The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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Thought you guys would like this.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtU2LmnsCiWr7nQtlMQF4X0fyj0QD9GBQLNO0
6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning
(AP) 2 hours ago
MONROE, Ohio A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said.
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., Monroe police dispatchers said.
The sculpture, 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 early Tuesday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. The fire department would release a monetary damage estimate Tuesday, he said.
Travelers on Interstate 75 often were startled to come upon the huge statue by the roadside, but many said America needs more symbols like it. So many people stopped at the church campus that church officials had to build a walkway to accommodate them.
The 4,000-member, nondenominational church was founded by former horse trader Lawrence Bishop and his wife. Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation, and they spent about $250,000 to finance it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtU2LmnsCiWr7nQtlMQF4X0fyj0QD9GBQLNO0
6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning
(AP) 2 hours ago
MONROE, Ohio A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said.
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., Monroe police dispatchers said.
The sculpture, 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 early Tuesday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. The fire department would release a monetary damage estimate Tuesday, he said.
Travelers on Interstate 75 often were startled to come upon the huge statue by the roadside, but many said America needs more symbols like it. So many people stopped at the church campus that church officials had to build a walkway to accommodate them.
The 4,000-member, nondenominational church was founded by former horse trader Lawrence Bishop and his wife. Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation, and they spent about $250,000 to finance it.
No kidding, I was driving home from Mason @ around 10:30 and as I passed Smith Edwards on 71, it was getting Crazy! Supposedly a funnel cloud touched down near Redbank Road exit probably a few minutes after I passed the exit on the highway... (boom08)
Already did, lol. God said, you best be humble, or I'll light you bitches uP!
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*Edit, O but on the good side, I got to see the functionality of my new 5000k lo-beams I installed over the weekend. Much better visibility, despite the 40mph gusts and rain coming down sideways in sheets like waves battering your car, lol. (2thumbs)
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Ya, I heard they are already in the works of rebuilding it.
God will smite it down again. (headbang)
LOL. I'd probably laugh a second time.
I am by no means anti-Christian or anything like that. In fact, I used to be quite the involved Catholic. Then I moved, and free time got used up, excuse after excuse. I just think that something that looks... like that is a little on the ridiculous side. Then it catches on fire, and all sorts of silly jokes can be said and it keeps me entertained for a few more days.
I am by no means anti-Christian or anything like that. In fact, I used to be quite the involved Catholic. Then I moved, and free time got used up, excuse after excuse. I just think that something that looks... like that is a little on the ridiculous side. Then it catches on fire, and all sorts of silly jokes can be said and it keeps me entertained for a few more days.
I'm with you 100%.
You know y I get beef with religion sometimes? Because it was a good idea to... wait for it.... spend $250,000 on a giant Jesus statue on the side of the highway to promote your church. Rather than do what the bible/Jesus preaches. How about spend the $250k on feeding the homeless, helping with education problems within inner city schools, or helping the needy families who have lost jobs with this recession, I could probably go on for days. But no, instead lets go build a big ******* monument of Jesus to help bring salvation to people! Ya that makes sense. Ignorant cocks.
And now they will spend another $250k to rebuild it... Sounds like a great investment. I wonder what you tell a bank to get a loan for building a giant statue of Jesus? I would venture to guess that the statue bringing in more church goers to their establishment, and thus increasing their "revenues" probably comes up in that talk...
/end rant.
BTW, don't PM telling me I'm going to hell. Thx.
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Rockin03mp5
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BTW, don't PM telling me I'm going to hell. Thx.
You are already in Ohio.
lol
I keeed. I keeeed.
A dirty, dirty *****.
