# Statue of Liber---ation Through Christ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429 "2013-02-26T13:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/1 "2013-02-26T13:15:35Z")
Wow > **[Statue of Liberation Through Christ, Memphis, Tennessee](https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13418)** > > A large replica of the Statue of Liberty. She's ditched her torch of enlightenment for a giant Christian cross thrust forward as if repelling vampires. > [@](#): > > Green and strangely familiar, the Statue of Liberation Through Christ towers over a suburban Memphis intersection, her Christian cross held high as if repelling unseen forces of darkness. The statue, sculpted by Ryan Bessant in Alberta, Canada, weighs six tons (not counting its pedestal) and stands over seven stories high. She out-glorifies even the World Outreach Dome behind her, a megachurch that opened in 2001. The statue itself was unveiled with much fanfare on July 4, 2006. > > Known familiarly as “The Lord’s Lady Liberty” and “Lady Liberation,” she is the brainstorm of Apostle Alton R. Williams, senior pastor of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church. Apostle Williams has written several books, filled multiple web pages, and even posted a couple of YouTube tutorials in an effort to lay out the vision and meaning behind his jaw-dropping statue. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/2 "2013-02-26T13:18:30Z")
This is scary: > [@](#): > > Quick Description: Statue of Liberty in Memphis, TN. No matter what direction you travel, you will see this statue. > **["Statue of Liberation Through Christ" ~ Memphis, TN - Statues of Liberty on...](https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM987E_Statue_of_Liberation_Through_Christ_Memphis_TN)** > > Waymarking.com is a way to mark unique locations on the planet and give them a voice. While GPS technology allows us to pinpoint any location on the planet, mark the location, and share it with others, Waymarking is the toolset for categorizing and... As my daughter pointed out, if you look at the close-up photo on the Roadside America page, it’s shedding a tear. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/3 "2013-02-26T14:14:58Z")
World Overcomers Outreach Ministries… WOO Ministries. Are they trying to tell us something? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/4 "2013-02-26T15:08:10Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Are they trying to tell us something? my guess is, “America for American Vampires! Foreign Vampires, Keep Out!” …at [$260,000](http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2006/07/the-statue-of-liberation-through-christ/) though I’m pretty sure I can guess who the suckers are. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/5 "2013-02-26T16:32:39Z")
:rolleyes:Right. Because when you don’t let some porrly educated smalltown preacher have complete control over your life and thoughts, it makes baby Jesus cry.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/6 "2013-02-26T16:43:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This is scary: > > [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM987E\_Statue\_of\_Liberation\_Through\_Christ\_Memphis\_TN](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM987E_Statue_of_Liberation_Through_Christ_Memphis_TN) > > As my daughter pointed out, if you look at the close-up photo on the Roadside America page, it’s shedding a tear. Oh jeez, it’s the[weeping Statue of Liberty](http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-thrill-of-victory,29335/)from the Onion’s satirical political cartoons! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/7 "2013-02-26T17:06:21Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/8 "2013-02-27T03:50:59Z")
My god that’s almost as ugly as Touchdown Jesus! Oh for the days when religious art meant Michaelangelo’s _Pieta_ or the Sistine Chapel. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/9 "2013-02-27T04:02:33Z")
LOLZ, I live in Memphis and that is barely is a blip on my radar. I thought it was so ridiculously funny when I first saw it, but doesn’t even illicit a “huh” now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/10 "2013-02-27T04:19:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > My god that’s almost as ugly as Touchdown Jesus! Oh for the days when religious art meant Michaelangelo’s _Pieta_ or the Sistine Chapel. I always kind of thought God was trying to say something when the Big Butter Jesus/Touchdown Jesus, was struck by lightening and burned. But the church that put it up now has a different huge Jesus statue. > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/11 "2013-02-27T04:48:39Z")
Seven stories tall and it only weighs six tons? The hell is it made out of, papier mache? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/12 "2013-02-27T05:12:54Z")
“America Return To Christ” 😕 America is so far up in Christ, we can see daylight, when he opens his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/13 "2013-02-27T06:40:09Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > porrly educated Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/14 "2013-02-27T07:09:21Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Oh jeez, it’s the[weeping Statue of Liberty](http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-thrill-of-victory,29335/)from the Onion’s satirical political cartoons! Don’t blink. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liber-ation-through-christ/651429/15 "2013-02-27T08:44:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > As my daughter pointed out, if you look at the close-up photo on the Roadside America page, it’s shedding a tear. Well, she _is_ a [_Roman goddess_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertas)—maybe she just feels especially humiliated. Come to think of it, that’d be a nicely sardonic angle to go with if you had to take a commission to make a statue like this…give her the hint of a smirk, make sure there’s a Jesus hanging on that cross, change the slogan on the pedestal to something suspiciously double-meaning (“BEHOLD YOUR GOD…NOW!” or just the classic “INRI”)…