Sensible Erection | Touchdown Jesus Destroyed By Lightning

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

quote [ An iconic and massive statue of Jesus in Monroe, Ohio was destroyed after being struck by lightning Monday evening. ]

Complete article in extended.

Video at http://toppayingideas.com/blog/2010/06/15/touchdown-jesus-on-fire-video-statue-burned-by-lightning/

Statue of Jesus destroyed by lightning strike

The steel frame is all that's left of 'Touchdown Jesus' in Monroe (FOX19's Meghan Mongillo) The steel frame is all that's left of 'Touchdown Jesus' in Monroe (FOX19's Meghan Mongillo)

MONROE, OH (FOX19) - An iconic and massive statue of Jesus in Monroe, Ohio was destroyed after being struck by lightning Monday evening.

The statue was a well-known landmark on Interstate 75 since 2004, and was called "King of Kings" by members of Solid Rock Church, where it stood.

The 62 feet tall and 40-foot wide statue weighing 16,000 pounds quickly became engulfed in flames after the lightning strike. Fire crews were on the scene for several hours to put out the fire, but no one was injured.

The statue, also nicknamed "Touchdown Jesus" because of the way its arms were outstretched, is made out of wood and Styrofoam. The statue also had a steel frame anchored in concrete and fiberglass. The steel frame was all that remained after the fire.

The fire spread to the attic of an adjacent amphitheater, but no other buildings at the church were affected. A complete damage estimate is expected to be released Tuesday.

The statue was scheduled to undergo a new paint job this summer after suffering some wear and tear during the harsh winter.

The pastor of Solid Rock Church says the church does plan to rebuild the statue.

Copyright 2010 FOX19. All Rights Reserved.

[by virgindog@12:36pmGMT] [+10 Funny]

Comments

Nostrildamus said @ 12:44pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Underrated]
Ha Ha

Naruki said @ 1:04pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
The fire spread to the attic of an adjacent amphitheater, but no other buildings at the church were affected.

Aw, that's a shame.

Krutz said @ 10:58pm GMT on 15th Jun
Yeah, too bad only the top part burned. His lower body and feet were protected, being buried like that.

a.talisan said @ 1:25pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2]
So how come they never see -these- random acts as signs of god's displeasure?

KingPellinore said @ 1:32pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
Confirmation Bias.

snowfox said @ 3:01pm GMT on 15th Jun
+1 you beat me to it

It also bothers me when people talk about God fixing their problems through prayer. If we operate in a God's Will universe, then God gave them those problems in the first place. That's like thanking an exterminator who infested your house on purpose and then charged you to fix it.

Mr. Langosta said @ 3:10pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2 Funny]
Orkin works in mysterious ways.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 4:05pm GMT on 15th Jun
Blaming God for things happening or not happening is bad religion. He created the universe, left 10 easy instructions for us, and left us to do our own thing. If only we could ignore the crazies.

swiggy said @ 4:49pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2]
Ten easy instructions which are shit as a moral guide, which can be summarized thusly:

1-4: LOVE ME YOU FUCKERS
5-10: stone-ass obvious stuff about not being a dick.

atter_cob said @ 7:37pm GMT on 15th Jun
To be fair the first four are a lot like what you find in legal contracts:

Paragraphs 1-4: This contract is the only contract governing the agreement. If some part of the contract is deemed void then the rest still apply. Any disputes will be resolved by arbitration. etc...

Paragraphs 5-10: Party A will pay party B for services. Party B will render services. Neither one will try to screw the other. Lost of mostly obvious stuff.

So god was a lawyer....

kang said @ 8:15pm GMT on 15th Jun
God has a lawyer complex.

Krutz said @ 10:55pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
Can I make a racist comment about Jews here and not get downmodded? I have nothing against the Jewish people at all, but this is such a great setup and... I've already blown the opportunity, haven't I?

Thanks a lot, God...

Jewish Lawyer said @ 3:49am GMT on 16th Jun
Oy vey, you want I should sue him?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 5:12am GMT on 16th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
You already did I thought?

