Lightning Strikes the Big Butter Jesus

[kybearfuzz]

It appears that tragedy has struck one of the more unusual sights to see north of Cincinnati. Lightning struck the wood/styrofoam statue of "Big Butter Jesus" last night and burned it down. I wonder what the evangelicals will say about that.


Big Butter Jesus as we've always seen Him


As the statue looks this morning

For the curious, here's the local news report:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/jesus-statue-destroyed-by-fire-762245.html

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but that statue was just plug ugly. Perhaps, its destruction was divine intervention.

Have a good day!

HUGS!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

It was, in my opinion, one of the tackiest things out here, but everyone did get a lot of laughs from it. They're supposedly talking about rebuilding. Sigh...

You have a great day too! Hugs!

[madknits.livejournal.com]

What an ugly statue. Thanks be to Zeus that he hurled a thunderbolt at it.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it was something from the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Thank heavens we still have the Creation Museum. *awaiting the tornado to whisk that away...*

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

if only!

[ericdabear.livejournal.com]

wow, I feel bad for all the second graders that spent a whole afternoon making that. :(

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they're all working on eating those popsicles for the sticks now for the rebuild.

Sadly, this thing supposedly cost $500,000 to build. I can't help but wonder about all the goods that could have bought for food pantries instead.

[jeffinthebox.livejournal.com]

Give him 3 days...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

ROFL! You caught me off-guard with that one!

[book-of-daniel.livejournal.com]

Dont call it a come back! I've been here for years!

[book-of-daniel.livejournal.com]

Paula Deen wept.

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

I heard about this on NPR today, and laughed. They interviewed the pastor who was working hard to spin the loss of this monstrosity for his mega-church saying "Jesus has always sacrificed himself for the church." Yeah, if you put out a large lightning rod in front of the building, it did do it's job...but still.

They mentioned the "Touchdown Jesus" nickname, but I was sad they didn't close the report by playing the classic hymn "Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Goalposts of Life."

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... well, I love the irony that the statue was destroyed by an act of God by most insurance policies.

I'm surprised how much press this is getting. I guess everyone deserves a good laugh :)

[bradferd23.livejournal.com]

OMG... he really is a robot!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

I saw the whole thing on Yahoo news, flames and all ... and I couldn't stop laughing. I'm not sure I can take that much irony in the morning :0)