View Full Version : 'Touchdown Jesus' burns to the ground
Musashi
06-15-2010, 06:48 AM
One of our local religious icons, the King of Kings statue - also known as the 'Touchdown Jesus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_(statue))' - at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH burned to the ground during a thunderstorm last night.
Witness the horror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAj1OiH-WA)
mrmolecule88
06-15-2010, 06:50 AM
I can't help but think that Jesus was upset with the way they did his hair.
Talisker
06-15-2010, 06:52 AM
I came into the thread thinking "holy shit, the library at Notre Dame burned down?" ...but that's a different Touchdown Jesus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/TDJesus.jpg/800px-TDJesus.jpg
Omniscia
06-15-2010, 06:54 AM
I came into the thread thinking "holy shit, the library at Notre Dame burned down?" ...but that's a different Touchdown Jesus.
Yeah, me, too. And then I was all like "I thought Notre Dame was in South Bend, Indiana..." Damned misleading title.
Musashi
06-15-2010, 06:59 AM
Yeah, me, too. And then I was all like "I thought Notre Dame was in South Bend, Indiana..." Damned misleading title.
Sorry y'all - I didn't even know there was another Touchdown Jesus. Didn't mean to get anyone's hopes up.
Jazar
06-15-2010, 07:01 AM
Hah I was thinking of the Touchdown Jesus in my old school Loyola New Orleans.
Musashi
06-15-2010, 07:03 AM
Hah I was thinking of the Touchdown Jesus in my old school Loyola New Orleans.
Zarquon's balls - how many Touchdown Jesuses are there? Or would that be Touchdown Jesii (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Jesii)?
Slainte Mhath
06-15-2010, 07:09 AM
Notre Dame will always be the original "Touchdown Jesus".
For the styrofoam and fiberglass tribute to religious largesse that burned down last night I preferred another local nickname, "MC 62-Foot Jesus". Don't cry for him too long though, as I'm sure the congregation of the Solid Rock Church will quickly find another $250,000 to spend on his resurection.
Musashi
06-15-2010, 07:15 AM
Notre Dame will always be the original "Touchdown Jesus".
For the styrofoam and fiberglass tribute to religious largesse that burned down last night I preferred another local nickname, "MC 62-Foot Jesus". Don't cry for him too long though, as I'm sure the congregation of the Solid Rock Church will quickly find another $250,000 to spend on his resurection.
Well, I wonder if the statue was insured, or covered for 'Acts of God'...
Slainte Mhath
06-15-2010, 07:41 AM
Well, I wonder if the statue was insured, or covered for 'Acts of God'...
Haha! Good point! =)
IainC
06-15-2010, 07:44 AM
Building a 6 storey high flammable statue without a lightning conductor in the middle of thunderstorm country is a great idea c/d?
Flowers
06-15-2010, 07:51 AM
When are Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown where you need them?
Raife
06-15-2010, 07:59 AM
The play was called back after review by the official.
strummer
06-15-2010, 08:48 AM
One of our local religious icons, the King of Kings statue - also known as the 'Touchdown Jesus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_%28statue%29)' - at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH burned to the ground during a thunderstorm last night.
Witness the horror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAj1OiH-WA)
Thank God that Big Butter Jesus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq01UYiMyHg) is finally gone. I couldn't help but shake my head in shame for humanity's greed, vanity and gullibility every day I drove by that abomination on my way to work.
Kurdel
06-15-2010, 08:50 AM
Watch them spin this as God striking down false idols because people were worshiping the statue instead of Jesus.
Freezer-TPF-
06-15-2010, 09:11 AM
It'll be back up in three days.
RyanMichael
06-15-2010, 09:16 AM
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me.
OOOPS!
Rightbug
06-15-2010, 10:33 AM
Does this make the one in Rio the Incomplete Pass Jesus?
kerzain
06-15-2010, 10:37 AM
It looks like he was sinking in quick sand.. "Throw me a rope!"
Nathan
06-15-2010, 10:39 AM
I'm sure they'll rebuild it, which is good because I like Touchdown Jesus. Not as a matter of faith, but because I like kitschy roadside art.
An acceptable substitute, in my eyes, would be if they replaced it with a Jesus-fied Muffler Man.
Robert Sharp
06-15-2010, 11:32 AM
I love this thread!
I wonder if they really did assume that Jesus couldn't be struck by lightning? As Pogo noted, "there be other gods in the skies this day." (paraphrasing Thor)
Shadarr
06-15-2010, 11:43 AM
Christians never think God could be angry with them. Hurricane Katrina was sent to punish the people in New Orleans for their loose morals, the earthquake in Haiti is a sign of something seriously crazy involving the devil that I don't quite remember anynore, but when the guy playing Jesus in Passion of the Christ got hit by lightning, twice, while on the cross, they just sort of shrugged it off and kept filming. So no, they won't consider not rebuilding their false idol. They'll just build it bigger and shinier and made out of asbestos.
John Many Jars
06-15-2010, 04:04 PM
More pics:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2010/06/14/national/a231458D86.DTL&object=%2Fn%2Fp%2F2010%2F06%2F15%2F01437188-0670-4ee6-b898-076ac9c803cf.jpg
Kurdel
06-15-2010, 04:15 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/Kurdel/mygod.jpg?t=1276643734
For a while he was MC 900 degree Jesus.
blivet
06-15-2010, 11:17 PM
According to Politics Daily: "In a demonstration of God's keen sense of irony, the "Hollywood Hustler" sign at a nearby porn shop was left unscathed"
Flint wins again.
