‘Touchdown Jesus’ Statue Destroyed By Lightning

[JackOfClubs]

‘Touchdown Jesus’ Statue Destroyed By Lightning
By: DAN FLETCHER
Topics: KING OF KINGS

A statue of Jesus outside Monroe, Ohio caught fire after a lightning strike on Monday and burned to the ground.

The statue, built in 2004 and dubbed ‘Touchdown Jesus’, was a feature on the grounds of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe. Standing six stories high, the statue was named “King of Kings” but colloquially became called “Touchdown Jesus” — the arms approximate the signal a referee makes for a touchdown in professional football.

The better-known “Touchdown Jesus” — a mural at the University of Notre Dame — remained unscathed.

Full story via the Associated Press. Watch the YouTube video, posted by the user “TalonGoddessofHell” Irony!

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/15/touchdown-jesus-statue-destroyed-by-lightning/#ixzz0qvMneAWl

I literally live less than a 20 minute drive from this. Kinda shocking that it burned down, but the irony is still there....

[Continuum]

Lightning smites thee who God thinks is unfit to stand

[Sage]

Thor is PISSED.

[Origami]

Lightning smites thee who God thinks is unfit to stand

God thinks Jesus is unfit to stand? Jesus is the Son is God. .-. God finds himself unfit to stand? God strikes himself with lightning?
Thor is PISSED.

Zeus. ;D

[Magus]

Zeus. ;D
Thor is PISSED.
Pffft. You believe in those mythological Gods? It was Raijin for GOD SAKE!

[Sugaree]

No! Not Big Butter Jesus!

[INFERNO]

$700,000 statue with "expensive audio equipment" that was damaged. Probably at least $750,000-800,000. That's a lot for a church.

[Sugaree]

They're going to rebuild it.

MONROE, Ohio -- A six-story statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along Interstate 75 was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night, causing it to burn to the ground.The "King of Kings" statue has stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along I-75 at Route 63 in Monroe, just south of Dayton. Now, church officials said the statue will be rebuilt.

Source. (http://www.whiotv.com/news/23901668/detail.html?sms_ss=facebook)

[Sith Lord 13]

They're going to rebuild it.

MONROE, Ohio -- A six-story statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along Interstate 75 was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night, causing it to burn to the ground.The "King of Kings" statue has stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along I-75 at Route 63 in Monroe, just south of Dayton. Now, church officials said the statue will be rebuilt.

Source. (http://www.whiotv.com/news/23901668/detail.html?sms_ss=facebook)

Lovely. That money should be spent helping people not building a friggin statue. It's things like this that caused me to start drifting away from organized religion.

[Sugaree]

Lovely. That money should be spent helping people not building a friggin statue. It's things like this that caused me to start drifting away from organized religion.

The parish is taking a lot of shit for it though. A lot of people found the statue a "disgrace to Jesus" because it was mocked. It was a nice statue, but when you build a statue partly made of fiberglass in an area famous for strong summer storms, you're askin' for it.

[ShatteredWings]

I smell irony

[AgusCO]

the arms approximate the signal a referee makes for a touchdown in professional american football.
(I just had to)
Anyway, I find this funny(not in a mean way)...

[Wtficus]

that is the most win thing to happen. ever