchdown Jesus On Fire, Ohio Statue Destroyed By Lightning

GOD HAS SPOKEN!

Touchdown Jesus On Fire, Ohio Statue Destroyed By Lightning
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x475621

[Soylent Brice]

2. for the first time ever i beat you, by 5 minutes albeit, although

i don't have the cool video.

still, a first time accomplishment for little ol' me!
LOL

[Ian David]

5. Congrats! If you wanna be the first on your block, you have to be on Twitter. n/t

[Soylent Brice]

7. that's my what best friend keeps telling me.

i'd love to, but see myself becoming that much more distracted and unproductive.

HA!

[rexcat]

3. The thing was hideous in person...

I live about 15 minutes from where the "butter" jesus was. In person it looked like a big hunk of sculptured butter. This is something I won't miss but the people who run the church will probably build a new one. There are a lot of religious nut cases here in SW Ohio.

[Soylent Brice]

4. driving to work this morning, heard on the radio

"i can't believe it's not butter jesus, anymore..."

:rofl:

[Ian David]

6. ROFL!!! n/t

[realisticphish]

8. I hated that thing

at least God finally displays some taste in destroyingit

[awoke_in_2003]

9. "church officials...

said they didn't know exactly what prompted the nickname commonly used by people in the area." Church officials need to get a clue :)

[laconicsax]

10. Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Of course it's no surprise that Christians don't know what their book says.

[Soylent Brice]

11. you evil atheist, using bible passages to make innocent followers of

jeebus look bad!!

for SHAME!!

:evilgrin:

[awoke_in_2003]

12. funny how atheists....

tend to know the babble better than most christians- my grandfather was a preacher so I can usually come up with the right verse for a quick smackdown.

[onager]

16. That was a SIMPLE MISTRANSLATION, you atheist scum!

The original, pure and unfiltered commandment said: "Thou shalt not make any FLAMMABLE graven images."

Biblical sciene FTW again!

[Odin2005]

13. THAT'S the defnition of IRONY, folks!

:D

[TZ]

14. So its Soylent Brice, Deep13, rexcat and my Dad's fault

All you evil Ohio dwelling atheists you!!! ;)

[Soylent Brice]

15. i do my best to do my part.

:evilgrin:

[realisticphish]

17. hey

:(

[TZ]

18. Oh sorry..

I forgot the vilest one of all--THE ATHEIST LIBRARIAN!!!!:P

[realisticphish]

19. not only am i a worshipper of the devil

i spread it to YOUR CHILDREN

[Soylent Brice]

21. YAY!!

:rofl:

[charlie]

20. God loves Larry Flynt

Locals, of course, don't know what to make of this apparent sign of the apocalypse. "I can't believe Jesus was struck," one onlooker mused in a Dayton Daily News article today. He also noted that, "the giant Hustler Hollywood sign for the adult store across the street was untouched."

http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2010/06/landmark_jesus_in_ohio_struck_1.html

[Soylent Brice]

22. AWESOME.

[yellerpup]

23. Anyone heard how God's mindreader interprets this?

If anyone knows who god was punishing when he struck down touchdown Jesus, seems like Pat Robertson would be the go to guy...