Comments on: Lightning strikes massive Jesus statue http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811520 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811520 You, me and the LORD UC. We like our sculptures made out of steel tubing and vaguely inspired by Giacometti. You, me and the LORD UC. We like our sculptures made out of steel tubing and vaguely inspired by Giacometti.

]]> By: Blaine http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811013 Blaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811013 Irrelevant commentary: I thought he was called Touchdown Jesus because he looks like he's signaling "Touchdown" using... referee... pantomime... or whatever it's called. There's also one in South Bend, IN. Irrelevant commentary:

I thought he was called Touchdown Jesus because he looks like he’s signaling “Touchdown” using… referee… pantomime… or whatever it’s called.

There’s also one in South Bend, IN.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811014 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811014 The sculptor also created this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/us/05liberty.html The sculptor also created this one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/us/05liberty.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811272 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811272 I live about 15 minutes north and it'll be missed mostly as a kitsch highway side show. What's sad is they want to rebuild it instead of spending the money on actually creating change. I live about 15 minutes north and it’ll be missed mostly as a kitsch highway side show. What’s sad is they want to rebuild it instead of spending the money on actually creating change.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811273 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811273 In fairness, the Hustler store isn't exactly "across the street." It's a good five miles away, although both the church and the porn store are off the same exit. In fairness, the Hustler store isn’t exactly “across the street.” It’s a good five miles away, although both the church and the porn store are off the same exit.

]]> By: RHK http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811020 RHK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811020 This is proof of what I've been telling all of my Christian friends - the Rapture has already occurred and you've been left behind. This is proof of what I’ve been telling all of my Christian friends – the Rapture has already occurred and you’ve been left behind.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-812559 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812559 10 points, gawd. 10 points, gawd.

]]> By: JackOfAllTech http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811792 JackOfAllTech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811792 Somehow lightning striking a statue of Darwin would just lack that touch of irony. Somehow lightning striking a statue of Darwin would just lack that touch of irony.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811281 planettom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811281 Having driven by this a number of times, I will say it was a pretty impressive sight from the highway. Location here in Google Earth: 39 27.230 n 84 19.585 w Though, it should be noted, that photo was taken in March 2004, seemingly before construction was complete. Having driven by this a number of times, I will say it was a pretty impressive sight from the highway.

Location here in Google Earth:
39 27.230 n 84 19.585 w

Though, it should be noted, that photo was taken in March 2004, seemingly before construction was complete.

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811026 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811026 Zeus sure is angry! Zeus sure is angry!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811027 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811027 <em>You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above...</em> I guess the big dude is getting more serious on enforcement for that one. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above…

I guess the big dude is getting more serious on enforcement for that one.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811284 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811284 "9-1-1 Operator. Please state the nature of the mergency." "Jesus is on fire! He just got hit by lightning!" "Sir, have you taken any drugs, or been drinking?" “9-1-1 Operator. Please state the nature of the mergency.”

“Jesus is on fire! He just got hit by lightning!”

“Sir, have you taken any drugs, or been drinking?”

]]> By: GraemeM http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811029 GraemeM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811029 Thou shall not worship false icons (and I'm an atheist). Is it me or is there a little terminator'esc in the remains. Thou shall not worship false icons (and I’m an atheist).

Is it me or is there a little terminator’esc in the remains.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811033 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811033 No, you fools! You have to crush it between the gears of massive machinery to make sure it's dead! No, you fools! You have to crush it between the gears of massive machinery to make sure it’s dead!

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811546 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811546 "nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way his arms were raised, as though reaching out to catch a football" Isn't it because it is the referee hand symbol for approving a touchdown? “nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way his arms were raised, as though reaching out to catch a football”

Isn’t it because it is the referee hand symbol for approving a touchdown?

]]> By: Bill Albertson http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811292 Bill Albertson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811292 Wow. $250k put into a gaudy statue that could have instead funded caring for numerous poor families, or bought several houses to be used for transitional housing, or as seed funding for a public clinic... nah, I can't imagine why god might be upset enough to zap a big fugly statue of his son. Well, if I believed god was some angry big hairy guy in a dowdy sundress, prone to dropping books on the heads of his worshippers so they could have the unequivocal truth from his mystic printing press in the sky, that is... Wow. $250k put into a gaudy statue that could have instead funded caring for numerous poor families, or bought several houses to be used for transitional housing, or as seed funding for a public clinic… nah, I can’t imagine why god might be upset enough to zap a big fugly statue of his son.

Well, if I believed god was some angry big hairy guy in a dowdy sundress, prone to dropping books on the heads of his worshippers so they could have the unequivocal truth from his mystic printing press in the sky, that is…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811548 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811548 Actually the Hustler Hollywood is only like a mile or a bit more away on the otherside of the highway, they're both off of the same exit and yes it's still there. Actually the Hustler Hollywood is only like a mile or a bit more away on the otherside of the highway, they’re both off of the same exit and yes it’s still there.

]]> By: MoeJoe http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811549 MoeJoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811549 This was on an NPR segment yesterday that had two hilarious quotes, both were similar to some BB posts above, although the intent was polar opposite. I'm paraphrasing here. One guy said that Jesus once again died for our sins and took a lightning bolt meant for the church. A pastor at the church said that Jesus is like the Terminator and "he'll be back". Boggles the mind. This was on an NPR segment yesterday that had two hilarious quotes, both were similar to some BB posts above, although the intent was polar opposite. I’m paraphrasing here.

