Say it ain’t so!
I can’t believe it’s not Big Butter Jesus.
Oh, come on - it’s what all the cool churches do. Have you never heard of the Crystal Cathedral? That was $18 million of Christianity right there!
So have any of the dittoheads, who always blame a disaster on “God’s anger towards the sinners”, chimed in on why Butter Jesus became Extra-Crispy Jesus? Please post any quotes or links.
BTW, now we know why Michelangelo worked with stone instead of Styrofoam.
I thought he was in a hot-tub!
eta. I see MTCicero beat me to that observation. I really should read the entire thread when it involves less than a 100 posts.
I have no quotes/links, but I’ve read more than one (non tongue-in-cheek) reference to the god of the bible’s hatred of graven images, which I think is just bullshit when people of the Christian persuasion bring this up, because a) they didn’t worship the fucking statue, and b) I think a decent argument could be made (from their way of thinking) that any big or elaborate church could be accused of being a “graven image”, as could the very crosses/crucifixes that hang in every church in Amur’cuh.
As with seemingly everything else related to Christianity/the Bible, it’s a decidedly random, selective process deciding which aspects of life/society/humanity to scorn and which to cherish.
I guess they don’t believe in Lighting Rods.
Oh no links or anything but I imagine the god apologists and/or god’s motive spinsters will point to how no people were killed in the incident and that was a miracle from god. Or how the statue was somewhat known but now it’s really famous and the donations are just pouring in to rebuild it and it’s really a gift from god in disguise.
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Now, apparently the burned out innards of Big Butter Jesus are akin to a goddamn grilled cheese sandwich.
Y’know, maybe that whole “let’s kill all the religious people” thread holds some sage advice after all.
A Danish newspaper had a note about it, “Jesus statue struck by lightning, catches fire. Porn shop across the street undamaged.” (I am paraphrasing). Please tell me there is a porn shop across the street.
Yup.
OK, that has convinced me there is a merciful (if sophomoric) god. Praise (burning) Jesus!
I drive by it every time I go to Jungle Jims.
Always hated that damn statue…
That and the Party Source in Bellevue are two awesome stores, and we as Cincinnati area citizens are lucky to have them.
The Louisville Courier-Journal article also has a recording of three 911 calls. They are so nonchalant about the whole thing. That struck me as extremely funny.