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

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[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 :)