Dissonant said @ 7:26pm GMT on 15th Jun
...so what about those few thousand years between the dawn of humanity and the handing down of the instructions? I mean, was it just handwaving and "Meh, you'll figure it out"? Personally I think this shows a rather lazy attitude, I'm not impressed.

bruceski said @ 10:28pm GMT on 15th Jun
Agreed. I detest the fallback on thanking God, because I feel it robs Humanity of a lot of credit it deserves, while still leaving us with the blame for bad things.

a.talisan said @ 6:47pm GMT on 15th Jun
God does appear to have some rather interesting traits according to some people.

"He sends us hardships to bring us closer to him."

Does that make him like a child being naughty on purpose to get their parents' attention? I sure hope that isn't what was meant by 'you must all become like these little children'. Tantrums are not very godlike attributes!

LethalFlatulence said @ 7:29pm GMT on 15th Jun
I think it's more like parents beating their kids and saying, "It's for your own good, I'm doing this because I love you"

todde said @ 4:12pm GMT on 15th Jun
If it were a mosque or a synagogue it would be proof that Christianity is the One True Way and those heathen Yids and Mohammedans should convert.

If it happens to a Church it's proof that Satan is testing their faith, and they have to be more Christian.

Tirade said @ 4:31pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:4 Insightful]
The same reason why nobody on the losing team curses Jesus for helping the other team win.

karakth said @ 1:27pm GMT on 15th Jun
This is a hot story!

virgindog said @ 1:31pm GMT on 15th Jun
Shocking!

KingPellinore said @ 1:32pm GMT on 15th Jun
En-lightning!

excellMint said @ 1:37pm GMT on 15th Jun
All fired up.

nbob said @ 1:39pm GMT on 15th Jun
Hot off the press

KingPellinore said @ 1:55pm GMT on 15th Jun
Struck by the holy spirit!

Supreme_Coconut said @ 2:21pm GMT on 15th Jun
It certainly struck my fancy.

tomintroy said @ 2:22pm GMT on 15th Jun
I feel it lord!

clumsy_juggler said @ 2:48pm GMT on 15th Jun
Watt is all the fuss about? Ohm my god it is on fire!

Ankylosaur said @ 3:03pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
He truly is the alpha and the Ω.

virgindog said @ 3:12pm GMT on 15th Jun
Is that one of your "current" jokes?

Ankylosaur said @ 3:15pm GMT on 15th Jun
Yes, but it's facing resistance.

snowfox said @ 3:23pm GMT on 15th Jun
All it needs is a little jolt.

clumsy_juggler said @ 3:35pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
I am Alternating Currently about weather to moderate this post as Flamebait.

KingPellinore said @ 3:42pm GMT on 15th Jun
That's hardly a grounded decision.

snowfox said @ 3:50pm GMT on 15th Jun
There's no need to insulate me.

KingPellinore said @ 3:56pm GMT on 15th Jun
Feel free to spark further debate, then!

snowfox said @ 4:00pm GMT on 15th Jun
I get a real charge out of it.

snowfox said @ 4:03pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
It's so obvious now... the statue was destroyed by the insurgency!

Krutz said @ 4:12pm GMT on 15th Jun
Erg! Watt compelled you to make such a horrible pun?

I need to calm myself. Ohmmmmmm

maryyugo said @ 4:13pm GMT on 15th Jun
Hot shit!

lilmookieesquire said @ 4:41pm GMT on 15th Jun
Looks like KP and Mary got caught in the crossfire.

snowfox said @ 5:57pm GMT on 15th Jun
You have to take the path under the bullets.

clumsy_juggler said @ 6:07pm GMT on 15th Jun
Finally a Positive suggestion. Good to see you are Lightening up.

KingPellinore said @ 6:09pm GMT on 15th Jun
This is an incredible blitz of puns!

Dissonant said @ 7:34pm GMT on 15th Jun
Iono about that.

arrowhen said @ 10:27pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Good]
It's going ok so FAR. A DAY or two from now, who can predict?

clumsy_juggler said @ 11:47pm GMT on 15th Jun
Don't be so Negative!

Krutz said @ 12:29am GMT on 16th Jun
Was that a joke about poles? I'm positive that's what it was.

benjamander said @ 2:16am GMT on 16th Jun
I don't think so. Polack jokes are usually considered poor conduct.

