This was a headline that came up today on the homepage of Yahoo! Of course I had to click on it for, as Paul Harvey would say, "the rest of the story." Apparently there was a 6-story, yes you read that correctly, 6-story, statue of Jesus erected in front of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH right along I-75. The real name of the statue is "King of Kings" It received it's nickname of "Touchdown Jesus" for obvious reasons looking at the picture. Sadly, it was struck by lightning the other night and burned to the ground. I'm sure the fact that it was made of Styrofoam didn't help in the cause to keep it safe from fire. The churches founder, Lawrence Bishop, and his wife commissioned the statue as a "beacon of hope and salvation" for travelers. Personally, I think it's a little scary, but to each his own. The cost? a whopping $250,000. I'm sorry, but I think that's ridiculous, and I think Jesus would think it was ridiculous too. What a waste of resources. If they were going to build something that's 6-stories tall, build an apartment complex for people who've lost their homes. What a colossal waste of money! "so high in my lovely tower of Babel." What Would Jesus Do? I think he did it the other night.
