Know the "Touchdown Jesus" statue off Interstate 75 near Cincinnati? It was hit by lighting & burned to the ground last night.
From Jalopnik: A six-story-high foam and fiberglass statue of Jesus Christ outside the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio — nicknamed by locals "Touchdown Jesus" — burned to the ground last night after being struck by lightning.
If you've driven through Ohio along Interstate 75 since 2004, right outside of Cincinnati in Monroe you've looked to the east to see a sixty-two foot high, 16,000 lb Jesus statue and said to yourself "What in the world?" To the uninformed, the all-white statue depicts the likeness of Jesus Christ from about mid-chest up, apparently struggling to escape from a lake with a quicksand bottom.
Only the steel structure of this southern Ohio landmark remains, resembling Terminator Jesus.
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Big Butter Jesus! Oh Nooooz!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq01UYiMyHg
Science defeats Religion: or bad news for bad design
huh, i thought he was reffing a football game.
moses drops back, scrambles to the right - hail mary to saint peter... it's gooooood!
The Solid Rock church - bought to you by a styrofoam jesus.
To steal the joke everywhere else on the internet: let's see if it's back in 3 days.
Wow... as de Niro would say: 'only in America'... (well, and nowadays maybe in North Corea too)
:)
"My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me!"
This is clearly a sign from God. Get rid of the eyesore.
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