Krutz said @ 6:51am GMT on 16th Jun
Ah. It's just so easy to be confused. I just wanted to make sure my statements were properly grounded.

audioblood said @ 7:49pm GMT on 15th Jun
LONGCAT IS LONG.

arrowhen said @ 7:57pm GMT on 15th Jun
In SE pun-chess, I've seen some brilliant checkmates. Lady, that was one of them.

KingPellinore said @ 8:11pm GMT on 15th Jun
If that's the best you can do, come back when you're truly redi, son

arrowhen said @ 8:21pm GMT on 15th Jun
GEek.

KingPellinore said @ 8:34pm GMT on 15th Jun
I'm not a geek. A geek is the sort of person who wonders if King Arthur met Knight Rider's car, would he dub it "Sir Kit"?

Host said @ 8:40pm GMT on 15th Jun
CONGRATULATIONS! That is the most far-fetched, longest way to go for a pun in SE pun-attack history! Johnny, tell him what he's won!

Johnny said @ 8:40pm GMT on 15th Jun
NOTHIN'!

Host said @ 8:41pm GMT on 15th Jun
Thanks, Johnny!

KingPellinore said @ 8:56pm GMT on 15th Jun
I'll settle for a good Donner kebab.

clumsy_juggler said @ 9:17pm GMT on 15th Jun
If that car ran into a brick wall would the wall then be a Sir Kit Breaker?

arrowhen said @ 10:21pm GMT on 15th Jun
If you're a comedian, you should pick a new line of work. If I were you I'd sELECT RODEo clown.

mky said @ 12:16am GMT on 16th Jun
This whole business is reVOLTing.

Seneki69 said @ 5:37am GMT on 17th Jun
You're right. Now I've seen the light.

KingPellinore said @ 4:14pm GMT on 15th Jun
Where did you learn that calming technique? Dyne-etics?

arrowhen said @ 6:36pm GMT on 15th Jun
Very clever. Now sc-ampere off and play in the snow.

arrowhen said @ 3:56pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
Lol, watt?

Ankylosaur said @ 8:05pm GMT on 15th Jun
The comments are arcing.

granitewitch said @ 1:29pm GMT on 15th Jun
Jesus saves, and God scores.

Naruki said @ 1:39pm GMT on 15th Jun
Looks more like Zeus was jealous of an impostor.

arrowhen said @ 2:58pm GMT on 15th Jun
My money's on Thor. Zeus'd be too busy trying to have sex with it.

snowfox said @ 3:02pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
Trying and succeeding.

arrowhen said @ 3:38pm GMT on 15th Jun
I dunno; sure, he has mad skills, but Jesus H. Chastitypants is a tougher nut to crack than some frisky little ancient Greek number.

KingPellinore said @ 3:55pm GMT on 15th Jun
I dunno. I think it's accepted Jesus's mom had a thing for dieties.

snowfox said @ 5:07pm GMT on 15th Jun
Zeus turned into a swan so he could rape a woman who had turned into a swan -- Leda. I am pretty sure he could figure out how to have sex with a styrofoam statue. Hell, I am pretty sure anyone here could figure out how to have sex with it.

snowfox said @ 5:58pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2]
TAGLINE? <~ Hell, I am pretty sure anyone here could figure out how to have sex with it.

KingPellinore said @ 6:23pm GMT on 15th Jun
It's easy to have sex with a Sensible Erection.

arrowhen said @ 6:29pm GMT on 15th Jun
That swan was totally asking for it.

My favorite has to be the "shower of golden light". It's a brilliant disguise because it's such a perfectly normal and obvious thing to have sex with!

kang said @ 3:51pm GMT on 15th Jun
Jesus saves. Moses invests.

arrowhen said @ 1:40pm GMT on 15th Jun
If it magically rebuilds itself after three days, does that mean we get two Easters?

Ankylosaur said @ 3:10pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
I think it means there will be six more weeks of winter.

cb361 said @ 10:54pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
If it magically rebuilds itself, I'm off to church, You heathens.

Ankylosaur said @ 5:24am GMT on 16th Jun
How do you know it wasn't advanced aliens what done it? The Great Gazoo works in mysterious ways.

