Reply With QuoteI can't help but think that Jesus was upset with the way they did his hair.
One of our local religious icons, the King of Kings statue - also known as the 'Touchdown Jesus' - at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH burned to the ground during a thunderstorm last night.
Witness the horror
I can't help but think that Jesus was upset with the way they did his hair.
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.Originally Posted by Talisker
Sorry y'all - I didn't even know there was another Touchdown Jesus. Didn't mean to get anyone's hopes up.
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?
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'...
Haha! Good point! =)
Building a 6 storey high flammable statue without a lightning conductor in the middle of thunderstorm country is a great idea c/d?
When are Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown where you need them?
The play was called back after review by the official.
Zeus: 1
Jesus: 0
Thank God that Big Butter Jesus 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.
Watch them spin this as God striking down false idols because people were worshiping the statue instead of Jesus.
It'll be back up in three days.
OOOPS!
Does this make the one in Rio the Incomplete Pass Jesus?
It looks like he was sinking in quick sand.. "Throw me a rope!"
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.
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)
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.
For a while he was MC 900 degree Jesus.
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.
*rimshot*
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).
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.
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