Title: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: VietnamVet-BRIGHT on June 08, 2009, 11:01:07 AM
Post by: VietnamVet-BRIGHT on June 08, 2009, 11:01:07 AM
Has anyone seen this near Eureka Springs, Arkansas? On top of Magnetic Mountain there is a 67 foot tall statue of the fictional Jesus character named "Christ of the Ozarks" ...
It was erected in 1966 by Gerald L. K. Smith
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Of interest here is that Gerald L.K. Smith was also the founder of the white supremicist, Jewish hate group "Christian Nationalist Crusade" ....
a political party with affinity to the racial and anti-semitic philosophies of both KKK and Nazi ideology.
It was erected in 1966 by Gerald L. K. Smith
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Of interest here is that Gerald L.K. Smith was also the founder of the white supremicist, Jewish hate group "Christian Nationalist Crusade" ....
a political party with affinity to the racial and anti-semitic philosophies of both KKK and Nazi ideology.
QuoteChristian Nationalist Crusade was an antisemitic organization which operated out of P.O. Box D-4, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Its founder was Gerald L. K. Smith.
It sold and distributed, inter alia, The International Jew, and subscribed to the antisemitic views embodied in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion which it also published.
History
Smith founded this entity, in St. Louis, in 1942, with the purpose to "preserve America as a Christian nation being conscious of a highly organized campaign to substitute Jewish tradition for Christian tradition."
Its purpose was also to oppose Communism, world government, and immigration. It also aimed to "fight mongrelization and all attempts to force the intermixture of the black and white races." It effectively was a political party, and it promoted antisemitic and racist causes, particularly in St. Louis from the 1940's through the 1950's.
It engaged in publication and distribution of texts advocating its views, and had produced monthly magazine, called The Cross and the Flag. Particular targets, voiced by its head, Gerald L. K. Smith, included Drew Pearson, radio commentator, Hollywood communists, as well as jazz music. Its headquarters were in St. Louis.
The Christian Nationalist Crusade engaged in the circulation of petitions urging national action in support of legalization of segregation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_ ... st_Crusade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Nationalist_Crusade)
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: pedricero matao on June 08, 2009, 01:39:40 PM
Post by: pedricero matao on June 08, 2009, 01:39:40 PM
Well it rings me a bell somehow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_los_Caidos)...
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Totalitarism works better if you add some irrationality. All dictators should know that...
It's funny that after all these years they haven't been able to come up with anything new and therefore stick to the good old "crusade" motto. Yeah also the guys that planned the site in the picture above commemorated something they called the "national crusade" Huge creativity fail.
Besides, the guys in that political party (the KKK/nazi combo) really need to take some course in modern genetics.
Nice avatar btw
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Totalitarism works better if you add some irrationality. All dictators should know that...
It's funny that after all these years they haven't been able to come up with anything new and therefore stick to the good old "crusade" motto. Yeah also the guys that planned the site in the picture above commemorated something they called the "national crusade" Huge creativity fail.
Besides, the guys in that political party (the KKK/nazi combo) really need to take some course in modern genetics.
Nice avatar btw
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: curiosityandthecat on June 08, 2009, 02:47:47 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on June 08, 2009, 02:47:47 PM
Damn, now I kind of miss Psalm23... oh, Godschild, where are you? 
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: karadan on June 08, 2009, 03:23:14 PM
Post by: karadan on June 08, 2009, 03:23:14 PM
That pic reminds me of a guy who lived in the slums of Rio (i think) who built an enormous jesus out of scrap. It eventually collapsed whilst he was working on it, killing him 
I'll try to find the article. Was an impressive homage to the beardy man.
I'll try to find the article. Was an impressive homage to the beardy man.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: PipeBox on June 09, 2009, 03:58:32 PM
Post by: PipeBox on June 09, 2009, 03:58:32 PM
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Damn, now I kind of miss Psalm23... oh, Godschild, where are you?Meh, all he'd say is that it wasn't Gerald wasn't a True Christian, which is funny because it's a lot like arguing a true pagan didn't build the Parthenon. Oh, yeah, and it's OK to utilize these objects that were not manifested out of the True Faith. Or maybe it's not.
Bonus points for the first Christian willing to bulldoze White Supremacist Jesus.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: karadan on June 09, 2009, 04:11:03 PM
Post by: karadan on June 09, 2009, 04:11:03 PM
Quote from: "PipeBox"Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Damn, now I kind of miss Psalm23... oh, Godschild, where are you? :shock:
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: curiosityandthecat on June 09, 2009, 04:45:44 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on June 09, 2009, 04:45:44 PM
Quote from: "karadan"I thought jesus was an arab! :D
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: SallyMutant on June 14, 2009, 09:13:39 AM
Post by: SallyMutant on June 14, 2009, 09:13:39 AM
Wow. That thing is silly-looking enough to be on Roadside America. With the other muffler men.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this? "Christ of the Ozarks" ... KKK affiliation
Post by: RamseyRam on February 05, 2010, 11:58:15 PM
Post by: RamseyRam on February 05, 2010, 11:58:15 PM
I just can't stand re-posters. Didn't Gerald know that someone already built that statue in Rio de Janeiro?
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