[NeoTifa]

RIP Touchdown Jesus.

Last night we had a pretty bad lightening storm, and our great statue of Jesus in which he is rejoicing an epic touchdown got caught on fire by said lightening. Maybe God was rooting for the other team?

This post has been edited by NeoTifa: 15 June 2010 - 06:54 AM

[raziel_]

it`s the wrath of GOD!!! Is this statue supposed to be in the water. it is natural to be struck down, it is the highest thing there as i see from the pic. i hope no one is hurt :S

[NeoTifa]

http://www.daytondai...ire-762245.html

Appearently no one was hurt.

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“It sent goosebumps through my whole body because I am a believer,” said Levi Walsh, 29. “Of all the things that could have been struck, I just think that that would be protected. ... It’s something that’s not supposed to happen, Jesus burning,” he said. “I had to see it with my own eyes.”

“I can’t believe Jesus was struck,” said his brother, who noted the giant Hustler Hollywood sign for the adult store across the street was untouched. “It’s the last thing I expected to happen.”

This post has been edited by NeoTifa: 15 June 2010 - 06:51 AM

[KYA]

That pic is before the incident.

[NeoTifa]

Well duh. It's completely gone now, though the link I posted in my last post has a pic of what's left of the wire frame. Maybe I'll update my first post with the before and after....

[baavgai]

So, um, God has taste? Makes sense. I guess disintegrating all the gaudy crap done in His name is hardly worth the effort, but you can sympathize with the special cases.

Fun fact: The church steeple is usually the highest point in small towns. As a result, lightning strikes seek out churches like tornadoes aim for trailer parks. Well, before they started putting lightning rods on the things.

For Touchdown Jesus, it's pretty much the result of ignoring Christian history. Or, perhaps, just too fugly to exist.

[Nykc]

That thing was up for a while wasn't it? Never did get to see it.

[NeoTifa]

Really? You never went to Kings Island or Kentucky? Every year on the way to band camp and some drill meets we'd see it. And td Jesus was awesome!

[Nykc]

Yeah - I been to kings island

[calvinthedestroyer]

That's what you get for building a statue out of paper mache instead of Slate, granite or limestone (Ohio's natural stone)

Stupid ohioains

[NeoTifa]

IT WAS STYROFOAM! lol

[KYA]

Diggin' the after pic.

[Choscura]

Somehow I just picture Jesus up there with a bolt of lighting in one hand and a "oh no you di-int" look on his face as he points at that statue and says "now do it again and don't mess up my nose this time! I'd rather look like the sphynx."

[calvinthedestroyer]

I would lol'd if the skeleton looked like the devil.

[NeoTifa]

This post has been edited by NeoTifa: 15 June 2010 - 08:43 AM