RIP: Big Butter Jesus....
Jun. 15th, 2010 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dunmurderinJesus Statue Struck By Lightning, Destroyed -- this statue is (well, *was* now...) a landmark on the way down to Cincinnati from where the Amy and I live now.
As the title of the article says, it was struck by lightning during a storm last night and burned to the ground. According to the news, the statue was called "King of Kings" but was also (and probably better) known as "Touchdown Jesus" and "Big Butter Jesus". The lightning strike caused the statue to burn completely, all that's left of it now is the twisted remains of the support structure. The statue was 62 feet high and weighed 16,000 tons.
Guy on news: "I saw Jesus get hit by lightning..." He went on to say that he thought the strike was a sign that the church wasn't doing what it should. Personally, I think it was a sign that wood, Styrofoam, fiberglass and resin *might* not be the best choice for a statue that was the highest point in the area.
"Big Butter Jesus" was immortalized in song by Heywood Banks:
It was a fugly thing, but I'm sad to hear it's destroyed. It was *our* fugly thing, damnit!
As the title of the article says, it was struck by lightning during a storm last night and burned to the ground. According to the news, the statue was called "King of Kings" but was also (and probably better) known as "Touchdown Jesus" and "Big Butter Jesus". The lightning strike caused the statue to burn completely, all that's left of it now is the twisted remains of the support structure. The statue was 62 feet high and weighed 16,000 tons.
Guy on news: "I saw Jesus get hit by lightning..." He went on to say that he thought the strike was a sign that the church wasn't doing what it should. Personally, I think it was a sign that wood, Styrofoam, fiberglass and resin *might* not be the best choice for a statue that was the highest point in the area.
"Big Butter Jesus" was immortalized in song by Heywood Banks:
It was a fugly thing, but I'm sad to hear it's destroyed. It was *our* fugly thing, damnit!
