On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 09:00:01 (-0700) Jim Devine writes:
>>June 15, 2010
>
>> Ohio: Lightning Destroys 6-Story Statue of Jesus
>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [from the NY TIMES]
>
>> A six-story statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the 
>> ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were 
>> scooped up by curious onlookers on Tuesday. The “King of Kings” statue, one 
>> of southwest Ohio’s most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the 
>> evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of 
>> Cincinnati. Lightning set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m. Monday. The 
>> sculpture, about 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus 
>> from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the 
>> arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown. It was made of 
>> plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained 
>> Tuesday.<

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..."


Bill
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