One guy said that Jesus once again died for our sins and took a lightning bolt meant for the church.

A pastor at the church said that Jesus is like the Terminator and “he’ll be back”.

Boggles the mind.

]]> By: b1rd http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811294 b1rd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811294 A sad story for all of you. I was in the area about a month ago with my boyfriend, attending the Hamvention. We drove by it a couple times a day to and from the con. We kept saying, "We should stop and get a picture, angled so that it looks like one of us is giving him head." We're quite mature. We kept referring to it as the BJ Jesus, and made cracks about a mermaid underneath the water doing the deed. (The statue is coming out of a giant pond.) When we got home, we googled it and realized it is actually called "BJ Jesus" and "Touchdown Jesus" by many locals, and is quite infamous. We had no idea, but it makes sense. The day we left to go home, we completely forgot to take a photo, and were 40 minutes away by the time we remembered. We said, "If we come back to the con next year, we'll take some pictures then." Now I will never get that picture of me giving Jesus a BJ. The world weeps. A sad story for all of you.

I was in the area about a month ago with my boyfriend, attending the Hamvention. We drove by it a couple times a day to and from the con. We kept saying, “We should stop and get a picture, angled so that it looks like one of us is giving him head.” We’re quite mature.

We kept referring to it as the BJ Jesus, and made cracks about a mermaid underneath the water doing the deed. (The statue is coming out of a giant pond.)

When we got home, we googled it and realized it is actually called “BJ Jesus” and “Touchdown Jesus” by many locals, and is quite infamous. We had no idea, but it makes sense.

The day we left to go home, we completely forgot to take a photo, and were 40 minutes away by the time we remembered. We said, “If we come back to the con next year, we’ll take some pictures then.”

Now I will never get that picture of me giving Jesus a BJ. The world weeps.

]]> By: WalterBillington http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811550 WalterBillington Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811550 The end is definitely nigh if people are building 62' tall statues of jesus. The end is definitely nigh if people are building 62′ tall statues of jesus.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-934175 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-934175 Whoever wrote this is not truthful. Touchdown Jesus is outside Dayton, Ohio almost three hours away from Cinci. We used to make the drive from Louisville to Dayton to take our friend to his Air Force Reserve obligations and seeing TDJ was a landmark letting us know we were getting close to Dayton. We would snap pics of TDJ and photo shop them to look like a referee, a soccer goalie, a man tossing pizza crust... the list goes on... Whoever wrote this is not truthful. Touchdown Jesus is outside Dayton, Ohio almost three hours away from Cinci. We used to make the drive from Louisville to Dayton to take our friend to his Air Force Reserve obligations and seeing TDJ was a landmark letting us know we were getting close to Dayton. We would snap pics of TDJ and photo shop them to look like a referee, a soccer goalie, a man tossing pizza crust… the list goes on…

]]> By: eagleapex http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811040 eagleapex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811040 +1! +1!

]]> By: b1rd http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811296 b1rd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811296 If that is correct, that is brilliant. I mean, of course I want their insurance to cover it, that's what they paid for insurance for and all, but the irony is quite delicious. If that is correct, that is brilliant.

I mean, of course I want their insurance to cover it, that’s what they paid for insurance for and all, but the irony is quite delicious.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811041 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811041 Touchdown indeed. Touchdown indeed.

]]> By: Roofwalker http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811042 Roofwalker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811042 The best bit (according to the BBC radio news report I heard earlier) is that the insurers have said it's an act of God. The best bit (according to the BBC radio news report I heard earlier) is that the insurers have said it’s an act of God.

]]> By: mao tse-tim http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811043 mao tse-tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811043 @RHK - That's brilliant. I'm stealing that. I wonder how the christianists will spin this. My guess is that they say it's just one of those things and not a sign of Cheebus' wrath. @RHK – That’s brilliant. I’m stealing that.

I wonder how the christianists will spin this. My guess is that they say it’s just one of those things and not a sign of Cheebus’ wrath.

]]> By: paulj http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811300 paulj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811300 If we're going with old-time religion, I think PerkÅ«nas (the Lithuanian thunder god) may be behind this. If we’re going with old-time religion, I think PerkÅ«nas (the Lithuanian thunder god) may be behind this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811558 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811558 Opps it was me i burped. D.Evil Opps it was me i burped.
D.Evil

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-813350 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813350 God hates styrofoam, it's in the new Testament, in the appended on-line wiki version. God hates styrofoam, it’s in the new Testament, in the appended on-line wiki version.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/06/15/lightning-strikes-ma.html#comment-811049 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811049 Try not to get worried Try not to turn on to Problems that ignite you Oh, don't you know Everything's alright Yes everything's fine And we want you to burn well tonight Let the world turn without you tonight If we try We'll get by So forget all about us tonight Try not to get worried
Try not to turn on to
Problems that ignite you
Oh, don’t you know
Everything’s alright
Yes everything’s fine
And we want you to burn well tonight
Let the world turn without you tonight
If we try
We’ll get by
So forget all about us tonight

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