Jesus Struck by lightening

MONROE, Ohio -- A six-story statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers Tuesday.
The "King of Kings" statue, one of southwest Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m. Monday, Monroe police dispatchers said.
The sculpture, about 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained Tuesday.
The nickname is the same used for a famous mural of the resurrected Jesus that overlooks the Notre Dame football stadium.

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[wowimsoblack]

Allah (SWT) is the One & Only Supreme...the Great..the eternal

[TheNoisePolluter]

@Ludacrizz92 No, it was struck because it's an idol which the 2nd Commandment says not to make carved images of things from Heaven above and not to bow down or worship them.

[HexagramMan]

Thor dos'nt care for your weak jesus.

[HexagramMan]

@TheNoisePolluter So all your pitiful churches, your crosses... should be burned? I like the way you think. All of your stained glass windows should have stones cast threw them. I'll be the first to cast them.

[MetalRockAvenue]

meh.... Fuck Religion.. Fuck God... damn sheep!

[Usermoslander947]

Haha its about false idols not images of God. I think its pretty cool because it's so big but whatever. The only reason I would feel bad is because a lot of money went into that.

[ourmakerlovesus]

It's just a statue, not our Savior.

[singularwave]

That was totally worth a huge hole in the ozone layer the fumes must have created.

[LVnthelife]

hmmm

[unitedstateskingdom]

@TheNoisePolluter Yes you are right

[Stapleton7852]

It say don't make any false gods against me not of me you idiot