Omniscia
06-16-2010, 06:17 AM
It'll be back up in three days.
*rimshot*
strummer
06-16-2010, 03:41 PM
Does this make the one in Rio the Incomplete Pass Jesus?
Maybe Five Second Count Reset Jesus
or Jim Joyce Jesus
or Get Up, Ronaldo, and if You Flop Again I'll Give You a Yellow Card, You Pansy Jesus (trying to be topical there).
Hah I was thinking of the Touchdown Jesus in my old school Loyola New Orleans.
As a one-time Tulanian, I also consider Loyola's the true Touchdown Jesus.
My wife always referred to the Jesus at Solid Rock Church (the one that just burned) as WTF Jesus, cause he looked so pissed.
RyanMichael
06-16-2010, 05:40 PM
http://a.yfrog.com/img19/1842/es1w.jpg (http://yfrog.com/0jes1wj)
MatthewF
06-16-2010, 09:35 PM
Oh man, awesome.
AndrewM
06-16-2010, 10:15 PM
Hah. I was actually thinking the burned out hulk looked like a Terminator. Guess I wasn't alone in that.
Jon Rowe
06-17-2010, 12:03 PM
Witness the horror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAj1OiH-WA)
Video pulled from youtube over a Copyright infringement claim?
Jon Rowe
06-17-2010, 12:04 PM
You know... many people will see this as a message from god. Hey, rather than spending 250,000 fucking dollars on a statue of my son... why don't you DONATE THAT FUCKING MONEY TO CHARITY!
Musashi
06-17-2010, 12:11 PM
Video pulled from youtube over a Copyright infringement claim?
Hmm - odd...I thought it might be the music, but don't they normally just mute those now? Maybe the woman who took the footage is trying to monetize it somehow and copyrighted it :P
Gryndyl
06-17-2010, 01:18 PM
They're promising to rebuild it. Now that everyone knows that the thing is flammable I predict future hilarity.
strummer
06-17-2010, 02:16 PM
Hmm - odd...I thought it might be the music, but don't they normally just mute those now? Maybe the woman who took the footage is trying to monetize it somehow and copyrighted it :P
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Tiffani West-May."
Yeah, Tiffani West-May is the one who shot the video per the caption in this article (http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/oxford-news/rebuilt-jesus-statue-will-be-fireproof-pastor-says-763039.html). This seems to be her youtube page (http://www.youtube.com/user/TalonGodessOfHell).
Musashi
06-18-2010, 07:11 AM
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Tiffani West-May."
Yeah, Tiffani West-May is the one who shot the video per the caption in this article (http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/oxford-news/rebuilt-jesus-statue-will-be-fireproof-pastor-says-763039.html). This seems to be her youtube page (http://www.youtube.com/user/TalonGodessOfHell).
Oh my. TalonGodessofHell? I bet she's fun to hang out with.
She succeeded in getting a copyright claim for her video which uses... copyrighted music? Interesting
strummer
06-19-2010, 06:52 AM
She succeeded in getting a copyright claim for her video which uses... copyrighted music? Interesting
Actually, for what it's worth, her video did not contain the music. I assume the poster of the pulled video added that.
Greatatlantic
06-19-2010, 04:01 PM
You know... many people will see this as a message from god. Hey, rather than spending 250,000 fucking dollars on a statue of my son... why don't you DONATE THAT FUCKING MONEY TO CHARITY!
Matthew 26:11, "The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me."
Works on multiple levels.
Raife
06-19-2010, 05:02 PM
http://a.yfrog.com/img19/1842/es1w.jpg (http://yfrog.com/0jes1wj)
Is that raw image real? Having trouble tracking it down without the demotivation.
strummer
06-19-2010, 07:58 PM
Is that raw image real? Having trouble tracking it down without the demotivation.
Yes.5
John Reynolds
06-19-2010, 09:19 PM
That statue is literally 15 minutes from my house. And, yeah, it was creepy as hell the first time I drove past it.
Musashi
01-24-2011, 02:40 PM
ARISE!!!! (http://www.wlwt.com/news/26597163/detail.html)
antifood
01-24-2011, 02:48 PM
What a waste of time and money.
Timemaster Tim
01-24-2011, 04:58 PM
Well, it's not really touchdown jesus if the arms aren't raised.
kerzain
01-24-2011, 05:00 PM
I for one am glad that Tom Tsuchiya went against the grain and made Jesus a bearded Asian. White/Blonde Jesus was always so laughable. Though an argument could be made that this is a representation of Owen Wilson.. also with a beard.
http://i.min.us/ibTvEE.jpg
Eric T Cheng
01-24-2011, 05:34 PM
ARISE!!!! (http://www.wlwt.com/news/26597163/detail.html)
Did it take three days to make?
Funkula
01-25-2011, 09:24 PM
The new statue will be the same approximate height as the original, but will depict Jesus Christ's entire body. The original statue depicted him only from the waist up.
Awwww yeah. Every inch.
Bahimiron
01-26-2011, 07:41 AM
This money would be better spent on a life size statue of Supreme Commander Dolza, so the micronians may know their place in the cosmos.
Musashi
01-27-2011, 06:14 AM
This money would be better spent on a life size statue of Supreme Commander Dolza, so the micronians may know their place in the cosmos.
Bwa-ha-ha! First good laugh I've had all morning...the 'Big Butter Dolza' MUST HAPPEN.
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