Naruki said @ 6:10am GMT on 17th Jun
Kazoo.

mrcucumber said @ 2:05pm GMT on 15th Jun
Now they are going to make it bigger, taller, lightning proof.

fuck

nbob said @ 2:22pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2 Funny]
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR JESUS

Gunner v2.0 said @ 2:24pm GMT on 15th Jun
I would be addicted to any show that featured some sort of bionic messiah.

nbob said @ 3:10pm GMT on 15th Jun
and they can have that NANANANANANA music as he leaps across water, gets crucified, or whatnot.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 7:31pm GMT on 15th Jun
We can rebuild it. We have the technology.

Have they learned nothing from that goddam Tower of Babble story?

Lord of the Barnyard said @ 9:55pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2]
No, that's awesome. This statue is so silly looking it is wonderful to behold. A giant white Jesus springing forth to show that the ball was between the uprights.
Sing along with me:
Dropkick me Jesus through the goalposts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

antares said @ 2:24pm GMT on 15th Jun
Somebody actually wrote this...

http://www.helm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Lightning-Protection-for-Churches.pdf

Obviously not praying hard enough...

tomintroy said @ 2:27pm GMT on 15th Jun
"and as I hold the arm of gods own likeness, I command he destroy that evel adult book store across the freeway!!!"

BZZZZZZZTTTT!!!

A voice from on high boomed. "Goddammit it missed again"!

spite48 said @ 2:28pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:2 Funny]
Why does God hate Jesus?

PottyMouth said @ 2:59pm GMT on 15th Jun
It's just Tough Love.

ralfmaximus said @ 3:07pm GMT on 15th Jun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-AvBjBm5k

arrowhen said @ 3:09pm GMT on 15th Jun
The sky should be charged with a hate crime.

Ankylosaur said @ 3:11pm GMT on 15th Jun
It should be charged with battery.

arteitle said @ 8:20pm GMT on 15th Jun
And resisting arrest.

KingPellinore said @ 3:17pm GMT on 15th Jun
My God, My God, why hast Thou tased me, bro?

ckfahrenheit said @ 4:00pm GMT on 15th Jun
sometimes walking under the water is safer

De_Wr0ng said @ 5:21pm GMT on 15th Jun
Poll at the top of the page.

Touchdown Jesus was struck by lightning last night, in the severe storms. Do you think this is a sign?
Yes, we're in trouble. No, it doesn't mean anything.

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:

Yes, we're in trouble. 45%

No, it doesn't mean anything. 55%

I voted we're in trouble.

steele.ero said @ 6:58pm GMT on 15th Jun
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

arrowhen said @ 7:40pm GMT on 15th Jun
If we really have to vote on whether we're in trouble then yeah, we're in trouble.

f00m@nB@r said @ 7:14pm GMT on 15th Jun
Audio recording of the 911 call reporting the incident. (Incident my eye! It was an Act of God!)

http://news.cincinnati.com/assets/AB159558615.MP3

mgac716 said @ 8:24pm GMT on 15th Jun

Jesus H. Christ

SnappyNipples said @ 8:50pm GMT on 15th Jun
heh, all for the want of a grounding rod.

sacrelicious said @ 9:20pm GMT on 15th Jun
um, guys, I just heard that the oil spill tripled in size, and sources are blaming our failure to wish real hard in this thread for the increase.

WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!!!

sacrelicious said @ 9:21pm GMT on 15th Jun
fuck, I thought I was in that other post :|

Krutz said @ 10:57pm GMT on 15th Jun
You were! It's a miracle!

balzac said @ 10:58pm GMT on 15th Jun [Score:3 Funny]
i'm so sad I didn't get to post this. I heard about it last night but couldn't find an article.

Consolation:

SnakeGhost said @ 9:03am GMT on 16th Jun
Nice find!

balzac said @ 11:26pm GMT on 16th Jun
This is a very popular "favorite thing friom bob and tom" among the salt of the earth types in cincinnati.

balzac said @ 4:02am GMT on 16th Jun
You know what the best part about touchdown jesus is?

If you're driving past it, and you look the other direction on the highway, there is a hill.

On this hill there is an adult store. I think it may even be a lion's den.

So now we have a porn store on a hill across from the scorched skeleton of big butter jesus.

f00m@nB@r said @ 6:04am GMT on 16th Jun [Score:1 Informative]

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SnakeGhost said @ 9:04am GMT on 16th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
... on the third day!

disc said @ 7:53am GMT on 16th Jun
I am sure they will resurrect it in three days.