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God smites Jesus statue

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100615/N...

The giant statue of Jesus along I-75 in Monroe, OH, known by the nicknames "Touchdown Jesus" and "Big Butter Jesus" (as made famous by the Haywood Banks song), burned to the ground Monday night after being struck by lightning.

Church members expect the statue to be resurrected in 3 days.

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Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on June 15, 2010 at 8:38pm

Great lyrics...thanks for sharing the music. "I can't believe it's not JESUS".

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Permalink Reply by Jo Jerome on June 15, 2010 at 11:24pm

Maybe we should play dumb and use the anthropomorphic argument against members of the church to say it must have been divine intervention that burned the statue down.

My thought exactly. "Hey guys, Jesus here. A) What part of the 2nd commandment do you not understand? B) Could that statue possibly have been any more butt-fuck-ugly or goddamn tacky?"

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Permalink Reply by Olga Spelts (Human Bean) on June 15, 2010 at 8:38pm

Ding dong the gaudy statue is gone!

"I'm melting, I'm melting...."

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Permalink Reply by FreeThinker on June 15, 2010 at 9:45pm

I thought this headline was hilarious...

The two events are "probably not related". LOL

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Permalink Reply by Jo Jerome on June 15, 2010 at 11:34pm

LA Times indeed wins best-headline award for this one! And this was a story that definitely begged for a creative headline.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on June 15, 2010 at 11:46pm

But they buried the funny in the last line. This almost begs the Poe question of the LA times. hmmm.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer W on June 16, 2010 at 4:26am

From the looks of it, it looks like Jesus was expecting the lightning to hit him.

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Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on June 16, 2010 at 4:14pm

There is a sort of "bring it ON" look in his buttery eyes. I guess his dad was angry about something Jesus said/thought/did....his dad can sure have a bad temper! You can't get away with anything when you're the son of god.